Last I looked inner tie rods are close to $125 each. Just doesn't make much sense to drop $250 on them when there's aftermarket ones for $25. Outers I think were closer to $70 each when I looked, a little more bearable. It's been a few years so the prices might have even gone up.
I'm confused, but that's nothing new
Price varies wildly depending on who you look at, and what "quality" or price point you look at
Napa has inners for $70 each (lifetime) and outers for $40 each (lifetime) for their Napa Pro Chassis brand, IIRC, which I believe is made by Federal Mogul
O'Reilly want from $33 ITRE and $34 OTRE for their Master Chassis Lifetime brand and up to $102 per ITRE and $117 ea per OTRE for their Rare Parts brand, also with limited lifetime warranty
-OEM is cheaper than this
In short, every parts store gas different stuff
I called a "suspension speciality shop" to inquire about these parts and was given a speech about MOOG being the best and making better parts than the factory, blah blah blah
I understand that not every factory makes all their own parts, they job/contract much of that out. Toyota for instance uses outside suppliers to make parts to their spec, and usually those contracts are very stringently written to prevent the jobber from just making more of the same parts and selling them on the side for less - but it happens.
No question LBJ should be Toyota OEM, but the question, at least for ITRE and OTRE, is: which aftermarket brand do you trust and why?
