With 104k on my JL, and looking to do a lift and tire, I am thinking I should replace my ball joints at the same time. I am looking around and am thinking a ball joint delete would be a longer-term solution. Does anyone have any experience with these?
Edit: I am trying to decide between American Iron Offroad delete and the Metalcloak heavy duty rebuildable joints.
Ok, Metalcloak has a 10% Halloween sale. That decides it for me.
I'm installing the metal cloak heavy duty ball joints as well. They should solve any problems.
I too have a set of metalcloak joints on the shelf from the last sale. My wife has 102k with 35s with still solid feeling joints and I have ~120k with 37s, 35s, and now 38s and the factory joints are just now starting to loosen up. Great peace of mind for a good price and 100k is an appropriate lifespan for that kind of preventative maintenance.
For what it's worth, I like the Rare Parts ball joints but I think they are very similar to the Metal Cloak. I don't think I would do the ball joint delete. There seems to be mixed reviews.
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