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[juane]

Any experience with these?
Mine has been dismal.... a severe clunk when driving on anything other than smooth pavement. Pretty much from day one.
The mounting bolts, bushings and sleeves are well greased, the front frame mount brackets are trimmed for clearance and I've replaced the helm joints.
When I reinstall the OEM arms the clunk goes away.
Same result on TWO different vehicles.
I'm about to turn these beautiful, CNC-machined, billet aluminum, $1000 arms into yard art.

 

[jackhossross]

What a bummer to hear -- they are beautiful -- I actually can't even find these anywhere.

 

[ga12r1]

Any experience with these?
Mine has been dismal.... a severe clunk when driving on anything other than smooth pavement. Pretty much from day one.
The mounting bolts, bushings and sleeves are well greased, the front frame mount brackets are trimmed for clearance and I've replaced the helm joints.
When I reinstall the OEM arms the clunk goes away.
Same result on TWO different vehicles.
I'm about to turn these beautiful, CNC-machined, billet aluminum, $1000 arms into yard art.


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Yup. I would sell them and get 7075 aluminum links from Wide Open Designs. Then do whatever ends you want. I have hiems on frame end and JJs on axle end. No clunks.
These are the only links I’ve never been able to bend.

 

[Kabanstva]

Yup. I would sell them and get 7075 aluminum links from Wide Open Designs. Then do whatever ends you want. I have hiems on frame end and JJs on axle end. No clunks.
These are the only links I’ve never been able to bend.

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Holy s*** wow

 

[Trapper50cal]

Trail-Tailor has a new offering for these and Landtank's are solid rod as opposed to thick-walled pipe.

 

[choyota]

Personally I have these:

 

[jackhossross]

What is the advantage of these aftermarket options?

 

[ga12r1]

What is the advantage of these aftermarket options?

Strength from the link so they don’t bend when they hit a rock and increased articulation if they have heim or JJ ends.
And adjustments to move the axle position or correct pinion angle.

 

[julian16e]

Any experience with these?
Mine has been dismal.... a severe clunk when driving on anything other than smooth pavement. Pretty much from day one.
The mounting bolts, bushings and sleeves are well greased, the front frame mount brackets are trimmed for clearance and I've replaced the helm joints.
When I reinstall the OEM arms the clunk goes away.
Same result on TWO different vehicles.
I'm about to turn these beautiful, CNC-machined, billet aluminum, $1000 arms into yard art.


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Are these a direct fit? Any trimming and can you use the oem hardware ? These are the 54000

 

[hoser]

Trail-Tailor has a new offering for these and Landtank's are solid rod as opposed to thick-walled pipe.

Of the available after offerings, I'd go with the Landtanks LCA's. No bling factor but also no noise, no maintenance, no drama... slides easier on rocks, higher clearance than thick aluminum, no chance of the end rod threads stripping. The OE bushings will outlast all other bushings and rod ends given the range of motion on most 100's.

 

[reznunt]

you can also build your own for cheap:

DIY Rear Lower Control Arms - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/diy-rear-lower-control-arms.1125467/

 

[Trapper50cal]

Of the available after offerings, I'd go with the Landtanks LCA's. No bling factor but also no noise, no maintenance, no drama... slides easier on rocks, higher clearance than thick aluminum, no chance of the end rod threads stripping. The OE bushings will outlast all other bushings and rod ends given the range of motion on most 100's.

It's what I plan to go with...had them on an fzj80 and they were nuke-proof.

 

[Exiled]

After bending two of the OEM ones (same side, driver's), I upgraded to the MetalTech ones and I've had a great experience. They make the OEM ones look like chopsticks!