Mikead40
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And it's the duroflex joints that I'm not real impressed with. I mean, yeah, they allow for a significant amount of rotation but, I can assure you that I have WAY MORE FLEX than your Jeep and I'm just using tried and tested Johnny Joints. I've had the opportunity to do a series of bench tests with uniballs, johnny joints and the duroflex joints and I really didn't like the way the rubber has to rotate inside the un-lubricated joint housing. Of course, we have already been seeing this with them...
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Also, I think they have finally changed the design of their joint housings but only after people started to see this happen...
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That's the problem with new companies trying to do new things. They may have great marketing but really, that's about all they have right now. This is not to say that they won't make improvement in the future but for me personally, I'll stick with what I know works and what Ultra 4 racers use.
Yea, believe me I'm not trying to be a metalcloak cheerleader. I try to be objective and to not be the guy that recommends something only because I spent a bunch of money on it. Also, my experience is limited to the small group that I go off roading with. I've only been doing this for about a year...That said, we recently took the control arms off a jk that had been running the MC control arms for about 2 years almost exclusively off road and the duroflex joints looked great ( that determination was made by someone that has been working on jeeps professionally for over a decade)
I have no doubt that you have more flex in your jeeps than I do - but is that due to other things you have in your build that I do not have - I.e. Coil overs? That's not a sarcastic question - I'm honestly trying to learn.
Either way, comparing my metalcloak control arms to stock - which is what I had before, I'm happy with them. I push them pretty hard, but again I haven't compared them to anything else on my JK - I was just sharing my personal experience.
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