Ball Joint's Controll Arm

So my truck needed new ball joints , a friend recommended a mechanic friend of his that is ase certified.
I went over to the shop and talked to him , asked what kind of ball joints he uses he said moog.
I told him I don't want any thing that said made in China on it , he stated he dosn't use Chinese parts .
So I let him do the replacements , two days later I pic up my truck as he was closing the shop he said he put a California alignment on it ?. And if I don't like it to bring it back tomorrow and he'll realign it.
All the truck wanted to do is turn left, went back the next day and noticed the boxs the control arms came in
They were precision brand not moog they were made in China !! , he said that's all he could get.
He got it aligned so it drives straight, but now I am afraid to drive it with Chinese control arms in it.
This costed 1000.00 to have done , truck is a 03 dodge 3500 srw cc 2wd Cummins 5.9' bought new 04 , upper control arms weren't ball joint serviceable,
I don't want him touching my truck again , his shop is on his property.
Any recourse?
Rant over

california alignment, huh.... Translation- it means he eyeballed it (poorly, after a couple beers or other )
if it's any consultation, the parts have to meet D.O.T. specifications, to be sold as replacement parts .
are they going to fail tomorrow ?,
not likely at all -they may not last as long as the OEM parts.
the alternative would be to got to dodge dealer and get raked over their coal$
it's a shame he told you one thing and did another without proper warning.
if you don't trust him or get a bad feel from them when they are explaining things- you are usually correct.

you may have limited recourse with the better business bureau
you could always start a Facebook, Yelp, and Twitter Crusade, but something tells me that it won't really bring the satisfaction deserved.

another recourse may be to find the OEM (or equivalent) parts from a guy who will do your work with integrity , but that's gonna cost you.

check your tire pressure first....

Not defending the guy but as someone who's been in the repair business for nearly twenty years, U.S. made parts are nearly non existent. Moog also are made in China also, with some being made in the states, if you go to the dealer there is no guarantee you eill get an American made part, I've seen mopar, motorcraft and ac parts with china printed on the box, sucks I know.

they sell wood made in Sweden at home depo..;-)

The first mistake was the fact he lied to you about part origin, and the second was the price he charged you. Run!!!

Thanks for the advice, Mike he stated the Ca alignment was to counteract the crown in Ca roads
Andre, all the shops around here came in about the same cost, should of ran but to late now.
The old OE control arms were aluminum with unserviceable ball joints without grease zerts
New Chinese ones at least have grease zerts and are steel, " Chinese steel" .
Gona see if he has business license in this county for auto repair and go from there
Might Yelp his shop

I am a retired ASE master Mechanic... I bought my own Moog parts (Upper and Lower ball joints for both sides) and had the local guy install them... $200 labor I paid about $113 for the parts. This was on a 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty.

Truck drives great for $313. I had the front tires changed just before the alignment.

Wanted to get new tires but now I don't trust truck with Chinese crap on it.! . Ied buy a new one but there all crap now. Mabey chi tires will make all good ?
Beem me up Scotty I've had enough.

You should be more upset you live in CA. Kidding aside, the guy should have told you most after market parts are made in China as are a lot of OEM. I would not be concerned driving your truck if everything appears to be installed correctly and she's feels tight. I feel the guy overcharged you for Chi-com parts and labor though. Like RC mentioned, buy your own parts in advance and save, but don't expect the mechanic to work for free if a part you provided fails requiring replacement ( you already know this).

I needed tires for both trailers last year as they where original, I shopped around and really didn't want to spend 1K per tailer as they dry-rott way sooner than balding . Anyway, the originals where made in China and had plenty of meat, but had began to separate. I remember the horror stories some 10-15 back about chi-com rubber so I was not going to put them back on. Long story short, Discount tire sells Chinese load range E trailer tires with certificates for around $450 (set of four), and honors against dry-rott for 10 years. Guess whats tires I run on trailers. I don't regularly run these trailers state to state or haul for a living but for the money and warrantee its hard to beat. Would I prefer non Chinese rubber? hells ya, but everything, I mean everything seems to be coming out of China.
You guys remember back in the 70's "made in Japan"= junk. Now fast forward = Quality.