Moog UCA's and KYB strut mounts & quick tip on torquing the top shock nut

Short term review.

I just replaced my 150k shocks and UCA's. While nothing seemed to be leaking, my passenger front was clunking. It turned out that the shock had seized up. The Moog upper control arms were purchased from Amazon. They're stock replacements. They were shipped with a hard plastic shell to protect that ball joint and a new cotter pin. Everything lined up perfectly and I had no issues with the install. Ball joints were nice and tight on both.

They KYB strut mounts (That's what KYB calls them) were purchased from Advance Auto. They come with the top rubber washer/bushing and new lower/upper flat washer. It was nice to put on the new parts. I reused the top shock nut. The manual says it's not a re-usable part, but I didn't see that until I was looking at the torque specs with it already installed. They also come with 3 new strut mount nuts that are 15mm and not 14mm. I reused my stock 14mm nuts.

I purchased new oem upper rubber washers. They have a harder plastic surface than the KYB ones. I think the KYB ones would be ok to use. You only need 20ft-lbs of torque on that top shock nut, so it shouldn't compress the rubber that much.

Btw- to torque to spec on those shock nuts, I used a 3" extension with a 17mm crows foot. You set the crows foot to 90 degrees of the torque wrench and that ensures that you aren't over-torquing. Slide the crows foot on first, then use your vise grips or adjustable wrench to torque. You will need to pull the torque wrench and re-adjust the crows foot if you move the wrench and it loses its 90 degree setting.

Over all - I'm happy with the way these parts came. I'll update if anything fails within a year.