Thoughts on Teraflex Long Arm Kits?

[SLC Rubicon]

OP if you are in Utah I reccomend you go visit the teraflex hq and check out some of their stuff. I have teraflex springs, and falcon 3.3 shocks on my diesel and would buy again. Great customer service as well.

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[Concentric_Killa]

Not quite that much, should be about 20k all in.

At the end of the day, 3-6k is not a realistic budget for what he's looking for. Long arms aren't a magic bullet for high speed on SFA, and while they can help, your shocks will make way more difference than the arms will and those shocks get expensive stupid fast. On top of that, our stock axles with fad weak point are not great options for this either, so add in 600 bucks for truss gussets and try to avoid the big whoops.

Thanks for the response. I think I might just go with a long arm kit and some decent shocks and hydro bumps. I don't want to transform this new adventure rig into a full on fab project just yet. My tacoma had alot of custom fab and it is cool when you live in SoCal, but its a nightmare when you live somewhere with salt roads. Rust appears randomly out of nowhere, and stainless bushings get torn up quickly.

I think I am mainly looking for more up travel. The Rubi suspension is decent for crawling but any sort of bumps in the road burns thru the 1.5" or so of up travel that it has. I have also changed my driving style with this truck. I know it won't ever be like what I had before, but I think the terflex kit might be the all in one solution without going fully custom.

From some googling, I think the Teraflex long arm with shocks (falcon 3.3), speed bumps, + misc items would be around $8K. I am not sure if I would do the install myself or farm it out. If labor is going to cost $3k, Ill do the install myself over a couple days.

 

[Concentric_Killa]

OP if you are in Utah I reccomend you go visit the teraflex hq and check out some of their stuff. I have teraflex springs, and falcon 3.3 shocks on my diesel and would buy again. Great customer service as well.

I think ill take a visit. I am in SLC and they are close.

 

[bleda2002]

Thanks for the response. I think I might just go with a long arm kit and some decent shocks and hydro bumps. I don't want to transform this new adventure rig into a full on fab project just yet. My tacoma had alot of custom fab and it is cool when you live in SoCal, but its a nightmare when you live somewhere with salt roads. Rust appears randomly out of nowhere, and stainless bushings get torn up quickly.

I think I am mainly looking for more up travel. The Rubi suspension is decent for crawling but any sort of bumps in the road burns thru the 1.5" or so of up travel that it has. I have also changed my driving style with this truck. I know it won't ever be like what I had before, but I think the terflex kit might be the all in one solution without going fully custom.

From some googling, I think the Teraflex long arm with shocks (falcon 3.3), speed bumps, + misc items would be around $8K. I am not sure if I would do the install myself or farm it out. If labor is going to cost $3k, Ill do the install myself over a couple days.

Should be a decent system, I'd honestly still advise truss and gussets in the front. Yeah it's 600ish bucks with labor (or alot less if you can weld), but it's the true weak point of the jl and JT and it's cheap insurance against a 3-6k dollar failure.

 

[TeraFlex]

I think ill take a visit. I am in SLC and they are close.

If you do take the time to swing by, see if you can talk to fellow named Jeremy; he's currently driving a JT with our long arm kit on it and he knows the truck inside and out.

 

[Concentric_Killa]

Should be a decent system, I'd honestly still advise truss and gussets in the front. Yeah it's 600ish bucks with labor (or alot less if you can weld), but it's the true weak point of the jl and JT and it's cheap insurance against a 3-6k dollar failure.

Yea, I can definitely throw down with the metal squirt gun. An axle is easier to weatherize from a coating standpoint vs an entire frame.

 

[Concentric_Killa]

If you do take the time to swing by, see if you can talk to fellow named Jeremy; he's currently driving a JT with our long arm kit on it and he knows the truck inside and out.

Will do. Perhaps this week!

 

[chorky]

Should be a decent system, I'd honestly still advise truss and gussets in the front. Yeah it's 600ish bucks with labor (or alot less if you can weld), but it's the true weak point of the jl and JT and it's cheap insurance against a 3-6k dollar failure.

how is it a weak point? Maybe in relation to hard core trails? Cant say that I have seen any reasonable use having failure? But also dont follow any of the hard core stuff.

 

[bleda2002]

how is it a weak point? Maybe in relation to hard core trails? Cant say that I have seen any reasonable use having failure? But also dont follow any of the hard core stuff.

I've seen probably a dozen+ taco'd JL and JT front axles at the fad. The quality of the plug welds vary and some have been legitimate abuse while others weren't even at high speed, just doing a moderate trail ride at a local event.

Edit: note all of the ones I've seen are on 37s or 38s and the usual scenario is you hit something with the passenger tire that forces that side in to the bump stop. The weak point being the plug weld it snaps and the tube pulls out.

 

[Concentric_Killa]

I've seen probably a dozen+ taco'd JL and JT front axles at the fad. The quality of the plug welds vary and some have been legitimate abuse while others weren't even at high speed, just doing a moderate trail ride at a local event.

Edit: note all of the ones I've seen are on 37s or 38s and the usual scenario is you hit something with the passenger tire that forces that side in to the bump stop. The weak point being the plug weld it snaps and the tube pulls out.

I completely agree. I probably will only run 35's as I don't see the need for 37's at the moment. My dad had 37's on his built JK and it seemed a bit excessive for what he used it for. The tires are $$$, he had to re-gear to 5:13, and they are just plain heavy. Plus all the pre-mature wear on the drivetrain.

Still think the axle truss is a good idea and isn't to hard to weld on in a day.

 

[Paulyester]

Relighting this thread. I'm in SLC as well, I'm looking to do a front long arm kit, did you end up going with the Teraflex?

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