JBA Offroad Upper Control Arms And Suspension MEGA Thread BS thread

Guy I bought them from painted them

 

Installed the High Caster version on my 2017. Shocks are the TRD Pro Bilsteins. Tires are 265/70/17.

 

I was kind of worried that the red would be too much, but now I like it!

 

Installed the same setup yesterday with a 1/2” spacer on top of the coils. I ended up at 22” hub to fender with full Mobtown skids and sliders. I thought I would end up with more lift than that. I’ll be installing a 1-1/8” top spacer next week. I do like all the red though

 

Steel or aluminum skids? Now you've got me worried about how much lift I'll end up with when my SSO low pro bumper and winch are installed.

 

Full steel skid package

 

So I need to get an FJ?
Kinda thought so.

 

Here she is right after install and backed out of the bay. It does have more rake than I was hoping for but we will see how it settles. It's the Baja kit with 1/4 inch spacer up front and a Deaver 3 leaf add a leaf in the rear with super bumps all around. Oh and of course nothing but the best for control arms JBA! The alignment came out great with 3 degrees of castor and the rest were right about 0.

 

Yeah the rear come out a lot higher than I thought it would so hopefully it settles down. These control arms are so beefy and the alignment wasn't crazy out when we thru it on the rack after a little test drive.

 

Yup. I’ll have a set of Billet Icons for sale shortly

 

@Blackout14 Joe what do you think the best way is for me to clean all the rust off the Ball Joint caps and paint them red or black.

 

So I’ve got a set of 16x8 SCS stealth 6’s they’re 3.5” backspace with -25mm offset I sent an email to JBA in regards to theirs note about 4.5 backspace w/ 255x85-16’s or bigger. Haven’t heard back yet, but that’s the tire size I was planning on, I’m buying parts separately until all I have left to buy is tires, UCA’s next then OME BP-51 lift then tires. Plan on CMC and whatever else is necessary. Think I’m good to go? I was thinking HD high caster cause why not HD if I can fork up the extra 200.

 

That’s basically what I did. You’ll need the cmc for sure.

 

I hit even when I go out of my driveway. I need the cmc or smaller wheels!

 

Joe quick question.... Bought my JBAs a few weeks back installing Friday. Should I be concerned in regards to rust or do you think mine were coated? Sorry just catching up just saw this thanks for any input

 

Awesome, then I don’t have to wait on their reply, I can order this shit! Before the woman gets home, I’ve got my wheels in the attic shh....

 

Will do thanks...

 

Do I have to be careful with the Acetone on the red powdercoating Joe?

 

when you regrease these, do you pump till old grease starts squeezing out from the rubber boot?

 

IIRC- I believe JBA recommends 3-6 pumps every 3-5K miles.

I do this but last time I pumped slowly until I just saw some grease ooze from the boot.