JBA Offroad Upper Control Arms And Suspension MEGA Thread BS thread

ya ill be stepping to 887 and spacer since my skid plate and sliders dropped my 885 down1 inch.

 

What are you going to do for UCA's

 

According to blackout marlin is replacing our old ones, we will see

 

^^^ as he should. If nothing else, he seems to be a man of integrity.

I can expect a full review after you get the new set and put them through their paces, right?

 

LR ucAs

 

FTW

 

because price and what everyone else has used and worked well.

 

Contacted Marlin after blackout14's post about his numbers and according to Marlin, the new arms are in production and when they are ready, he will be shipping them out. I don't know how many folks are on the list or how many Marlin is producing, but the short answer is yes, he will be replacing them. Timeframe? Didn't get one but I'm guessing it won't be quicker than a week and hoping it won't be longer than a few weeks.

And to answer another question, you can bet I'll write a detailed review after I get the new arms installed.

 

I like what I'm seeing with the new design. I suspect I'll be putting in an order when I return from vacation, as long as I can keep a little extra chedda' in my account while I'm gone.

More importantly though... Any chance on a run of a different, more subtle color for the TW folks?

 

Eh. We plat plasti-dip everything else, it certainly won't hurt the UCA.

 

Sub

 

Sandwich-Please

 

He he he heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

Double Meat

 

I need some real good UCA's what'cha got for me?

 

And then some

 

Any plans to wheel it soon? I want to see someone put them through their paces. *Cough, Cough... it would be great if someone could post some pics of full compression and full droop so we can see the clearance. Cough. Cough...*

 

Ha Ha.^^ Whanever you get around to it. Kids do seem to have a way of taking up alot of time. Worth every second though.

 

I occasionally receive PM's related to my experience with the JBA UCA. So to close the loop for me in this thread (not subbed anymore).

To sum up my experience:

• The first set I had bent against the coil bucket (improperly designed, IMO)
  
• The second set were the HD variety. I could not get proper alignment with my HD UCA's. After three alignments (at three different shops) I threw in the towel and got a full refund from Marlin and sent the UCA's back to him.

This ordeal was very painful for me. My wife was upset with me. I wasted a lot of time at alignment shops, and in my driveway wrenching when I could have been spending with my family, etc.

There is a certain risk every modder takes when using newly designed aftermarket parts, and I knew that going into it, but it cost way more than I intended.

At the present time, I'm rocking the stock UCA's with 5100 shock and OME 885 coils. It took a while to get used to driving the truck with very low caster, but now after many months, it's normal to me and I'm happy with my setup.

Best of luck to all with the JBA UCA's. And I hope Marlin gets things dialed in.