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By "tightened up" do you mean you just cranked down on the nut? If your front bearings need to be replaced that's one thing, but you should definitely not just tighten them down. Did you follow the FSM procedures for proper torque on the front hubs? It's way less than you would expect. The nut gets torqued to 20ft lbs then *backed off by 60 degrees. I had a front wheel bearing fail pretty catastrophically last summer and the race bored out the hub. Most likely cause was that it was just too tight. initially and failed prematurely then seized suddenly and basically friction welded itself.

The reason for replacing them is not for quality, its for fitment. I'm pretty sure Viking offers a coilover long enough to fit with my SLA design but I know the Penske one will work. I just need to check for interference in the UCA throughout travel. Lol well if you wanna save a few pennies on the front kit from AE let me know, I'm going to get rid of mine. That last part is probably true, but more tie rod ends means more maintenance and more failure modes. Dirt and debris entering the ball joint and load fatigue both contribute to this. I've spoke to Viking and they were very helpful. A little confused on the choice to use the C203 shock with the motion ratios given to me by Apex. From their reaction and the assessments from Rob Fuller and Mike Maier I'm standing by my opinion that 3.2" of shock travel is simply not enough.