No, nothing to do with orange.
But they are orange :idontknow:
Obviously it's all relative to what the budget is.
Like I said, we clearly all have our own idea of what "pretty inexpensive" is. At close to $600, there is nothing inexpensive about them to me but then, that's just me.
But you can't argue that they are stronger then the stock knuckles and that they have an advantage.
Didn't know I needed to argue whether or not they are stronger. What I would argue is that in the last 10 years, I have seen stock knuckles to be more than strong enough and have yet to see the need to replace them for a set of orange ones that only offer about an inch more tie-rod clearance and cost of almost $600. But again, that's just me, what would I know.
And the Dana 44 vs your 60's are worlds apart here.
Ummm, you assume that I've always run a ProRock 60 front axle on Moby or that the other 3 JK's that I've owned over the last 10 years all had 60's too. :naw:
A ProRock 44, complete and built up with, locker, shafts, prosteers ball joints is not cheap. Reid's for an extra $500 is not that much. Relative to the $5000 cost of the built front axle, why not upgrade them? Orange or red.
Like I said several times now, we all have our own idea of what "pretty inexpensive" is. At clost to $600, and that's what it is, I personally find that things like a heavy duty tie rod, you know, one that you WILL still hit would be a better investment than a set of orange knuckles that only offer about an inch more clearance. When I'm paying upwards of $5000 for a new axle, every penny counts and if I can save about $600 and maybe use it for something I know I will need, I choose to go that route. But again, that's just me.
So that it isn't missed, me questioning the necessity of orange knuckles is not an indictment of your manhood. It was simply a response to the OP and based on what I have seen over the last 10 years. If you're happy with what you've got, more power to you :yup:
