1 ton upgrade

[WickedXJ]

Alright so I have already 80% made up my mind on this but would like some more input so I can be 100% sure...or knowing jeep guys 50%. So I need an upgrade on my stock piece of junk steering. I would like to go with the JCR 1-ton UTK kit because it is relatively cheap and easy to install but it is still a 1-ton and when I upgrade my front 30 I will not have spend too much money on this upgrade which probably will not attach to a 9". I was wondering if this the kit I should go with or should I go with a direct bolt on conversion like this. I am planning on putting a Durango box in as mine shit the bed. I also have a lot of wandering on the road which I was hoping to have these upgrade fix. I am also hoping to keep it under $500 and I don't think that I have the ability to install an OTK kit myself. I'm also banking on a $50+ alignment after it is all said and done.. So basically should I go with the JCR 1-ton UTK or with something else?

[jeepbogger4x4]

JCR before rusty's any day. but i'd go otk if i were to go 1 ton

[WickedXJ]

I wasn't necessarily meaning Rusty's but just a general bolt on type kit. This if it will make you happy.

[Mike]

one of my friends had that currie steering and didnt like it. and wayy to expensive. There is a guy in CT who will custom build you 1 ton steering for 300.

[Even]

That Currie kit is way overpriced for what it is.

If you buy that Rusty's garbage, you will hate yourself for the rest of your life.

If you are going to bother upgrading your steering, just buy a true 1-ton kit.

I'm too tired to elaborate right now.

[clean4drxj]

Unless you wheel hard , just get a hd tierod and call it a day..

[customcreationsllc]

There is a guy in CT who will custom build you 1 ton steering for 300.

Is that with the Tie rod ends and installed?

[Buffalo Phil]

Is that with the Tie rod ends and installed?

If Banditt is still around, he built and installed one ton steering into my jeep with only 3 days notice for $300, complete with reamed knuckles, one ton joints and wheel alignment.

To be honest, I haven't heard a single thing from that guy since then either.

Unless you wheel hard , just get a hd tierod and call it a day..

I've seen steering get annihilated on blue trails at RC. Any form of stock steering is a joke.

[Ktmracer419]

save a few extra bucks and dont bother with going under the knuckle.

just gotta relocate your trackbar (to match the drag link angles) and you will be good to go.

[WAD357]

Complete offroads kit is great just did that setup on mine! Its $230 requires cutting welding and reaming though

[Zullock Holmes]

If Banditt is still around, he built and installed one ton steering into my jeep with only 3 days notice for $300, complete with reamed knuckles, one ton joints and wheel alignment

When i got mine it was $325. Rumor has it he has bumped the steering setup up to 350. I talked to him last week to get part numbers for TRE's so he's deff still around.

Banditt also uses 1.5" .25 wall DOM, and bends it to fit around the diff. As far as i'm concerned its the most beef you're gonna find. And for the great price, it's not worth the hassle of doing it myself.

[customcreationsllc]

Ya rod ends are close to $150 then tubing and time so $300 is a really good deal it takes some time to ream out the knuckles and pitman arm.

I make mine out of 1.5x 3/16 wall plenty beefy enough and the inserts aren't paper thin over the treads/tube area.

You can also make them out of 1.25 tubing with no inserts just thread the tubing.
I've done this before too, nice because 1.25 will fit through my lathe chuck.

[WickedXJ]

by banditt you guys are referring to banditt offroad up in Windsor right?

[Henchman]

I've seen steering get annihilated on blue trails at RC. Any form of stock steering is a joke.

Remember DM's steering at OERII

[Buffalo Phil]

Remember DM's steering at OERII

Yeah. Remember his rear leafs?

They morphed into trailing arms by the end of the day.