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Thatās all super helpful. Thanks again. I think you sealed the deal here.Not sure how to speak to the quality of the included UCA's. As we all know, the only purpose that an aftermarket UCA serves is to achieve proper alignment following a lift, and that was not an issue. I can say that my primary focus was how the ball joint was seated in the UCA, which appeared to be just as robust as OEM, and how the ball joint seated on the spindle. At the end of the day, most ball joint failures are from lack of maintenance (grease), but the ball joints will in fact scream at you (squeak) for a while long before they fail.
If we're talking about quality of manufacturing materials, only time will tell, but I will say that compared to the lower control arms, which bear a tremendous amount of load, the upper control arms do not as their primary purpose is to keep the spindle upright. I suspect that short of manufacturing an upper control arm from recycled soda cans, they will be just as durable as OEM, and aesthetically, they look good (subjective). What I do not like are the spacers used at the frame pivots, but not an issue.
For $625, I didn't have high expectations, but was definitely satisfied. Compared to the $525 previously spent on RPG perch collars, plus the time spent in disassembling and reassembling the shocks (invasive), there's a lot of value in the kit from RC (spacers, arms, diff-drop bracket, track bar bracket).
Sorry for the long-winded response.
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