looking for Highsteer arm/DIY solution for one

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filly

filly

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Hi, I am in a bit of a situation. I am currently 3-linking my Land Cruiser and I am basically 98% done. My problem is that I am in need of a high-steer arm from Slee Offroad, but it has been sold out. When I called them, they told me it won’t be back in stock for 6+ weeks, and I am in a hurry to finish my car.
So, I am going on here to ask: does anyone have one that they are willing to sell? Alternatively, does anyone have any DIY temporary solutions for high-steer? I am not planning on wheeling it until I get the proper high-steer; I'm just in a hurry to finish it since it’s my daily driver

One of my DIY ideas for high-steer is welding a 10mm thick plate to my knuckle and using that as a high-steer arm. However, I don't want to weld onto the knuckles just yet because I am hoping someone has one for sale.
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any help or ideas would be much appreciated :)
 
Here’s what I came up with:
So, I welded on the DIY high-steer arm, but before welding it on, I had to weld in a steel sleeve spacer to change the hole size from 3/4" to 5/8" because I decided to go with smaller heim joints (I previously drilled out the hole to 3/4").
Here are the photos of the steel sleeve spacer getting welded in.
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After welding in the spacers, I decided to start welding the arm onto the knuckle. Before I started welding it, though, I had to pre-heat the knuckle to make sure it doesn't crack while welding, since the knuckle is made out of cast steel.
Here are the photos of the arm.
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I used the old, big heim joint (that I will not be using anymore) as a spacer to make sure everything is flat and lines up with everything.
After welding, I wrapped the whole knuckle in a fiberglass blanket to make sure it cools off slowly and I don't get any cracks in it.
Here are the photos after I welded it.
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not the prettiest welds but hopefully they hold up
 
Did you post up a want add in the suspension classifieds ?
Seems there were some for sale recently.
 
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