To be fair to Metalcloak, they did offer to replace the damaged end with a new one of the same old design. I was asking for the updated end, to which they said, "No." That was the most disappointing part. The old design was defective, so let's replace it with the same defective design. Or sell me a new one with the updated design. I'm sure it would have been fine for a while, but for a $4k kit you would think that if there was a design flaw, they would want to fix it and keep the customer satisfied. As of now, the only things left from the original Game Changer are the 8 arms and brake lines.
Whoever reads this, take it for what it's worth. Many retailers push product not based upon what's best, but what's best for their profit margin. My local retailer is a small shop that learned through my experience that best profit margin is not always consistent with best for the customer. He has sold many Metalcloak kits without issue, but from my experience, I would have gone a different route based upon experience, research and recommendations from a community of jeep enthusiasts like Wayalife that pushes their equipment to the limits of design. Trust a retailer? Trust a forum filled with merchants disguised as joe blow? Or, trust a community of enthusiasts that takes pride in keeping those business influences out of the forum? I choose the latter.
