Best UCA’s??

That's good to hear most my buddies have 3" lifts with stock..idk why I fell for the SPC hype. That only sad part about my story is I gave away my stock UCAs so I've been on market place looking for some semi new ones

 

At that height I would be concerned about camber numbers. I'm on the old style dirt kings and was still able to run 285/70r17's on a +1 wheel without interference with the cab mount. I believe that was with caster set at 4.5. Perfect tire wear and now I'm clearing 295's on a -38 with a cmc same arms and caster settings.

 

Yeah camber will probably be on the positive. And sounds like the perfect set up 295 is definitely my goal at some point. Not sure if I want to break the bank eith some dirt kings at the moment. What ever I decide I just know I have to get rid of these SPC asap. Very disappointing

 

I got a pair of stock UCAs that have sat in my garage for over five years.

 

Are you in California

 

Damnit! I just was. I moved to North Carolina. I have to send some stuff back to my old neighbor in Oceanside once my truck is out of the shop. Oddly enough, I’m getting Camburg Kinetik UCAs installed with some Kings. I’m selling off my Icon lift to him. How far is Oside?

 

Pretty far man, I used to be in San Marcos but now in Central California. I might go the JBA route but I wanted to try the stock see if I wad able to run stock with my lift

 

Jba are nice. Just need so be mindful that the powder cost doesn't always hold up in salt belt areas. The 90 sharp edge on the flat stock part of the UCA is a bit of a weak point.


That being said, I have 6 years on mine and I'm just now repainting and replacing the BJs (that don't actually show signs of needing to be replaced, it's just time).

 

I used to recruit in Bakersfield. I hope you’re more towards the coast lol.

 

How easy is it to replace the ball joints can a regular shmegular guy replace it or need shop tools? 6 years is alot better than 2 is what my SPC gave me. What about the bushings have you had to replace them

 

I'm 2 more hours north of Bakersfield north of Fresno. What are the kinetic camburg? Are they uniball?

 

“The larger FK 1.25" uniball with a PTFE liner provides increased strength and mis-alignment for maximum wheel travel.”

https://camburg.com/products/cambur...ies-suspension-control-arm-kit-cam-310194-gry

 

I will say that I had Icon tubular UCAs and they were great. Just wanted to pivot to another setup to see which one I liked better. You know, for science purposes.

 

Ball joints are super easy. Again, depends on if you're in the salt belt or not. If so, the plate the BJ sits might rust out before the BJ go. If so it's $96/EA and you just swap out the whole thing with 4 bolts. I have a $90 BJ press kit from harbor freight or somewhere and it works fine.

If the rust stays away it's $96 for a set to rebuild everything. I believe the kit includes new zerc fittings too.

My bushings are also fine. Those will also be replaced since everything is apart though. Just keep up with the grease gun every oil change and this setup works great. 3-5 pumps is all it takes.

I'd say I've been fairly aggressive on my gear too. Up keep certainty helped.

 

Wow those are sweet! Definitely out of my budget lol

 

oem...

 

That's what I thought with my SPC I would grease it every 3k miles. Spc don't have zerk for the bushings. Yeah I think I might go with JBA. I just hope their BJs don't give out after 15k miles. Yeah I don't mind a lil rust or powder coat scratches. Just want longevity.

 

I'm in NH. We get hammered with salt. I probably have 80k on these ball joints which has been really nice.

If you don't live in a high salt area I wouldn't worry about the jba powder coat at all. To be clear the powder coat itself is really nice and durable.

 

Awesome! Along everything gets grease should be good then. What type of grease do you use?

 

Mobilgrease XHP 222