Replacing ball joints

I have a 99 1500 silverado 4x4 and I need to replace the balljoints. I want to put the best possiable replacements in because I run 35" tires. I also need to replace the tie rod ends. Any ideas Thanks  

I am having the same problem. I put A lift and 35's on it. Im sure the ball joints and tie rod ends need to be replaced. Im not sure what I need to do use oem or try to find some aftermarket. Do I need to replace all the bushings in the front. Its had a rough life.  

YOu want them to last, get smaller tires. There is not magic fix here. I know you want to believe your truck is HD but bit tires make in even more LD in a lot of ways. They took a lot of meat out of 1/2 tons since 87 and took even more out with Silveys. WHen you replace ball joints and rod ends use moly based grease not regular lithium and grease it every 3K miles or less in hard use and joint will last longer. Moly grease has Molybdenum Desulfide in it in the form of mircoscopic bits that prevents metal to metal contact when grease film ruptures and does far better than EP lithium here. FOrd has long spec'ed it for its chassis, GM has not and likl for simplicity because they can use one grease for everything. You do not want to use moly grease in wheel bearing or Ujoints as it does not play well there.  

I know there is a lot of options out there but if it was me, I would replace the balljoints with factory ones. I am old school and still have a straight axle in my front end and I have tried all. I can get about 60-80,000 miles out of the OEM Delco where I've only got about half that or less with other brands, including MOOG. And I run nothing smaller than 35" tires and off road quite a bit. I currently have 37's now.
I agree with you SnoMan, I know on the newer trucks that they seem to have gotten a bit LD. I have fixed many newer lifted Chevy's and even stockers too and it seems like the stockers will last twice as long. It all depends on how hard the vehicle is driven. As for the chassis lube, I made the mistake years ago by putting moly grease in my wheel bearings and it wasn't good (I will say no more). I didn't know the difference and It is interesting because I was at the parts store last week and a guy was getting moly grease for his truck and had the bearings in his hands and I had to let him know about my mistake. He got the right stuff after that.