Anyone shave their own UCA's?

[brian2sun]

The shocks are still whats limits the droop. The LR's are just able to travel a little further before the upper BJ starts to bind.

Good point. So at full droop, the stock upper BJs (w/ stock UCAs) are at the point of binding whereas the LRs would have the same droop but they won't bind the BJs when fully down, yeah?

 

[jsmithjr732]

I shaved mine. It took <1 min. per side with a grinder once the tires were off. I don't think it weakened them whatsoever because they are really pretty thick in that spot. I would post pics, but my truck is at home and I took the Honda to work. I never really understood why people buy the SS shaved arms instead of shaving their own and saving a bunch of $$.

Because they don't have you to do it for them!

I rub a bit on my 285s with the SS1.2. Same for the frame and the fenders. Living with it for now until I get new rims.

 

[cj80cruiser]

I wonder why my 285's don't rub my upper control arms.

 

[hrt4me]

that's why I just shaved my own and spent $0. I still don't get why people buy the uppers from SS when they can shave their own. Even if you don't have a grinder, buy one for $75 and you get to have it for the future and still save $175.

The Toytecs are nice, I just don't need UCAs. My stock ones work fine and I don't want anymore droop anyways, it's just more chance for CV failure.

do you happen to have pics of where/how you shaved your UCAs?

 

[D Farms]

thread revival, I ended up shaving my uca last night, I thought about changing the position of the ball joint mount back, but this is my only vehicle and i didnt want to experiment too much. if I do though ill go and pull some from a junk yard.

anyways I cut all the way to the ball joint mount, and it turned out great. I also welded it all closed. [MENTION=52371]Gerdo[/MENTION] does this make me an expert welder?. I also put in poly bushings.

 

[JeepKiller]

thread revival, I ended up shaving my uca last night, I thought about changing the position of the ball joint mount back, but this is my only vehicle and i didnt want to experiment too much. if I do though ill go and pull some from a junk yard.

anyways I cut all the way to the ball joint mount, and it turned out great. I also welded it all closed. [MENTION=52371]Gerdo[/MENTION] does this make me an expert welder?. I also put in poly bushings.

Sorry to revive this one from the dead, but I was wondering if you can trim your UCAS like you did and then NOT weld them back.

 

[toyopnoy]

You can only shave/grind off about 1mm if you do not want to do any welding. Any more material taken off and there will be a hole and you will have to weld it up in order to maintain structural integrity.

Sorry to revive this one from the dead, but I was wondering if you can trim your UCAS like you did and then NOT weld them back.

 

[D Farms]

If i were you I would get the light racing ucas, since they are adjustable and help with alignment as well.