inner and outer tie rod question

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I just recently bought an s14, the guy i bought it from had replaced the tension rods with teins. the steering has some play, he said it was control arm bushings, but to me it seems like tie rods. i definitely want to "beef" them up a bit. should i go tein, a diffrent brand or a mix and match. im located in dallas theres someone local selling some "hard race" tie rods w/ ends, has any one heard of these, if so how are they? if not what would yall suggest, thanks for any input!