nhegel

Can you trim a little out of the LCA mount, or is that not advised?

I know, I have the LCA in upside down.

offroadnut36

yopu can trim, just dont trim too much

BuckB91XJ

Dude, I would recommend against doing any trimming to the Stock Control Arm Mounts. Those things look flimsy enough as they are. I'm guessing some 50 pound head engineer came up with the exact amount of tin foil needed to make a mount that would work good.

COSXJFAN

A little will go a long way. It won't take much to get a little more clearance!!

blank87

or just get new arms that are angled to clear your mounts

Tucker

why are you running with them upside down? you would get better clearence having them the right way!!

muddeprived

Is that the normal angle with the jeep on the ground?

nhegel

yes but I have them on upside down. I stand to gain 1/4" or so when I flip them over

okcjeeper

Is that 1/4" worth trashing the mounts and arms?

nhegel

I guess I don't understand. If I flip them the right way I will gain another 1/4" clearance there. How would the right way trash the arms and mounts? I think I might end up looking into drop brackets.

muddeprived

If you need to trim to get more clearance than your arms are at a steep angle and aren't operating properly. 1: you can turn them around and get clearance or 2: drop brackets or long arms. With the arms at that angle, you will have very little downtravel before the arm binds (hits that spot you wanna cut).

muddeprived

He meant is getting that additional 1/4" clearance from the arms being upsdide down worth risking the cutting and trashing of the already-weak mounts and arms hitting the bracket? You get a little clearance from the arms but the bracket still hangs low.

okcjeeper

Sorry the way you posted I assumed you meant you were going to flip them..Definitely get some drop brackets as that angle is extreme. Also never ever flip control arms the stock ones aren't designed to be ran that way.

nhegel

We just got ahead or ourselves on the install and didnt notice until later what we had done. I think I will just get drop brackets that way I can spacer and shackle up to 6" easier later on if I want. Thanks for the help

nhegel

Just placed order for drop brackets. Hopefully they arrive before the weekend. Thanks again for the input.