i just had my ball joints done on my 01 ls the lincoln dealer was the only place around who had the parts heres the kicker i had to buy the hole steering knuckle for 400 a side kiss my a$$ anyway i went on ebay and seen the ball joints for 120 both sides from euromarque had the parts in two days worked like a champ pressed the old ones out and the new ones in and even did the hubs for around 330 total to make a long story short dont be fooled by the dealer and the whole lower control arm story they gave me