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Upper Control Arms
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H2OMAN
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JBA's are about the best of the low end UCA's. They are about equal or better than BDS. Icon is top of the line with Camburg, King, Total Chaos, and others. It is totally budget driven. If you want the best you gotta pay like anything else.
I'm running the Zone Off-road UCAs. They are probably some of the strongest built available. Tubular arms like the JBAs won't be as strong. But I really like the JBA control arms because of the bolt on ball joints. Replacing pressed in ball joints is a total pain in the *** and pretty much requires you to completely remove them to press the ball joints out and back in. I got the Zone off-road ones because I found them NIB on local Facebook marketplace for a steal.
2006-2026 Ram 1500 Upper Control Arm Kit | Adventure Series – Zone Offroad 2006-2026 Ram 1500 Upper Control Arm Kit | Adventure Series
2006-2026 Ram 1500 Upper Control Arm Kit | Adventure Series – Zone Offroad 2006-2026 Ram 1500 Upper Control Arm Kit | Adventure Series
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Jba user here, but different vehicle. Good quality for sure
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JBA is okay, as good as it gets for cheap UCAs.
Some people swear by ICONs, but as someone who installs these, I wouldn't. I got customers with their billet arms sheering, just like how the pintops on their shocks sheer off on prius friendly dirt roads. Then the tubular ones... you really going to pay $700 - 800 for tubular ones?
for not much more you can get a set of Carli or Thuren ones. Both Carli and Thuren are top tier brands in the Ram world. Both options are welded box design, and are engineered to take the beating of high speed offroading. You can't go wrong with those and they will probably outlast your truck.
Avoid UCA from companies that make spacer lifts... if they can backyard engineer some Band-Aid solution lifting/ leveling, god knows what kind of mickey mouse f*ckery goes into their other products.
Some people swear by ICONs, but as someone who installs these, I wouldn't. I got customers with their billet arms sheering, just like how the pintops on their shocks sheer off on prius friendly dirt roads. Then the tubular ones... you really going to pay $700 - 800 for tubular ones?
for not much more you can get a set of Carli or Thuren ones. Both Carli and Thuren are top tier brands in the Ram world. Both options are welded box design, and are engineered to take the beating of high speed offroading. You can't go wrong with those and they will probably outlast your truck.
Avoid UCA from companies that make spacer lifts... if they can backyard engineer some Band-Aid solution lifting/ leveling, god knows what kind of mickey mouse f*ckery goes into their other products.
Bigzway
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Aren’t the Thuren uca tubular? Looks tubular in the picture
They definitely are, but looks like there is more gusseting on the joints.
