I am gonna replace my sway bar links and ball joints and was just curious if the ones from say rock auto or similar online automotive stores would be as good as the dealership parts? They say oe standard parts for my 02 xk8 and much cheaper than the dealership. Oh and I diy recently changed out 4 shocks and lowering springs and what a difference with the new stance. Looks much better than the ole stock rear kinda jacked up look.

 

I don't think there is any magic in sway bar links. I used rock auto in my XJ6 and they are fine.