I edited my post above, but kewlynx is referring to a comment I made about my truck having over 270k and still running the original tie rod ends, and they are still in good shape even though the vast majority of those miles have been with 33" and 35" tires and they've had some off road abuse. But yes, I do inspect them to make sure.

'97 4Runner, '06 F350, '86 4Runner, '05 WR450
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