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Adjustable or fixed lower arms?

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Still light weight and inflexible compared to any quality arms I’ve ever installed. The rock crawler arms have 90° of misalignment and are probably 4 times the weight of the stockers. The metal cloak arms offer 68° of misalignment if you prefer maintenance free rubber bushings. The Mopar arms on the other hand likely won’t ever see 10° of misalignment without complete failure.
I wasn't arguing anything you stated, just that the Mopar lift LCAs are a decent improvement over the stockers for the small price paid. Sure aftermarket LCAs w/ all they have to offer, will be a substantial upgrade over OEM sets, but for the purpose of getting caster corrected and a bit stronger it's not a bad choice if you're not going w/ much aftermarket lift and are running the less equipped sport/sahara pkgs.
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Trust me, that was my thinking too. Big Metalcloak fan here - I ran the game changer lift on my JKU prior and I understand quality adjustable arms. This will actually be my first time purchasing and installing fixed arms. The JLU is a whole different beast which I’m still learning a lot about and considering the already sagged Sahara springs and the small spacers Im putting on to only clear 33’s, I just thought the mopar lca‘s would do the trick. have no experience with the mopar ones which is why I was mainly concerned, but considering they run them with a lift that gives you at minimum 3 inches, even though they say it’s a 2 incher, you would think they should provide enough caster.

I have no doubt in the future when I do upgrade springs and gears to clear 35’s (maybe once this recession is over and tire prices aren’t through the roof), I’ll get adjustable ones.
 
 



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