Looking at finally upgrading my steering to a wonton setup/crossover. I'm not sure what I want to do yet so I'm looking for opinions on what you guys run or have ran in the past. I've look at JCR, Serious, B.Lee's, and CavFabs setups so far. My XJ is not a Daily Driver by any means but I don't trailer it so it does see some road trips to wheelin spots or jeep events.

I don't run a sway bar and if the stabilizer has to go, I won't be heartbroken as I've never really ran one before anyway. I do have a currie ramped diff cover on my D30 though (got it fo' freeeee, why not) so I need clearance (pictured below). I'm looking to remain UTK too. So let's hear it CF family! I'd like to see our vendors get in here as well and point out the benefits of running your kit. I rather support you guys anyway.

 

I installed CavFabs steering this past weekend and immediately hit the 60mph with no issues and I'm not running any sway bars or stabilizer.

 

i ran the JCR kit over the knuckle for a few years before swapping axles. ok kit but can very easily be built for less. i probably would have ran the currie setup if i were to do it over or WJ steering.

 

I run Rusty's with heim joints. No stabilizer or sway bars. It takes a beating with no complaints.

 

I swapped to ZJ steering about a month ago. My stock components were super worn and I wasn't about to make the jump to 1-ton steering.

If I was going to jump to 1-ton steering, I would just go OTK from the get-go. Really not that much more difficult but you do need to weld new brackets for the Sway Bars and Track Bar (IIRC).

Serious Offroad gets great reviews around me, lots of local guys running his steering with good reviews both on-road and off-road.

 

I'm (unfortunately) running the rugged ridge 3/4 ton steering setup. Would not recommend as Tie rod ends are only available through rugged ridge dealers.

 

Destroyed my rugged ridge. Ripped it out and ordered the B Lee setup. Looking forward to slapping it in and putting it to work.

 

Running the Serious 1 ton OTK. No complaints.

 

Check out the new stinky fab racing aluminum set up, they're pretty big on NAXJA idk if they are a vendor here, it seems like a very well thought out and well made steering set up plus the aluminum won't get permanently bent.

 

No, it won't. It'll just break.

If you're racing, and need the weight reduction, sure. For the average Joe, not so much. They cater to the racing crowd for a reason, they can afford to buy replacements for their rigs once they break.

 

They have some videos that seem to show otherwise but idk

 

I'm running ruff stuff 1 ton kit. UTK. Using stock stabizer on axle side. I love it. Bout 7500 miles on it. Way better than all these overpriced kits. But you need to know how to weld. I also am running their offset track bar mount and custom trac bar with 3/4 hiems.

Tighter and stronger than I've ever had.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking their product at all, I'm sure it's great and all, I'm just saying aluminum isn't as forgiving as steel, yes it's lighter, but brittle...race teams need the weight reduction over the durability. Me I'd rather have a bent steering component on the trail over a broken aluminum one, is all I'm trying to say.

EDIT: I just went and checked 'em out...impressive. I may have to give them a shot on my next round.

 

Honestly i wouldn't run aluminum steering linkage unless its a off roader only and has a class weight limit.Everything else its gonna be thick wall dom or chromoly.Roninofako is right tho,Aluminum is more likely to crack or break while steel would bent first.The 7075 Aluminum they use has a tensile strength of 40k psi.Same thing in dom is 70k to 80k psi depending the wall thickness.And chromoly tensile strength is 81k psi in case your wondering.

 

That's why I said I'd try it on my next round...as next round will be geared for trail rig only, LOL