rough coutry adj. control arms?

The are a copy of the Teraflex. They twist (screw in and out). Stay very far away....

I think they sell both adjustable and fixed. I have seen the adjustable and they dont look like other adjustables such as RE's. but yes they are adjustable

Gaius said:

The are a copy of the Teraflex. They twist (screw in and out). Stay very far away....

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why stay far away??? i run them on my TJ front/rear upper/lower. just keep them properly greased so they don't get moisture in them.


yes they are adjustable, and in my opinion they rock for how cheap they are. only thing i might change on them would be to add some flex joints.

scorpio_vette said:

why stay far away??? i


yes they are adjustable, and in my opinion they rock for how cheap they are. only thing i might change on them would be to add some flex joints.

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That's the crux. Your axle twists not only side to side, it moves forward and back also. They are just too stiff for high travel suspension.

CHeck your mounts often. I was 4 hours away from home and ripped one upper all the way off, and half of the other. They're certainly fine for a while, but not for long-term wheeling.

I just put some JKS on my TJ. Probably paid for the label some, but they felt pretty sturdy.

Gaius said:

That's the crux. Your axle twists not only side to side, it moves forward and back also. They are just too stiff for high travel suspension.

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god i hope i'm misunderstanding you. how in the world would they allow the axle to move forward or backward??? the control arm can't screw itself in or out unless one end was disconnected from the axle/frame.

as far as stiffness goes, my wife (who is a jeeper, but also a comfort creature) loves the ride, and thinks it rides better than the factory suspension did. as far as offroading goes, i don't think she could flex any further unless she started getting into advanced suspension setup. and as far as the mounts ripping off the frame......i've seen that with just about any brand lift. while flex joints do help keep some tension off, it's still ALWAYS possible to break something, including the frame mounts.

i have no complaints, and run their stuff on both of my jeeps which get wheeled regularly, and 1 of them (mine sitting on 31's with 3" lift) regularly follows big V8 jeeps ridding on 38's.

in my opinion, if you're on a budget, run rough country. there is nothing wrong with it. if you want something in the middle, get rubicon express. if you got a little extra money, go with currie enterprise double flex arms......now those are swweeeeettt.

Not unscrew.

When you droop one side, it pulls the axle to the rear of the Jeep, and tried to move the bushing laterally. That's what I mean by moving "backward". That's why RE uses stock rubber joints, it allows some movement.

Just keep watch on the mounts. You'll have no complaints until you rip a lower mount off. Search "teraflex ripped bracket" on Google and see what you get.

BTW, I smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day...no problems yet...

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Search "teraflex ripped bracket" on Google and see what you get.

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=teraflex+ripped+bracket&btnG=Google+Search

Well heres your link to the google search........... read atleat the first five in all and found well ummmm nothing. So let me really get this straight: You are telling me that the teraflex arms would be the reason the brackets are getting ripped off of the rig??? Couldnt it be the fact that the brackets are thin sheetmetal and over flex??? Or maybe as you stated before that the joints are harder...... so really that would have nothing to do with the arms persay??

PornstaR said:

Well heres your link to the google search........... read atleat the first five in all and found well ummmm nothing. So let me really get this straight: You are telling me that the teraflex arms would be the reason the brackets are getting ripped off of the rig??? Couldnt it be the fact that the brackets are thin sheetmetal and over flex??? Or maybe as you stated before that the joints are harder...... so really that would have nothing to do with the arms persay??

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The brackets are thin sheetmetal. That's why it's a horrible idea to run these arms.

Do you or have you run them? If so, I apologize I hurt your control arms feelings. But really, they are only metal. No need to feel bad.
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Hell, I have a set I'd give away if anyone wants to pick up.

well j-nut. as you can see, there is no "clear cut" answer as to what to run. asking what control arms to run, is basically like asking about any other product. everybody has a different opinion. in the end, the decision is up to you and your budget. even if everybody here told you to run one specific brand, there is still the chance that YOU might have a bad experience with them. so just choose which ones you like the best because they're your favorite color, or the logo is cool, or you like their style joints, or whatever reason you wanna get them, and run them till you run into a problem. then either upgrade, change, or keep running it.

either way, you'll have fun. i'm sure that most people on here will agree, that most of us, have run several different brands of different parts at one point and time until we found something that each one of us was happy with.

I run Currie arms, and after awhile the JJ's got loose and had to be tightened up. I ran RE arms and after awhile the rubber bushings wore out, and I broke one of them. I run Tera arms on the other rig (front uppers) and so far nothing bad has happened.



Hopefully, anyone searching for information about any subject on the Internet will read a bunch of stuff before forming an opinion, as opinions and experiences are varied.

To clarify, my Currie arms are tough as nails, and JJ's do need to be tightened occasionally if used hard. If you run rubber bushings and wheel hard and often, they will only last so long. The upper Tera arms I run on the buggy are 21" long, much longer than stock, and so don't see the same deflection that a stock 16" arm does.....and this rig hasn't been wheeled for very long. The issue with the Tera arms is that the arms, and bushings, need to deflect sideways as well as twist. The threaded arm handles the twist very well, but does nothing for the sideways deflection, so the poly bushings will still be harder on mounts than a joint that moves in all directions like a Johnny Joint.

Also, stock mounts can rip off no matter what arms are used, although some things will increase the stress on the mounts.

thank you all for your input. I think I'll go with the rc arms.the only thing is that the arms for the 4.5 lift are fixed. the adjustables come with the 6.5 lift. does anybody know if the adjustables go short enough for 4.5?

i have 4" adjustable rough country arms on my jeep. send me a pm, and i'll see if i can't help you out.

I just lifted my XJ last weekend ...Rough country 4.5 with 1.75 coil spacer and 2 inch shackle in the back ...lower RC adjustable control arms ...but no uppers... you need both upper and lower adjustables ..lowers to centre your axle in the wheel well and uppers to adjust your pinion angle ...also check your toe in ..I had 2 inch's of toe in at 6 inch lift.....if you go RC ..grease em often ..and your fine....

I personally haven't seen the RC arms, but I have had Tera arms of some sort for the past 7 years. My first set were the LCA/UCA as seen in the following link: http://www.trailquest.com/teraflex/xj/XJ_flex_arms.shtml

The LCA has a rubber bushing on the frame mount. Now I have their Long Arm on the bottom with no complaints after 3 years or so.