Pulling apart the suspension every year or two to re-grease the energy suspension bushings is part of the deal if you want to "tighten" up the handling. If I had known that was going to be the case I probably wouldn't have installed them, but by the time they get noisy I seem to be pulling the suspension apart on the car for one thing or another anyway. What issues did you have with aftermarket ball joints? I replaced one of mine with with one from pep boys in 2009 and have probably put about 40k on the car since then.
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