I was wondering why someone does not make a simple tubular upper control arm with a drop. This would fix the very steep ball joint angle.

 

Total Chaos makes an aftermarket UCA. Check out 04procomplariat's profile(I think that is his S/N) He has these. If i'm not mistaken I believe they should run about 700 for both.

 

Yea I have them and they look awesome. Here is a picture of them...and they are 7 hundo for a pair...

 

Holy cow I should get a pipe bending machine and a welder. The profit margine on these products is seriously insane. I could see maybe $350-400 for the set. Or is there something cheaper out there that's better than stock that would fit my price expectations.

 

Good luck getting the proper angles, chromoly plating/tubing at a good price, the uniballs and the bushings at decent prices. Plus a good mig welder cost's around 1500 hundo. My buddy could fab you up a pair but it would actually cost more that 7 hundo.

 

when that time comes I'll just talk to my friend who works at a specialty machine shop. Material wise it can't be that expensive. I wish I knew the specs of the bushings and tie end rods. Just to see for myself that these cost aren't grossly over priced.

Sorry for the thread jack. I was just shocked to see these cost this much when I've been thinking of the possibility of having to replace these in the future.

 

You could run these with just 2.5" spacers?

 

I gotta agree with Impact9 on this one. The markup is insane. I'm not saying it's a chitty product, it looks to be nicely made, and the chromoly is nice too. However, the parts used in this kit would cost no more $150.00, and I really don't think they would be that hard to build. Once you get your pipe bent to provide proper clearance for the strut, then it's just a matter of tacking your uniball in place, removing the control arm, and welding it up.

I'm not bashing total chaos, but it seems like they are taking advantage of the fact that they are the only ones providing this product. I also realize that they are charging for R&D, labor, and advertisement; but when the profit margin is so high for a product that takes less than a couple of hours assemble, I just can't justify not making them myself.

With that said, I don't have acccess to a MIG right now, but I don't think there would be any negative drawbacks in using steel tubing instead of the chromoly. Just my 2 cents. On a side note, 04procompLARIAT has one sweet truck, and the total chaos UCA's look really nice with the procomp setup. I'm sure the UCA's were money well spent.

Lucas

 

Can you use those control arms with the stock struts? If not that seems like what 1k to level our trucks?

 

 

So it's coilovers with upper control arms. Cost is a little under 2k?