Metaljoke control arms

toxicwaste29

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #1

I bought metalcloak upper arms and a track bar a couple years back when I was a greenhorn and didn't know better. Well I've been dealing with handling issues and decided to double check my castor. Anyways here is what I found about their junk. Not sure if this is normal for upper arms but I wouldn't imaging it is.


Edit: these had only roughly 25k miles and one offroad trip where I was on green and blue trails all day except for 30 minutes on a black

 

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wayoflife

Administrator

Staff member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #2

Nope, nothing normal about that other than it being MetalCloak

 

OverlanderJK

Resident Smartass

• Mar 20, 2016

• #3

I think you nailed it with the title of this thread. Joke is right.

 

MTG

Caught the Bug

• Mar 20, 2016

• #4

Que fan boys to talk about how good their customer service is.

 

jeeeep

Hooked

• Mar 20, 2016

• #5

that looks like the bracket i bought at ace hardware fir my cargo deck

 

WJCO

Meme King

• Mar 20, 2016

• #6

.....

 

toxicwaste29

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #7

I'm tempted to contact them just to see what they will say about the warranty but I don't want another one of their arms

 

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Drdiesel1

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #8

Put it in a vise and straiten it and weld a small plate on each side to strengthen it :dont_tell:

 

OverlanderJK

Resident Smartass

• Mar 20, 2016

• #9

Drdiesel1 said:

Put it in a vise and straiten it and weld a small plate on each side to strengthen it :dont_tell:

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That's exactly what I would want to do to $400 control arms.

 

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Drdiesel1

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #10

OverlanderJK said:

That's exactly what I would want to do to $400 control arms.

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LOL! It was a joke. Look at the :dont_tell::dont_tell::dont_tell::dont_tell:

 

MR.Ty

Token East Coast Guy

• Mar 20, 2016

• #11

In b4 the "wayalife hates metalcloak because they don't give him free parts" fanboys.

 

Napalm

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #12

WJCO said:

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LoL!

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dwvninety

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #13

Installer error......oh wait that's Terrorflex excuse...

 

Stick

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #14

Wow, I'm sorry that sucks but thanks for the pic to show everyone how bad they are. It's the 1st pic I've seen of their stuff, now I understand the hatred for them.

 

kpig

Member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #15

Good luck with this one. I had an old version of their trackbar that had a joint separate and slide to one side causing metal on metal. Their great customer service solution was to try and sell me another with the updated joint. Thanks for nothing. They will try to sell you another one and tell you there is nothing wrong with it being bent. Yea that's why I paid so much. Chalk it up as a learning lesson and move to something more proven. I know a lot of people say we are EVO fanboys ourselves, but I don't see their stuff bending or breaking like this. Good luck.

 

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el_chupo_

Member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #16

wayalife hates metalcloak because they don't give him free parts! Best CS in the industry, truly a game changer!







































I would contact them for the replacement, and then see if I couldn sell them at a discount, to at least offset the cost of a different set.

Is the other one in good shape, or same issue?

 

thardy

Banned

• Mar 20, 2016

• #17

el_chupo_ said:

wayalife hates metalcloak because they don't give him free parts! Best CS in the industry, truly a game changer!







































I would contact them for the replacement, and then see if I couldn sell them at a discount, to at least offset the cost of a different set.

Is the other one in good shape, or same issue?

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Please tell me you forgot to use the sarcasm font on that first part.

 

rogerk93

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #18

I was going to buy their lift but after I had their metal rear seat bracket bend 3 times with a very skinny female sit on it I was very doubtful about their other products. I ending up installing a Currie lift this past weekend and am very happy with how strong everything is.

 

Whiskey River

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #19

I've got their upper and lower front control arms. 60,000 miles no issues really to speak of. But this has me thinking maybe I should go take a closer look.

 

toxicwaste29

New member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #20

The driver side is okay. Passenger is the messed up on. I might as well see what they will do at this point I have nothing to lose at this point.