Control arm upgrades
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ClarksAdventures
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Are you looking for all 8? Or just lowers? Are you lifting your jeep too?
OscarMike2.0
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Why not do a long arm now? Do it right the first time or I guess the second time in your case.
NM2012CherryJK
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I went with Currie. Happy with them so far.
ClarksAdventures
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There's lots of great brands out there. Personally I have all 8 and liked being able to adjust whatever I needed. People say you don't need the lower rears, but I've seen the stock ones bend while out on the trail. I personally have had a great experience with MetalCloak. But you could go wrong either with the evo's, or RK.
utiadam
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I would say initially you can get by without replacing all 8 but when the stock bushings wear out I wouldn't put another stock one back in. I like johnny joints.
This was my right side upper control arm bushing that's mounted on the front axle. Completely blown out after maybe 8k miles of light wheeling but lots of flex on the bolt on coilovers.
After
I would eventually like to do the evo long arm but might change my mind if they release the short arms.
This was my right side upper control arm bushing that's mounted on the front axle. Completely blown out after maybe 8k miles of light wheeling but lots of flex on the bolt on coilovers.
After
I would eventually like to do the evo long arm but might change my mind if they release the short arms.
jeeeep
Hooked
I went with Clayton Offroad and after 110k miles I haven't had any issues other than replacing a couple of bushings.
The only reason I ended up replacing those bushings was because I had put the hiem joint with the grease nipple pointing up to protect them, it was a real PIA to grease them so I didn't. they did go about 80k miles of trails/road before I felt something might be askew and after pulling the arms those joints weren't in as good of shape as the others. I could have just cleaned and reused them but I had new ones so they got replaced. all the others I gave them a good cleaning and new grease. that was 40k miles ago and I haven't touched them since.
Guess I better pull the arms again and take the joints apart for a good cleaning. :doh:
The only reason I ended up replacing those bushings was because I had put the hiem joint with the grease nipple pointing up to protect them, it was a real PIA to grease them so I didn't. they did go about 80k miles of trails/road before I felt something might be askew and after pulling the arms those joints weren't in as good of shape as the others. I could have just cleaned and reused them but I had new ones so they got replaced. all the others I gave them a good cleaning and new grease. that was 40k miles ago and I haven't touched them since.
Guess I better pull the arms again and take the joints apart for a good cleaning. :doh:
Mike Chapman
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My 2 cents...
Just throwing in my .02 cents...
I stayed with a short arm... My DD mileage is about 2 miles and I only get to Off-road once a month of so... (Yeah, sucks for me!). But I went with Metalcloak CA's and it was a 100% Improvement over my stock arms...
I was impressed enough that I'm saving $$$ for their Coils and Six-Pack Shocks...
Just my :twocents:.. But whichever way you decide, save your $$$ and get what you want, don't settle or you'll be disappointed..
Just throwing in my .02 cents...
I stayed with a short arm... My DD mileage is about 2 miles and I only get to Off-road once a month of so... (Yeah, sucks for me!). But I went with Metalcloak CA's and it was a 100% Improvement over my stock arms...
I was impressed enough that I'm saving $$$ for their Coils and Six-Pack Shocks...
Just my :twocents:.. But whichever way you decide, save your $$$ and get what you want, don't settle or you'll be disappointed..
JEEPAlexander14
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How do you change these?
utiadam
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They are a kit from currie. The passenger side mount gets cut off and then a new one slides into it and gets welded. The driver side mount just gets pressed in.
JEEPAlexander14
Member
Damn I need to learn how to weld. Haha