Agreed on the warranty, one can always add a track bar up front and some disconnects. I sure wished I’d gone Mopar on my 2020 because when I got death wobble the dealership was told not to touch it at their tech line.
Brittle?
The nuts were different metal/coating. Like, zinc plated bolts and stainless nuts. Some bolts were galvanized. It was a nightmare. We called customer support and they did the verbal equivalent of a shrug.
That’s also what I paid this spring.
For those lurking, wondering -
Our local Ace Hardware has galvanized, but there are probably 50 or more lakes within 15 miles of it.For those lurking, wondering -
I haven't seen galvanized nuts except in certain farm supply stores. I think I have some in my shop I bought long ago to replicate the fasteners used on some of my antique engines. A few used galvanized fasteners to bolt them to the trucks they were mounted to.
As far as different "coatings" - zinc plated won't matter whether it's black, yellow, blue/clear or green.
Zinc can be as bright and smooth as stainless, or as dull as cad plating.
My OCD might not like the different plating (all likely zinc) but it would only personally bother me for the appearance.
Zinc may be very very bright and smooth, or dull. It's usually more blue than say stainless but to the untrained eye - it can look the same unless compared to known samples.
These are all identical plating - all zinc from the same tank, just done with different amperages, passivates and passivate timing ->
All zinc - plated on the same day ->
Zinc - the exact same metal as above ->
The only thing I'd not like under my truck is a black oxide but those are more dull. They don't resist corrosion worth a crap and are seldom used in critical areas.
Well buy them up and flip them for $1680.......nice side hustle for no effort
Galvanized bolts best for marine. Plated bolts - not a good option.
The reason people buy them is because jeep sells it as a lift they will warranty. The warranty loving people cant resist the or it may void your warranty clause! Mopar only warranties lifts 2" or under... or at least that was the case a couple years ago when I was looking at purchasing a lift warranty from Mopar.
I get it. Doesn't make it right though. At least for me. Those that want to pay rape prices for a lift that hardly comes with anything can if they want. Warranty or not dealerships typically find some kind of loop hole to get out of stuff anyway. I was absolutely dead set on the Mopar for the longest but they lost me continually raising prices.
They never had me to start. The best is when you go to a dealership and they put that lift on with some wheels and bigger tires, and charge 10 grand...
for a lift that isnt even complete. Poor unsuspecting future jeepers buying hot trash from a dealer for the kind of money they could get a real lift with much better parts, and extras like adjustable arms. I mean for 10 grand you could get some fantastic lifts and regear.
Exactly! I'm sure this varies by dealer but back when I was considering it, I inquired about install prices on the lift just out of curiosity even though I'm pretty confident I could do it myself. They wanted to charge basically the same price as the lift itself (even considering the new higher cost) for the install. So basically over 4k for the Mopar lift installed. I was like are you serious. Dude said yeah but that includes alignment, like that was supposed to be the deal breaker.They never had me to start. The best is when you go to a dealership and they put that lift on with some wheels and bigger tires, and charge 10 grand...
