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not adjustable control arms for a 4 inch lift

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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 07:37 AM
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Where can I buy control arms that are not adjustable. For a 4 inch lift ... .. for a respectable price ?
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 07:41 AM
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That is not a good idea, but that might just be me.
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 07:49 AM
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May I ask why ? I'm a newbie to the jeep jk and doing mods. So additional professional advice is greatly appreciated
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 07:54 AM
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Adjustable are a better preference bc they are adjustable for a reason. That reason being that you can align things such as caster if you have a non adjustable your stuck witch what you get.
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 08:00 AM
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Thank you Good Sir , ok now we have settled that. What control arms would you advise to get .. I have a budget of about 500 bones
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 08:05 AM
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Well it all depends do you have a lift
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 08:22 AM
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It's a 4 inch rough country short arm kit
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 09:21 AM
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The problem is that wit 2,5" to 3" of lift, you can get away with only the lower front control arms on the upper rear control arms. Mowing up to 4" of lift, you might need all 8 control arms, to gat every thing in alignment. A full set of 8 control arms will run you about $1200. Look on Teraflex, Rock Krawler and Metalcloak's website to give you an idea. You might look into RC arms too, but from what I have read on here, they are not to good.

Hope this help you out.
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 09:29 AM
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I can't speak for quality but the RC are by far the cheapest I found and then Rustys are next but I couldn't afford either at the time and will be having to upgrade later. Just hope I don't hurt too much before I can get some myself. I have read on here that RC really stands behind the parts very good.
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Rich30000
Thank you Good Sir , ok now we have settled that. What control arms would you advise to get .. I have a budget of about 500 bones
I'm a big fan of my Rock Krawler's. You can get the front adjustable upper's and lower's at almost exactly $500. I came down pretty hard on my passenger front lower on my last trip and it slightly bent the grade 8 bolt and not the arm. They are solid steel instead of a tube so they're pretty damn indestructable.

Edit* - I bought these after trying to do without the adjustable arms on a Rancho 4" sport kit (sounds similar to your situtation_. The brackets didn't give me enough caster with the stock arms so I ditched the brackets and moved to these (which was always the plan anyway once I had the cash). FYI though, once you upgrade the arms, the very next thing I did was tear my driveshaft boot with the extra articulation, so if you're running stock skids either notch it or replace with something with some more clearance.

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