replacing the lower ball joints on monday. quoted around 400 with alignment. should i go ahead with the uppers? would only run me an extra 200. they dont have any movement but i do know they will go bad in the future.

 

I bet it will cost more than $200 if you wait until later. Not to mention another trip to the front end alignment shop. I would pop for the xtra 200 bucks and get it all done at once.

 

If there is any way you could do it yourself, you could save a pile of money. If you do the uppers, go ahead and install a camber kit on each side. Took me about three hours to do the uppers and lowers on my 97 with basic, readily available tools.