What was your total cost

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I went with OEM$ 275/piece.

Energy Suspension bushings with Ac delco ball joints on oem arms.

2 years beating the crap out of them with no issues.

I guess you inherently gain the more camber adjustment because you have more caster to play with. Unless were talking about adjustable BJ UCAs?

This was referring to a few posts back when str3tlaw was writing about the LR UCA's. They have full adjustability of camber and caster.

But with any other UCA's, you're right that they only add caster that is lost in the lifts.

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Ah right, so adjustable ball joints. So if you want uniball, you get no adjustment.

No idea what NJShadow did , but I'll tell you what I did. I replaced my worn out OEM LCAs with the ones from 1A auto for the following reasons.

1. They're a fraction of the cost of OEM's (I think I paid 180 for the PAIR)
2. I can replace them at least 2 times over for the cost of what OEM LCA's are going for currently.
3. They're cheap enough to justify also purchasing replacement bushings/ball joints so that my worn out OEM LCA's can be rebuilt for use as spares, should the 1A Auto LCAs ever crap out. So I end up with minimal down-time changing them out, and a set of spares for the same cost, (probably less actually) than what it'd cost to buy replacement OEM.

Frankly, with the look and feel of the 1A auto LCA's I'll be surprised if I ever even need the spares.

LR UCA $470, bushings are $20 each x4, bolts $75

Did they actually feel solid? I just about pulled the trigger on these a couple weeks ago.

Laying them right beside the OEM's there's no immediately discernible difference between the two. Bushings and ball joint passed the "looks good feels good" test. Steel thickness and arm shape is nearly identical, with the only noticeable exception being part number identification stampings. Fitment into the frame mount points was good. Fitment of the lower coilover mounting was good. Holes for attaching LCA skids (if you're running them) were all present and in the correct locations. Had no issues getting the truck back into it's previous alignment spec.

At this point, I wouldn't hesitate to get them again. If for some unknown reason they shit out tomorrow then my opinion will change, but I have no reason to expect that to happen.

Thank you. I will likely be grabbing a set because of your testimony.

are they really 160 for a pair? am I looking at what you bought? and your saying the quality seems at least unnoticeable from OEM?

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I was thinking the same! Damn, may just take a chance on them for right now....when they come back in stock, that is.
EdmundGTP, do you have a pic of them side by side with the stockers?

Those are them. When I bought them I paid $158 plus shipping for the pair. I think the total was $172. Their prices seem to fluctuate slightly. Quality looked on par with the OEM LCA's that I yanked out.

I've only had them installed for a few thousand miles so far, and the extent of abuse that I've put them through has been limited to driving off curbs at 20+ mph and cruising over 15mph speed humps at 40+ to shake down the suspension I just installed. No issues thus far. If something comes up with them I'll surely post up about it but I have no expectation of that. I don't think I'm the only person on this forum running these particular LCA's either.

To be honest, there's really no good reason these days that parts like these LCA's should cost more than what 1A auto is charging. They're mass-produced stamped steel + casting weldments with a few pieces of also mass produced hardware attached. Not space shuttle parts.

I do not have a picture of them side by side with the OEM's. Though I believe there is another LCA thread on this forum where someone does have similar pics posted of the same LCA's.