“A lot of guys lift their rigs only halfway and never do the UCA's (guilty!!) so there's really a lack of overall honest comparison. I leveled my Tundra 6 years and 100k miles ago before replacing the blown and NOT-SO-REBUILDABLE Bilstein 6112's. The unpredictably darty and boaty-handling of crappy castor angles really presented itself, however, in between this most recent +1" (3.5" total) Coilover replacement and the UCA/Tire swap and alignment. Digging into the internet for a refresh in "Racecar Basics 101", revealed the fact I'd been driving a great, but still unpredictably handling truck from coast to coast to coast for the last six years. Yeah, no, not anymore...
Sometimes, when it's done all the way right, you learn you've been doing it kind if all wrong; so the moral here is don't be an a**hole truckbro and actually build your Trusty Steed to be trusty in all things, particulary HANDLING. We spend thousands on suspension and tires only to shortchange ourselves out of a great ride by being cheap, lazy, or both; never correcting the terrible geometry. I've done it. Finally. And my left leg is stretched back six years, thoroughly kicking my right a**cheek...
Besides a Hellwig rear swaybar, new JBA UCA's are dollar-for-dollar, THEE BEST money I've spent on this truck in 7 years. I now have a 4x4 pickup that rides like a Cadillac, corners like a Corvette, and looks basically stock - minus the red glow from under up front. Don't be me. Don't waste time and money going halfway. Buy these and put them on in an afternoon with a buddy.
Dipsh!t Tip: We did the tie rods/ends at the same time, because torch... Which made it easy for us and the following alignment tech to achieve the absolute best results.”
“Paired these with new Eibach suspension and love the set up. UCAs were simple to install and feel much stronger than OEM, not to mention add a pop of color. Alignment was easy and ball joint replacement should be simple (if needed). JBA customer service can’t be beat. Definitely have a long term customer!”
“So far all I can address is the installation, which went good to very good. I have automotive skills that go about on notch more than what is necessary to change my oil. There are couple of hoses in the way that made it challenging to remove the large bolt, but as long as you are careful, it can be done.
My biggest issue was using my grease gun on the zerk fittings.
Twice I contacted JBA with emails about my issue, and both times they got back to me within minutes...very impressive.
Apparently, not all fittings on grease guns are the same size. I was able to grease the fittings, but I made a huge mess. I bought a brand new, rather expensive, grease gun on the internet specifically for these new UCA's.
After talking to JBA I decided to take the fitting off a cheaper grease gun I had been using for years and put it on my new expensive grease gun.
Once I made the switch I felt confident that I was getting grease into to joint and I wasn't making a huge mess.
When I was done with the install my alignment was way off, as expected, but once I got an alignment it felt like a new truck.
I've only had these UCA's for a week, so I really can't speak to performance, but quality seems to very good.”
“Love the design and simplicity of these UCAs. A definite upgrade to the stock Tundra and a real difference in performance. Install was effortless but definitely get a reputable mechanic to install. All in all a great product!”
“Received my UCAson schedule and was very pleased with the craftsmanship. Customer support provided many options for contact and responded to a couple questions I had in a very timely manner. I purchased other components for my lift from other vendors and JBA surpasses them all in every aspect. Thank you Marlin and team.”
“Installed the JBA UCAs with 295 70 17s Mickey Thompson BB ATs on my 2015 Tundra, alignment shop was able to get everything in spec. Tires should wear nicely compared to the stock UCAs”
