JBA Offroad Upper Control Arms And Suspension MEGA Thread BS thread

Lol...no I switched gears to looking at pelfrey skids and sliders and am about to pull the trigger on those. Slowed up on the drinking too so I can make sure I dont over spend.

 

Alright...so the HD high castor arms say that for tires 255/85/16 or larger you need after market wheels with a back space of 4.5". Is this still the case if you have stock wheels with 1.25" wheel spacers?

 

stock is about 5"BS, with a 1.25" spacer you have 3.75"BS

 

So does this mean it will work or no? Im still trying to learn exactly how all this back space and offset stuff works. Not too savvy on wheels and their measurments.
Edit: I currently have LR UCAs and had to get the spacers cause I was rubbing tire on UCA. I would much rather not run spacers so if the 5" back space is a good thing and it will work without the spacers I would very excited.

 

Yep, it'll work!

 

Soo...the less the backspace the further out the tire sits? @fatfurious2 was trying to explain it to me this past weekend. I thought I had it but am now confused again.

 

Now buy the fuckers

 

Yeah, this helps explain it.

 

They are in my cart! Just trying to decide if I really wanna drop 1500 on sliders and skids and 700 on these all at once.

 

700.00 which one's you getting

 

Heavy duty high castor. Is there no nees for the HD?

 

Nah that's for jumping your truck and shit. At least that's what I gathered. I just ordered mine two days ago and it was like $465 or something.

I did get new UCA nuts and bolts though so I could cut out my old ones

 

No just Standard High Caster is what I have, and make sure you go through @Blackout14 thread as he gets credit for it

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/182607418976

https://www.ebay.com/itm/172714267785

 

Ok..just clicking on one of his links will give him credit? I dont need the new bolts and nuts do I? I reused the stock ones when I installed my LR's. Figure I would do the same with these.

 

Should have them on hand just in case

 

You don't need them. I only got them because I don't want to deal with bending metal out of the way. I plan on cutting them out and installing new ones backwards with red loctite

 

Ok, my trucks already bent up from earlier install, so no biggie.

 

Why are you changing from LR??

 

I like the idea of the easy replaceable ball joints and the set high castor. The ball joint being able to slide in or out on the LR makes me nervous. I can see clean spots where it looks like the balljoint has been moved. Not sure if it was the alignment guy or if they moved on their own. They are torqued to 150 ftlbs and are definitely tight so I may just be over thinking it. They are starting to show wear from the weather already too and they havent been on for that long. 3 or 4 months maybe.