Marlin Crawler's upcoming HD LCA Frame Brace Kit

Anyone looking for the brace kit, they are on sale on their site.

 

If anyone is looking for a welder to install these in the LA area, hit up @GHOST SHIP . He just completed mine today. Solid service with quality workmanship. And it was quick too. Did the CMC and the braces in about 4 hours. I'll post up pics soon.

Edit - ...and a VERY reasonable price.

 

I need these now!! I'll head over to the website. Fingers crossed on "in stock"..

 

I picked mine up at Marlin Crawler the other day!

 

Hmm . This gonna be my next Mod.

 

@BigMike When do you expect these to be available for 1st gens?

 

1st gen dont need em. They made em stronger for yall

 

Eh, I've already bent the alignment tabs. For the price, I'd rather do something like this than just the tab reinforcements.

 

Installed! Beefy as hell


Same side prior to install of brackets. Take a look at those flimsy ass bent tabs! Gap in-board and the outboard tab bent outwards.


Footnote: Although the installation instructions allow for the install without removing the control arms, I highly recommend dropping the arms down to do the welding. It allows the welder a shit ton more room to get into the bracket weld points and eliminates the risk of heating up your bushings causing possible damage. Of course that's your call...

Edit:. Welding credit and fab goes to TW member "deeezy". Mad skills with a torch

 

nice! i have appointment coming up soon too. thought your daughter was getting the truck?

 

Quick question that there may not be an answer to. Sometimes manufactures intentionally make a weak point when designing a system to prevent failure of more critical or hard to repair items. If we are strengthening this area in the chain (LCA, UCA, spindles, mounting tabs, etc) what is the next point of failure? I'm guessing chassis, but I'm an idiot, so correct me if I'm wrong. If that is the case, is it safe to assume that the chassis would require some insane level of impact and abuse to get tweaked or bent due to everything else being up to par strength wise?

 

I would say to bend the frame would take a hit enough to total the truck. I have this kit installed and bombed my truck pretty hard last weekend at the dunes. Alignment is still spot on, steering wheel stayed centered. Here is a pic of me blasting clear in the back of Pismo beach in the big rolling dunes.

 

By design, the spindle is the "fuse" of the suspension.

 

in terms of point of failure I would say it goes in order from most likely to give to less likely to give: spindle, uca bolt, cam tabs, lca mounts, coilover, shock tower.

 

I'm going to say tie rod is the weak link. After all the gusseting we do with aftermarket product the tie rod is the only thing i've had fail. I broke a spindle (upright) once but that was basketball size rock at speed and the spindle gussets had no heat in the weld. I'm also major ok having a tie rod bend than any other part of the suspension/steering. they are small, easy to replace and relatively cheap.

 

Has anyone been able to run these gussets with a LCA skid

 

Yes, BAMF skids, had to make a small cut in them. No problems.

 

Thanks for the feedback Gents. Anyone know if these will clear Dirt King lowers?

 

Ordered mine today

 

yes. they clear.