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Old 02-19-2013, 10:46 PM
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Does anyone here have experience with doing this on the XJ ?

I have read that it's common for people with TJ's to remove one of the upper control arms(usually the passenger side one) to help with less binding in the suspension, and gain some extra flex.

Has anyone here wheeled/driven their XJ regularly like this?

I know some long-arm kits only use one side upper mount, and the concept makes sense to me. Just curious about it.
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Unless the suspension systems designed that way dont think id try it .jm2cw
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i wouldnt do it on the stock setup. a properly designed 3 link is fine but the stock setup is meant to be a 4 link
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I wouldnt trust the stock control arms to hold up with one of them removed. Theyre not really that strong to begin with, I bent one of mine wheeling.
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yea, don't do it.
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Even if the links are replaced, I believe it's the factory mounts on the body/frame that are the weak points. A proper 3-link wouldn't use these mount-points.
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