Import Direct or Duralast parts?

Dornier · Nov 23, 2015

I'm doing tie rod ends, and my two shops here (auto zone and o'really) have the two brands.

Autozone has Duralast (slightly cheaper), and O-O-reilly has the Import Direct. I just purchased import direct sway bark links and they were in good shape.

Looking for opinions on the better of the two brands--only talking about $8 on the parts right now.

thanks

surgeon · Nov 23, 2015

I looked at each, had several brands. AZ has 2 choices. Oreilly has 4 choices, you can also have them order Moog.

It depends on which part and how easy to replace. For outer tie rod end, I was looking for sealed joint with lifetime. Inner good brand with lifetime. Several brands (namebrand or not) with LT were greasable. Inner one I did not want to take out unless necessary so went with order of Moog at Oreilly. I looked at both AZ and Orielly brands but difference was 10 to go with Moog. For toyota, difference was more.

If you are comfortable with greasing often, then Oreilly MasterPro is relabel of Moog. It does look little different though. It is more like QuickSteer (lower end Moog brand). AZ not sure which label it is. Import Direct not sure which label it is.

I am curious too.

PostalTech · Nov 23, 2015

Go to rockauto.com and pay half for premium sealed moog tie rod ends. It's crazy how much markup those stores charge.

Import Direct or Duralast parts?

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