Slee's new arms?
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Beefy yes each arm is 46lbs of steel
Are they steel or aluminum?
They gotta be steel.
I do not think aluminum control arms would last very long.
Looks like we got a price increase as well....
They look really nice. But way too out of my price range.
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I do not think aluminum control arms would last very long.
Looks like we got a price increase as well....
They look really nice. But way too out of my price range.
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The chi-chi factor is off the charts with those! I love the new control arms but don't have a desire to go 6" lift... gawd, if I see those in real life, my bank account will take a quick hit!
Why not?
Plenty of people did it with the old arms and had positive results?
As far as caster correction these are doing the same as the old ones aren't they?
I'm sure Slee will chime in here, but I believe he said they will work with a 4"-6" lift by using correction bushings.
And yes, they are steel. Alum wouldn't last long when that front suspension starts to flex.
And yes, they are steel. Alum wouldn't last long when that front suspension starts to flex.
The Hardcore guys talk about using solid AL for links because they keep bending .5 side wall DOM tubing...
The arms are steel and not aluminum. They have 13 degrees of correction (2 more than the old ones). W have found that more trucks are on the lower end of the caster specs so we added some caster. It is the exact amount of correction to put a truck that was at 3 degrees caster back to 3 degrees caster when lifted 6" exactly.
The advantage of these arms are that they can also use caster bushings without inteference of the tie rod with the arms or the axle tube hitting the arms. We also have new 5 degree bushings instead of the 3 degree bushings from OME.
These are super strong. One does loose a little clearance under the axle since they are not as streamline as the old tube ones. However the old tubes ones were welded together and we did have a few failures in the beginning, which was corrected by adding gussets and changing the weld procedure.
The angles of corrections are based on 2D design. There is still a discrepancy when you measure angles on a alignment rack. That is the same reason why OME bushings are generally known as a 2 degree and the other aftermarket ones as 3 degrees. That is the correction they yield when you do pre and post measurements on a rack. However if you measure the bushings and draw it out, the numbers are different. I have yet to find someone that can explain this to me.
The machined arms are more expensive, but we also offer urethane bushings now that are less expensive than the Toyota OEM bushings. I wish the cost did not have to go up, but machining these beasts are not cheap or fast. I will have more photo's after the weekend. We also offer new panhards and upper arms that do not require core charges. Also 25mm spacers for the front, and replacement bushings for most of the 80 series suspension parts.
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The advantage of these arms are that they can also use caster bushings without inteference of the tie rod with the arms or the axle tube hitting the arms. We also have new 5 degree bushings instead of the 3 degree bushings from OME.
These are super strong. One does loose a little clearance under the axle since they are not as streamline as the old tube ones. However the old tubes ones were welded together and we did have a few failures in the beginning, which was corrected by adding gussets and changing the weld procedure.
The angles of corrections are based on 2D design. There is still a discrepancy when you measure angles on a alignment rack. That is the same reason why OME bushings are generally known as a 2 degree and the other aftermarket ones as 3 degrees. That is the correction they yield when you do pre and post measurements on a rack. However if you measure the bushings and draw it out, the numbers are different. I have yet to find someone that can explain this to me.
The machined arms are more expensive, but we also offer urethane bushings now that are less expensive than the Toyota OEM bushings. I wish the cost did not have to go up, but machining these beasts are not cheap or fast. I will have more photo's after the weekend. We also offer new panhards and upper arms that do not require core charges. Also 25mm spacers for the front, and replacement bushings for most of the 80 series suspension parts.
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They work well with 7.25" lift on my FZJ45. I had the tube arms with 0 degrees of caster and now have upwards of 2 degrees. They work well even though they won't keep you from flopping 
Right now we are powdercoating them. I want them to be black, but I can not locate any company in Denver that can do black zinc. The arms are either to heavy or to long for the tanks they have. Black oxide is easy, but will eventually corrode.
now that's going to make shipping a biotch!! and pricey!!
No, it is just that the platers here do not do a lot of black zinc. They have small tanks and /or restrictions on how heavy of a part the operators can pick up. If we want yellow zinc, or nickel it is easy.
Might just do that. People that do not want the bling can paint them over the nickle.
That is some nice work right there.
Anyone want to sell their old arms because they've got to have the new ones?
Anyone want to sell their old arms because they've got to have the new ones?
