"New upper ball joint" bad

This is why whenever people on here say stuff like "hey I need to replace a tie rod end, should I just replace everything?" my thought is NO

All of our stock front-end components are made-in-China garbage, and yes that includes Moog. It's a sad situation. IMHO if you're staying with stock front-end components I wouldn't replace any part unless it was worn, and then only replace the worn part.

Sorry that happened to you. It's a common story.