JBA Offroad Upper Control Arms And Suspension MEGA Thread BS thread

yea some extra treads would be nice and some washers

 

You mentioned in the original post right above the alignment specs that you have 3.25" of lift on the driver's side & 3.75" on the passenger's side to prove the UCA's work? Isn't that an insane amount of lift on a 4x4? Then a couple posts down from that post you said you're running 2.5" of lift. If you have anything N. of 3" of lift it has to ride terrible regardless of what UCA you have on there.

 

U need less caster on the left side. Prob pulling to the right cuz of the .3 caster cross. The vehicle pulls to the side with less positive caster. Ur toe is good. Might be red. But 0toe means wheels are straight.
I'm thinking of getting these arms to get my alignment within specs. My alignment on my truck is so jacked.

 

All angles are important. I think improper toe will wear ur tires out the fastest. Camber will also eat up your tires. Caster is mainly for stability.

 

Yeah, that really isn't much. It's not even full salt season and mine already looks like someone blasted 5 bags of chalk onto her. And I washed her last week.

 

I realized that after I posted it. Haha. I was reading thru all the posts, trying to see what was going on with these. My alignment angles are so jacked. I need uca. I'm really interested in these arms.

 

My sentiments exactly. Will definitely be checking these out once I'm (financially) able to properly rebuild and upgrade my lift.

 

Just installed mine yesterday and had the alignment done,had caster put at 3.5 and 3.6 . Truck drives so much better and feels more solid i will try and post pics once im done with work.

 

That is bright!! Lol

 

super brand new!!

 

BTW, contrary to what we were told in this thread, you can in fact get these arms in raw steel if you would rather paint/PC them another color of your choice. You just have to ask.

 

Great news! Im still in denial that i need aftermarket UCA's

 

Not yet. I contacted them and if you want to purchase them raw, you have to wait until the next batch is being built. I'll have to wait a couple weeks but no big deal.

 

If I dont get my new UCA's in the next week or two from CALMINI ill be getting these in the raw.

 

Well they are local. He said he would build me some. So Ill have the first set for the tacoma. He told me its a weekend project...... 3 to 4 months later he says they are at the powder coat shop. Hopefully they are worth the wait. I just came across these JBA UCAs yesterday for some reason.

 

Did you get those ordered and installed?

 

No, I'll be doing a bunch of stuff over the winter assuming I keep the truck. May trade it in for a 4 runner, undecided.

 

Ah no worries, 4 runner will get lifted and a set of 33s right away just like the Tacoma did lol.

 

Now after taking my truck into one alignment shop today im second guessing getting UCAs. The shop said they can get it within spec with the stock control arms.... they said the lower controls arms at that..? They can adjust the lower control arms to get it into spec. So now im really confused.

Ive read through alot of posts and threads. Almost ordered these JBA UCAs yesterday.
Is it really worth it to get new UCAs? From what I got out of reading it is necessary.

Im just back to square one I guess. My first plan with CALMINI bailed on me as far as I know. So now I gotta install myself which I dont really want to or pay labor which I dont want to do either.

By the way I dont recommend CALMINI products at all if they do come out with Tacoma parts. Due to customer service.

Just need some more info or a push to actually get new UCAs.
With the lift am I putting a strain on the stock UCAs?