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soonrsfan said:
What about synergy?


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They're great if you want to look at a constantly flopped tie rod. And deal with stupid fucking spring retainers that are supposed to hold the boot onto the rod ends.

Ironically I just got a quote from Bubba at Exodus Jeeps today for a 1.5" tie rod he makes in-house with GM 1 ton TRE's for $250.00. Comes powder coated too for that price. :thumb:
 
Ddays said:
They're great if you want to look at a constantly flopped tie rod. And deal with stupid fucking spring retainers that are supposed to hold the boot onto the rod ends.
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They actually changed the boots recently, they don't fall off anymore.
Agree about the flop though. I had to use the misalignment spacers when I installed hydro.
 
Ddays said:
They're great if you want to look at a constantly flopped tie rod. And deal with stupid fucking spring retainers that are supposed to hold the boot onto the rod ends.

Ironically I just got a quote from Bubba at Exodus Jeeps today for a 1.5" tie rod he makes in-house with GM 1 ton TRE's for $250.00. Comes powder coated too for that price. :thumb:
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I used synergy tie rod and ram assist and never had a problem with a floppy rod. It can be setup to not flop and will take a pretty good beating.
But I would go with the Exodus Jeeps rod. I have seen them in person and they are badass.
 
There are a ton of other tie rods out there but here are the specs on the ones mentioned so far. I didn't realize the Synergy bars were different now. Mine is over 3 years old. It has held up to hits just fine but at the time I thought it was kind of silly that I had to run anti-flop washers. And the boots on my version suck.

Metalcloak: 1.375" dia /.375 wall 4130 chromo/1 ton TRE's $349.00
Synergy: Same as above $375.00
Exodus 1.5" dia/.250 wall/1 ton TRE's $250.00
 
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Ddays said:
There are a ton of other tie rods out there but here are the specs on the ones mentioned so far. I didn't realize the Synergy bars were different now. Mine is over 3 years old. It has held up to hits just fine but at the time I thought it was kind of silly that I had to run anti-flop washers. And the boots on my version suck.

Metalcloak: 1.375" dia /.375 wall 4130 chromo/1 ton TRE's $349.00
Synergy: Same as above $375.00
Exodus 1.5" dia/.250 wall 4130 chromo/1 ton TRE's $250.00
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The one I build isn’t a chromo, it’s DOM. Pretty standard stuff when it comes to steering linkages and is fine until people compare it to a chromo and the pricing. Some feel like spending the extra money. I use DOM because it’s tough and doesn’t require heat treating after welding like 4130 does. This is important since I tig weld the bungs into place. I will be putting together some in the future that will be aluminum but I’m not there yet.


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Exodus Jeeps said:
The one I build isn’t a chromo, it’s DOM. Pretty standard stuff when it comes to steering linkages and is fine until people compare it to a chromo and the pricing. Some feel like spending the extra money. I use DOM because it’s tough and doesn’t require heat treating after welding like 4130 does. This is important since I tig weld the bungs into place. I will be putting together some in the future that will be aluminum but I’m not there yet.


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Thanks for the clarification. I ASSumed it was chromo...
 
You could look into the Fusion 4x4 2.5 ton tie rod.

2.5 ton tre’s 1.75” 7075 aluminum

At $550, it’s a little pricy, but it won’t bend. If you hit a rock or hang on it it bends back to straight


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You could look into Ruffstuff 1 ton GM tie rod. Im happy with mine and it has taken quite a few good hits. They offer it assembled for $190 or as a weld yourself kit for $130. I bought the kit. It's 1.5" x .250 DOM


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QuicksilverJK said:
You could look into Ruffstuff 1 ton GM tie rod. Im happy with mine and it has taken quite a few good hits. They offer it assembled for $190 or as a weld yourself kit for $130. I bought the kit. It's 1.5" x .250 DOM


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This is exactly what I’m building them from. In fact, I used to buy my DOM locally and it was marked India. This last round I couldn’t find any so I ordered the DOM from RuffStuff and it was marked USA. [emoji631][emoji631][emoji631]


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Exodus Jeeps said:
This is exactly what I’m building them from. In fact, I used to buy my DOM locally and it was marked India. This last round I couldn’t find any so I ordered the DOM from RuffStuff and it was marked USA. [emoji631][emoji631][emoji631]


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[emoji106][emoji106] I was definitely very pleasantly surprised. I don't know for sure that it is always USA steel though as they don't advertise it as such. I'm thinking they could possibly have a couple venders for steel.


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