VIN excluded from recall

Hello taco lovers.
I recently went to stealer to look up if I "qualified" for lower ball joint recall...
2001 Prerunner

Nope!?
EVENTHOUGH I snapped my left one before?!
What to do without dropping 3gs on a aftermarket front end ?

What lowers (brand) have owners ran without snapping? Anyone heard of a upgraded one??
Thanx

 

Ball joints will fail for a number of different reasons. Your truck is almost 15 years old, it's about time you see some wear on your front end components!

I know a few people with first gens that use Moog ball joints/bearings and other components, they seem to have pretty good luck! I believe they come with life time warranty as well.

 

Only some are recalled because there was an issue with those specific ones. Possibly a poor metal, improper manufacturing process, weak point, etc.
That being said, all ball joints wear and will eventually need to be replaced. 15+ years is a pretty good run. If you perform regular maintenance and inspections on your vehicles a worn ball joint would be discovered before they break completely. Barring a failure from an impact.

Moog suck, but are cheap. OEM are the best but expensive.

 

Are the best, but most expensive? I don't care how good "the best" is... Toyota wants 450 bucks for a "lower balljoint" since they don't sell it separate from the LCA, and they still wear out!! I'd rather do 50 dollar Moog BJ's every 6 months rather than shelling out 450 bucks and doing an entire LCA every two years!!

Plus once you do it the first time.. It just gets easier

But I'm not sure how it works for you first genners when it comes to Toyota BJ's.

 

Thanks Taco brothas
In 2012 I snapped LBJ.
At a drive thru. Haha

But that shit happens at 70mph. Won't be funny or pretty.
I replaced all BJs with Moog. Oriellys counter said Moog supplies Toyota under "555"
With a lifetime warranty.
That's useless if I kill myself or others"

There's a lot of squeaks up front, Bushings.
I want to replace LCA & BJs again but wanted to check if anyone had something in between stock and full travel. Really don't need 16" of travel for freeway on ramps Nor do I have a small fortune for that. I thot I read Napa had better articulating LBJs but could just be propaganda.
Thanks again