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Originally Posted by Argyle Edison
Understood. Thank you for the insight, I'll step up and get something better.
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The real tragedy is that they might be perfectly fine. It's just that the owners of Freedom Offroad don't seem to know anything at all about them. And they don't have enough of a relationship with their suppliers to be able to get any information on what the product components are or where they come from.
If they could tell you that they use OEM toyota joints - or even that the arms would physically fit the OEM joints for replacement, that might be good enough. The arms aren't anything special or hard to produce. They SHOULD cost $200 for a set. OEM arms are $10/ea in bulk. Aftermarket ones shouldn't have to cost $500. So the price isn't out of line with what it should cost for a decent quality arm. It's just that this particular seller doesn't seem to have any knowledge of what they're selling.
Also - steer clear of the Tough Country ones. I actually bought a pair of them also - and they ended up making the alignment worse, not better. They are local to where I live. They said "trucks drive just fine with 1* of caster". No. No they don't.
I ended up with JBA arms which are okay, but the compromise is that they rub on my 20" wheels if I don't use spacers. Seem to fit fine with my stock 17" wheels and 285/70/17 tires. Some others have had some amount of rub with OEM wheels IIRC.