Amazon UCA's?

If you're going to do it then go for it, personally I wouldn't want that lingering doubt in the back of my mind every time I'm out driving in my truck. Some things you can get away with going cheap on, but when it comes to something like this I think spending a little more on JBA's or SPC's is worth every penny. UCA or upper ball joint failure can easily cost you much more than just new UCAs.

 

Yeah i think that's why I'm leaning towards Built Right they have a good rep and they are in the same price range as JBA and SPC but are a uniball design.

 

I saw a post on the TW Facebook page a week or two back from a guy with an FJ that had SPC UCA's and the driver's side one snapped at the weld, so nothing is immune to failure. But if one of those can break, I'd be really paranoid about something with no reputation being sold exclusively on eBay or Amazon.

 

As far as I'm aware, you don't "need" a uniball design just to get your alignment back into spec, even with the extended travel (Kings, Icons...). Basically any reputable company that builds aftermarket UCA's allow for proper alignment of a 3" lift and more droop these days. It just happens that most of the high performance UCAs use the uniball design.

Light Racing has a ball joint style UCA that easily corrects for alignment and more droop (extended travel coilovers), granted they're still $500 (Wheeler's offroad). From what I've been reading, the consensus is that if you just want alignment or moderate wheelin', get the Light Racing ones, but if you're going to beat on it, the uniballs seem to be stronger. I'm sure people will pick a fight either way, but that seems to be the way people are going.

I happen to subscribe to the adage, however, that if you're going to futz with the suspension, you might as well upgrade (at least to a reasonable degree) the components that are the weak spots. It does take some consideration of personal preferences, however, like driving style, etc... as often times the "higher quality" parts also require more maintenance (like greasing uniballs or poly bushings, etc...).