New UCA's

hey guys I've seen guys saying they have sock uca's work with a 3" lift but others say you need to get new one? Help a brotha out?

 

I could not get my truck aligned correctly with stock UCAs. I personally had to do them to get the alignment correct.

 

You ended up buying them?

 

I went with Total Chaos UCAs on mine.

 

I was looking at those. I'm getting bigger tires too so

 

I had 285s and they were a good size, Im running 35's now and its a lot of cutting and trimming to say the least plus my gas mileage went down the drain.

 

That's what I'm getting is 285's

 

285s on top and 35s on the bottom

 

Looks sick dude

 

3" lift in front 2" in rear?

 

roughly 1.5 in the back.

 

Any rubbing with the 285's?

 

I did a little in front, CMC and minor trimming. back and front both hit top of fenders slightly at full flex.

 

Sick ride dude

 

What projectors do you have in those housings? Geez that thing looks HUGE!!!

 

I was just told by another member at 3 inches aftermarket UCA's are not needed and that factory spec alignment is fine with a 3 inch lift. And that you go into further issues when adding aftermarket UCA's and a good alignment. Been there done that with stock UCA's, never again

 

I have a 3" OME ARB lift and had the OE UCA's for over a year and was fine.

Barley rubbed at full stuff but just wasn't fully in spec and aligned it was close but not perfect.

when I had the funds I upgraded and now there is no rubbing and its in spec. But hey that's just my experience.

 

Thats crazy. Maybe he got lucky, but i can not imagine getting a full 3" lift and not needing UCAs to get a proper alignment. Im not saying its not true, however from the countless hours ive spent researching it seems that anything over 2.5" lift will benefit from aftermarket UCAs. Also im not sure what kinds of problems will come from aftermarket UCAs with a proper alignment.

 

Exactly

 

sent you a pm so we don't derail to much. I have some pictures on my build page.

I agree, plus the aftermarket UCAs made my ride smoother IMO.