Can anyone identify who the manufacturer of this ball joint is?

it was in a set of superpro lower control arms I bought: who made them?

 

A better question might be "What manufacturer produced this ball joint?" The reason I say that is that in today's world, many "brands" are just that. They don't actually manufacture the parts they sell. Instead, they have their parts manufactured and packaged by third party "contract manufacturers" - generally in lower wage countries around the globe. Because these contact manufacturers make their money by making products for other companies, they also make the same parts for many other companies - just with different cosmetics or packaging. (Compare parts from most auto supply stores, and you'll see what I mean.)

Getting back to your original question, I'm sure many members will chime in with a brand they recognize. Just remember, it may also be a completely different brand too.

 

Looks like there are some numbers engraved on the metal center piece, you may want to try googling "lower ball joint ####" and see what kind of results it yields. Might not tell you exactly but it's worth a shot? I honestly have no idea what brand these could be though.

 

its just a date of 01/21, i assume...

 

Closest I see on RA is Suspensia (which, IME... is not a good thing, but oh well)

But I think @Too Stroked hit the nail pretty well on the head. With the caveats that besides "what brand?" not really meaning much, there's the further possibility that:

A) Brand X doesn't only buy from Supplier Y, they may buy from other suppliers as well. "Brand" may mean nothing more than a label, or at best a differently printed box.

B) Supplier Y makes parts for Brand X, sure, and they're fine parts. And they also sell their questionable QC culls to Brand Z, or just plain ol' make parts to a crappier spec for Brand Z.

And all of that not considering the supply chain effects of the last couple years, where hey, we know we're supposed to be using quality parts, but the quality parts suppliers don't have any to give, and crap, I need to ship X units for this contract or we're screwed, so we're putting in whatever we can get our hands on right now, and we'll deal with the fallout later.

 

Soooo... should I pop them out and put in Moog or something else?

 

If those BJ's are on a set of aftermarket LCA/UCA, yes, I would replace with Mevotech's.

 

I found the part, its a genuine toyota 43330-09510 ball joint. So I'll leave it in...

 

^That P/N isn't sold by North American dealers. When you remove your old LCAs, compare the ball stud taper angle. Make sure the old part matches the new part.