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Old 04-18-2011, 08:16 PM
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I found these the other day. Kinda neat or crap?
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just being honest material looks kinda thin to me .
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just being honest material looks kinda thin to me .
my thoughts exactly
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not so much metal but more the idea? I can build it stonger.
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i think the idea is good but id make them longer and bolt on with sleves to go through the frame to clamp it better
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????For the price why not get a cross member too that provides more protection????
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Seen them in action and they are excellent. Work way better than radius arms. The ones I saw were welded as well as bolted on.
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????For the price why not get a cross member too that provides more protection????
One of the good things about these is you don't have to remove your suspension to drop the trans.
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The idea is good.

And while they are somewhat better than radius arms. They still provide an arc similar to a radius arm along with diff rotation also similar to a radius arm ( which imo, is better with a double cardon driveshaft)

The main plus is they provide less stress on axle side CA mount bushings than a radius arm
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do you guys realize that there are ALOT of JeepSpeed guys running poly performance's kit?

i think it is a very well designed mount system. it sandwiches your ''frame'' from top to bottom instead if putting holes in your already thin and weak unibody. this is exactly how i designed my last 4-link set-up.

i would personally rossett weld all of the holes and stitch weld all the way around it.

it is a little costly, but after building my own a few times, well worth not having to spend 8 hrs building 2 mounts.......my $.02
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x2 on pretty much everything that has been said so far. I say use their design and make it all out of 1/4" and just plain beefier. Definitley a good design though.
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My plan was to use it as a 3 link kit. Both lowers and one upper.
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