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- Brett
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I completely missed your reply but you nailed it on the mid arm/long arm!Agreed, I just bought a set of the RK No Limit Sway Bar Links and was kind of shocked they recommend WD40. "WD" is Water Displacement and is a good rust inhibitor, but evaporates quickly and does not lubricate for any considerable length of time. Ever hear someone riding a bicycle with a super squeaky chain? They likely unknowingly rinsed all the oil off their chain with WD40 and were left with a clean, but unlubricated chain for their efforts once the WD40 dried. Tri-Flow is fantastic for Teflon impregnated joints (and bicycle chains)...
The term "mid-arm" as I've seen it develop over the years came from the earlier days of coil sprung Jeeps. A Jeep TJ had "short" arms. You could buy a "long" arm kit for it. When the JK was introduced, the factory arms were so much longer than TJ arms, that some lift manufacturers referred to their factory length replacements as "mid" arms. I mean, who would want to buy a "short-arm" kit for their new JK? Short and Mid both typically refer to arms that bolt into the factory locations.
As for the original question, I think you're on the right track. I have the EVO coilovers, but installed them myself. I'm running them in conjunction with MetalCloak "mid" arms as I wanted to give their joint design a try. Even without the long arm option, I just couldn't justify the cost of having a shop do the coilover install. If I wasn't wrenching on it myself, I'd have gone with a more traditional style of lift that would cost less to have installed. Too many other important parts to spend money on! lol
ill have to check out that tri flow. RK seems to be the noisiest lift. It’s always something, I’ll use fluid film which we love. Was told the same thing on the no limits sway bar end links. Wd-40 works good but doesn’t last like you mentioned. We use the wd-40 mostly to spray on our fixture tables to keep them from rusting.
One of our guys just got hired on with Orange County fire authority. Will be a culture shock from how things are in texas!
brett
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