U need more than just the U-Joint, you need the D.S.!

Here's a price on the CA's: http://www.northridge4x4.com/proddet...d=TF-001653700

 

You need the U Joint style front drive shaft, not just the U Joint.

Here's a link to Northridge's control arm page. http://www.northridge4x4.com/products.php?cat=126 You only need the front lowers. There's a lot of different choices there, Currie, Clayton, Teraflex, Full Traction, etc.

 

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much for links and detailed price breakdown. I def appreciate everyones help.

 

No worries man! That's why we're all here, to help each other out!

 

front and rear track bar will add more stress but at 4" of lift, your track bar and drag link will be at a much steeper angle and this will effect the way your jeep handles. the installation of a relocation bracket and a dropped pitman arm up front is desirable because they will return the track bar and drag link back to a flatter factory state and this will help you jeep to drive much better. some companies such as teraflex are solving the stress problem by adding a reinforcement brace and this works very well.

ummm, he's getting a rubicon and will not need sway bar disconnects.

while adjustable track bars are nice to have and jks makes very nice ones, they are not needed per se due to the fact that the rc kit comes with track bar relocation brackets. i have installed this lift and can tell you that they alone will recenter your axles pretty well.

no, you can definitely do this without adjustable control arms but i personally wouldn't recommend it.

because not everyone wants to stick with the coils that they get in a kit. some want the ability to upgrade to something taller in the future or some just need to get arms to go with the starter kit that they have now and didn't come with control arms. adjustability give you options and that is something that everyone should want. well, at least me anyway.

and if you decide to change out your coils to something higher or hell, go with with a set from a different make, you are screwed. contrary to what you seem to think, no two 4" coil made by different manufacturers measures the same and in some cases, the differences are significant. needless to say, if you were to install a set of control arms designed specifically for an rc 4" lift, i can assure you they will not be correct for a jeep running a tf 4" coil as the difference in height between the two is almost 2".

nobody said that you "needed" to get adjustable control arms in order to get great handling. the rc kit comes with cam bolts and you can use them to give you more caster and that'll take care of things. the problem with cam bolts is that it's a budget fix that requires you to slot your lower control arm mounts and experience has taught me that if you run bigger tires and wheel your jeep hard, it is difficult to keep these bolts from loosening up and moving around. adjustable control arms simply give you the same ability to add more caster and without having to slot out any mounts. also, most adjustable control arms are much stronger than stock arms and have joints that are more flexible too - both of which is good to have when installing bigger tires and working outside of factory specs. while hacking your factory arms and adding replacement ends will work, they are still ultimately factory arms designed for factory specs. but hey, it's your jeep and you can do with it as you want

 

All very true! I didn't mean to imply that the RC non-adjustable CA's would work with any other lift! You are right about them not necessarily working for any other 4" lift! I agree 100% that they will only definitely work for the RC kit!

I didn't mean to hack up the factory CA's. I meant the beefier ones that come with the RC kit. Much burlier than stock! That would allow one to use them with other lifts, if you cut them and put the adjustable ends on them.