Longarm kits compared/contrasted
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I've been told the standard Evo long arm rear mounts have better on road characteristics than the high clearance mounts. Depends on what you're after I guess. After looking at the body mount bushing that is in the way for the UCA mount,it seems theres ways to work around it,just depends on how much fab work a person wants to do.
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Side note- Never met Mel before but he seemed like a decent guy with all the effort he put out to get that Jeep fixed and off the trail. imo
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When you get these guys out on the trail, most everyone goes out of their way to help each other--including guys with competing manufacturing companies.
I've personally seen it with Mel, Bob (TnT), Jeremy (Rock Krawler), Dave (Synergy), Dennis (not an owner, but a rep for Teraflex), Tom Woods, Jim (JE Reel), etc., etc.
The Rock Krawler trusses are boxed in, with much more welding surface.
Here is my original Trailmaster truss that is based on the Rock Krawler design:
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JK Enthusiast
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I've been told the standard Evo long arm rear mounts have better on road characteristics than the high clearance mounts. Depends on what you're after I guess. After looking at the body mount bushing that is in the way for the UCA mount,it seems theres ways to work around it,just depends on how much fab work a person wants to do.
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Mel is a decent guy, and that was his event.
When you get these guys out on the trail, most everyone goes out of their way to help each other--including guys with competing manufacturing companies.
I've personally seen it with Mel, Bob (TnT), Jeremy (Rock Krawler), Dave (Synergy), Dennis (not an owner, but a rep for Teraflex), Tom Woods, Jim (JE Reel), etc., etc.
The Rock Krawler trusses are boxed in, with much more welding surface.
Here is my original Trailmaster truss that is based on the Rock Krawler design:
When you get these guys out on the trail, most everyone goes out of their way to help each other--including guys with competing manufacturing companies.
I've personally seen it with Mel, Bob (TnT), Jeremy (Rock Krawler), Dave (Synergy), Dennis (not an owner, but a rep for Teraflex), Tom Woods, Jim (JE Reel), etc., etc.
The Rock Krawler trusses are boxed in, with much more welding surface.
Here is my original Trailmaster truss that is based on the Rock Krawler design:
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Both EVO and Synergy have only one joint that can be swapped, so no help there.
Interestingly, I've toyed with the idea of using MetalCloak arms for a fully bolt-on solution. They appear to have enough flex to accommodate coilovers and ride great, just not sure if they'd be sufficient for coilovers.
Interestingly, I've toyed with the idea of using MetalCloak arms for a fully bolt-on solution. They appear to have enough flex to accommodate coilovers and ride great, just not sure if they'd be sufficient for coilovers.
JK Jedi
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It was basiclly just a 3/8" bar bent around the differential and just welded at the tubes. I think it was bought from a small fab company. His build thread is on jkfreaks his tag is CJ that went JK. I use to wheel with him from time to time when I lived in Illinois.
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I use the genright bridge that I cut down a bit and modified it to bolt the the dynatrac differential as well as being welded to the tubes. It allows you to use a 3 link or 4 link setup but does mount the joints vertically instead of horizontal.
