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Originally Posted by insite
i don't know that we expect them to be 'inexpensive', but i definitely don't expect them to be 'cheap,' which the ball joints certainly are. in a car this expensive that is designed more or less for sport, it should have servicable ball joints OR adequate lubrication / construction to last for 150K miles. these things crap out at the 75K mark. that's crap (and 'cheap').
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I second that. A couple of weeks ago, I was in CA visiting my brother and his next door neighbor was a mechanic. Said his brother does a lot of work on Porsches and when I told him I had a boxster, he said, "with your mileage, I'm betting you are replacing a bunch of plastic parts on your car, huh?"
As a matter of fact, I have been replacing plastic parts a lot. And they are CHEAPLY made and EXPENSIVE for what you get.
I am also riding on my third lower front control arm... I've replaced the original twice now.