$700-800 for UCAs is dumb and price gouging. Prove me wrong

Title says it all.. There is no reason for UCAs to be as much if not more than sliders.

Metal costs? BS
Rubber bushing costs? BS
Generic cheap ubj? BS
Labor cost of 3 welds on a jig? BS

Max profit from instalanding and mall crawling jabronies? YESSIR

 

Price of everything has gone up.

 

SPC used to be $400. Priced doubled? BS

 

That was for the older versions. The new ones have upgraded bushings and ball joint that raised the price due to cost going up to manufacture.

$380 shipped for the old ones rebranded as eibachs or mevotech. https://www.extremeterrain.com/eiba...gSNslELHq1evRaF67CRoCaSgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Alittle rubber and a generic ball joint doesnt justify doubling the price people

 

I refuse to be suckered by big greedy suspension companies. I made my own out of leftover garage door parts and old hockey pucks.

 

Whoa! I take it there will be a decline in Tacomain' and other genres of automotive enthusiasm.

People still like to modify vehicles and will spend big bucks doing so. I saw where the aftermarket manufacturers were making money. I'm just wonder when the bottom will fall out.

 

Make them yourself, set up a business, sell for less, profit.

Or just keep complaining.

 

I also got the 1st edition SPC LR arms for $280 back in the day.

 

I can’t wait until they bump the price on these so’s I can pick up a pair!!

 

UCAs arent rocket science people

 

George is getting upset!

 

I’m not sure if you are just making a joke or not, but the answer seems obvious to me. First and foremost it’s obvious market forces. If someone could make one cheaper and sell it, they would. Secondly, I think the challenge for new manufacturers is the upfront capital costs to obtain the tooling to forge or cast a UCA. (I think they are generally forged yes?). You can machine them from billet as well, but i surmise that it is more expensive per part.

Additionally, there are likely legal liability issues with UCAs that rock sliders do not have.

UCAs likely require a modern engineering and manufacturing process whereas rock sliders can be produced by any guy in a garage with a welder.

 

Aliexpress reverse engineered UCA's for the low low

 

I'm calling troll on this one, but if not -

It takes some R&D to create said product. Some modeling and trial runs to find out what works best to provide expected results.

The tools used to run said R&D is not cheap, not by a long shot! Do you know what it costs to purchase and maintain a laser cutting setup?

Material costs have gone up.

Transportation costs have gone up.

Labor rates have gone up.

If you're really this bent out of shape over some UCA's, do me a favor and do not inspect the welds on your Tacoma. Much less, measure the thickness of your truck's frame. I guarantee you'll find that there's much more "price gouging" on a vehicle than there is on a set of control arms.

 

These trucks are almost 20years old… RnD is done dude

 

Have you looked into sliders recently? Good luck finding them under $1k after shipping. This does not change the fact that companies may or may not be price gauging lol

 

Raw sliders are $700-800 dude. Been looking at em all week

Sliders have way more material and labor involved

 

Nonsense. It’s always a work in progress. I do agree that old tech changes slower though.

 

I feel like people really don’t know what price gouging actually means.