eBay UCAs

Thought I'd post a little here and keep this up to date. Took me a while to find good info on these and I finally found a decent thread over on T4R; Here is another write up;
http://www.overlandnv.com/apps/blog/show/43088174-ebay-upper-control-arms-write-up-review

Ordered and installed these over the weekend. About $350 w/ shipping. Package came pretty much the next day as they were shipped from CA and I live in CA. Thumbs Up! As you can see they came out of the box With Out the ball covered in grease. Thumbs Up!

I did order some bushing replacements from Camburg (went with Camburg because they were black in color and they were the same price as All Pro, King etc.) I also ordered the All Pro uniball bolt to put in place of the supplied bolt as there was a failure on the T4R thread, granted that dude installed them upside down but can't hurt to have a better bolt (you can see that the seller has placed a "This Side Up" sticker on the UCA. Here's Your Sign!) Price now up to $450. Still way better than $700+...

Decided to install them with the bushings/bolt they came with and will replace them down the road. Camburg & All Pro are a little slow on getting things processed/shipped and the rig needed these as she was def complaining with the OEM arms sitting on a 3" lift.

With the help of my T4R roll dog we got these bad boys installed without any major problems. She def needed an alignment after as she was chirping on every nook and cranny in the road and doing her best to yank me onto the shoulder or into oncoming traffic. Alignment went well and she's feeling solid as rock now.

Will post updates as the miles stack and the trails are run!
All in all I'm stoked on these and can't beat the price. I'm confident these are just as good as their $700 dollar counterparts. Probably exactly the same just without the name stickered on...
If you're in the market for some Uniball UCAs and on budget...
Also... My bud has a set on his T4R for a couple years now, hasn't had any issues and he wheels often and hard. He launched his rig and bottomed the bitch out (she's a fat ass bitch too) and still going strong.

 

@FlyFishVA @Darkgoatracer

 

do these have misalignment bushings?

 

What you see is what came out of the box. Not sure what those are... You mean the misalignments in the ball??

 

You brave bastard

I heard harbor freight is selling upper control arms now. Any takers?


Haha, it's scary to replace such a critical part with an unknown/unproven name(or lack of any name), but they probably are just as safe and strong as the $14,000 arms. Only time will tell.

 

@Boogyman can attest to these as well



Good writeup! my SPC LR's are pretty solid thus far after 2 years or so but when upgrade times comes i'll def give these a go

 

I looked at these 100 times when I was uca shopping. It's good to see someone take the chance. I think we all look forward to seeing the longevity of them!

 

I know several folks personally who have run these with no issues. That and the good info from over on T4R drove my decision to run these... Well the price tag too!

 

I run them pretty hard. No issues.i wheel 4-5 times a week on them from fire roads to mild crawling. @Daria @TACONOLES94 @tacobell007 @ChamYota can attest I bash the fuck out of them. I had one issue with the bushings since they need to be modified. Replaced the bushings with new ones I modified and they're perfectly fine now. Love them. I'd do it again. But don't trust me I drive on retreads

 

3 years and only one issues that's been resolved

 

<3

 

Heard about bushing issues. Have some replacements enroute. Figured I'd run these into the ground and then swap them out.

 

Make sure to shave them enough so the inner metal tube is a mm longer than the rubber so the rubber isn't "chafed" between the UCA and the UCA mount. You'll wear through them in a heartbeat

 

Good look!
That's what I read... I ordered the replacements from Camburg and they come with sleeves as well. Should be a good fix!

 

Yea Mr.Baldwin over here ripping through the forest

 

@ahspurlock I believe has these as well.

 

Thought you said retards

 

Same thing if you ask some people

 

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