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I've been getting some good hours at work, so I should be ordering parts soon.

In order-
New TRE's for my dom tie rod
new front driveshaft (anyone have one laying around?)
8.25 with 4.56 gears
4.56 gears/install kit for my d30 hp
Ball joints
lca skids installed
gears installed

And then long arms.... Still deciding between iro or rough country.
 
Did you rule out the BDS 3-link (saw your jeepforum thread)? Too expensive?

I would actually recommend building your own link setup... or having a local shop build one for you. Building (or having someone build) a simple radius arm set up that is welded onto your unibody stiffeners would end up being much cheaper than IRO's and RC's kits. You could weld mounts like these right on to your stiffeners: http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/Heavy-Duty-Frame-Link-Mount_p_1511.html

Also, its kind of hard to mess up while designing a radius arm set up... you could do it easily.
 
I really don't have the means to build my own. No welder, all the shops around here don't care about jeeps, its all toyota. I went by a fab shop, and I wasn't able to talk to them with out him telling me "humboldt state is goddamn green liberal prius driving eco-bullsh** socialism center". (Thats actually what the dude said. I left.) I don't want to support people who have no clue what they're doing. We don't have fab shops, just redneck engineering shops. lol

I'm really leaning toward the RC setup. Major value. If I can just get over the low brackets, it might be ok.
 
srmitchell said:
I really don't have the means to build my own. No welder, all the shops around here don't care about jeeps, its all toyota. I went by a fab shop, and I wasn't able to talk to them with out him telling me "humboldt state is goddamn green liberal prius driving eco-bullsh** socialism center". (Thats actually what the dude said. I left.) I don't want to support people who have no clue what they're doing. We don't have fab shops, just redneck engineering shops. lol

I'm really leaning toward the RC setup. Major value. If I can just get over the low brackets, it might be ok.
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Dang that sucks.

One thing I just recently (yesterday) found out is that the RC arms are made out of 3/16 wall (.1875) HREW, while the IRO arms are made out of 2" 5/16 wall (.3125) DOM. Thats a pretty big gap there.. Im not sure if I would trust anything less than .25 wall in a suspension link (or maybe I've been spending to much time over on Pirate). But then again, I know you wont be bashing the crap out of it like some people, so 3/16 might be fine.

I've heard both good and bad things about the IRO kit. The caster adjustment seems to scare a lot of people away, but many have successfully run it with no complaints.

Its a tough decision... but I think you will be happy with the one you choose.
 
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Wow, that changes a lot.

Why wouldn't they use dom?

I guess at that point you'd be paying as much as the tnt.
 
I guess so!

Either way, he said as long as it's not used in a competition (haha), they will replace any mangled arms, no questions asked. I'll ask them again.

I think I found my long arms. :)
 
srmitchell said:
I guess so!

Either way, he said as long as it's not used in a competition (haha), they will replace any mangled arms, no questions asked. I'll ask them again.

I think I found my long arms. :)
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RC is very good about their customer service. If you break anything, they will replace it for free. The main reason I bought their lift kit was because of their CS.

EDIT: I just found the thread I've been looking for (didn't want to say anything till I found the evidence). It seems RC is having trouble shipping the arms out on time. There have been multiple complaints of slow shipping (or no shipping at all) of their long arm kits. Refer to the last few pages of this thread: http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/rough-country-long-arm-kits-884625/. The kits are back-ordered to May 28th at the very least. Wether that is for the full lift kits w/long arms, or for the LA upgrade only, I don't know. For all we know, depending on the time you order, you might not have your kit before SierraFest. Just a heads up!

I'm not trying to make your decision any harder... Just bringing a few things that caught my eye to your attention.
 
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Yeah, I know. Not good. The rep said If I ordered today, I'd have them in 2 weeks.

But, I'm going to call them when the time comes.
I should be able to order by mid june.

Right now the focus is my tie rod, swapping a new rear axle, and building the dana 30 sitting in my garage.
 
It was broken like this-
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But now it's fixed! And doesn't leak!

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Hey me too! I got that 8.25 with 4.56s in the back and pulled the front shaft until I do the gear install

I'm guessing you heard I didn't need the output shaft. Turns out mine worked after all. Thanks anyway and I hope i didn't cause any inconvenience
 
Question for you guys.

I tried to install longer bump stops out back, and one of the bolts snapped off. I tried to drill it out and use a bolt remover, but it's fudged. Im left with a rusty mangled stud/bolt thing. i tried to chisel it out too!

What would the best way to fix this? Im thinking of drilling through the nut inside the frame and just using a self tapper to get it up there. It doesn't really have to hold much torque.

Any clue?
 
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