If you ever do any moderate or heavier wheeling, you really should get a stronger than stock steering set up. I need to improve mine, every time I do any wheeling I have to come back and straighten out my ties rod, the stockers tend to bend like a pretzel.
BCB actually sells the heim setup $30 cheaper than the stock setup.
If you cant use heims because of legal issues, I think there is a heavier system (using F150 ??) with ball joints that would be worth looking into.