Has anyone had issues with the TC UCA and what are the advantages? I'm running OME lift with 285/65-18 and would like to also know if it improves tire to UCA clearance from the stock one.
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New 11 LC200 soon to arrive. Pretty new to this technical stuff. Question: On my current 08 LC200 I had Slee install OME front and rear Nitro HC struts and shocks with lift. OME coils f&r. ARB front and rear bumpers. Ride is pretty stiff for a guy who drives around in the city and on I-70 wearing his WYO. ball cap & boots and a bride of 35 yrs. who will only stay at a FS or RC(she hates it when her latte spills out of the cup when we hit an expansion joint on the Hgwy) Will the Total Chaos UCA's soften the ride?
LT, correct me if I am wrong, but the UCA's will allow more up travel and allow for the caster to be set to factory settings. They will have no bearing on ride comfort. That will be dictated by the spring/shock setup on the vehicle.
The 1-22-11 "Fox shox on a LC200" thread guy has same OME coils as I have. His "comfy" comments I guess now are directed at the FS coilovers and not the UCA's. After installation of my OME struts, coils, shocks and lift part of installation is to have front end re-aligned. It is common upon acceleration for the front to pull to the right. I guess it has something to do with the amount of up travel. As I understand it, and it may be a misunderstanding, with UCA's this issue will not occur. What I didn't know is if it would impact the ride. By the way TS21, I drive my 73 Chev. Vega wagon with a Thrush muffler and 230M miles on the aluminum block to Park Meadows. This is interesting.
Forgive me for a stupid question, but after an OME suspension lift my main problem with wheel alignment appears to be too much positive camber. Even after repeated attemps to get the wheel alignment sorted, camber is too positive with LCA adjustment settings to their maximum. The only way I can see to get this fixed is using a slightly "shorter" UCA, keeping the top of the tires closer together. Total Chaos only speaks of improved caster, can anybody confirm that these arms are indeed slightly shorter than the original arms and thus improve camber in addition to caster?
Thanks,
Nan
Wouldn't a slightly longer LCA realign the wheels so they aren't so close in to the vehicle? I know when I went to put on snow chains for winter offroading, I couldn't because there wasn't enough room to clear the UCA. Maybe someone will come up with a fix for both? A shorter UCA would only make the tolerance between the tire and the UCA even tighter.