Opinions on these control arms

[Valcon]

I just bought a 97 wrangler that a guy used for rock crawling and I'm trying to get the thing halfway driveable for the road. Right now it's pretty much uncontrollable above 40 mph. The bushings are badly worn so I figured I would start there but the front lower control arms are highly suspect to me and I just want some opinions before I waste money on bushings. The lower control arms are much longer than stock, which is fine but the upper control arms are just welded to the lowers. I haven't been able to find any information on people doing this so I don't know whether to try and make it work or just buy new control arms. What do you think?

Keep in mind that this is not a daily driver, rock crawler, or serious off road machine to me; I'm using it to get around my cattle farm and maybe some occasional trail use. It would be great to get it a little more road worthy.

Thanks

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Could be Rubicon Express but I'd have to see the bottom control arm attach points welded to the bottom of the transfer case skidplate to know for sure.

 

[Valcon]

Could be Rubicon Express but I'd have to see the bottom control arm attach points welded to the bottom of the transfer case skidplate to know for sure.

The attach points are directly to the frame several inches behind the stock mount. You can see where they cut the stock mounts.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

The attach points are directly to the frame several inches behind the stock mount. You can see where they cut the stock mounts.

Probably not Rubicon Express, there were several shitty versions of various long arm suspensions which usually don't work well offroad. I mistakenly installed a Rubicon Express long arm suspension lift and it wasn't long before I started hating its propensity for getting hung up on big rocks.

 

[Valcon]

The attach points are directly to the frame several inches behind the stock mount. You can see where they cut the stock mounts.

I've seen long arms which have the short arm connected to them via a bolt and bushing, but not simply welded on.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Could be Rubicon Express but I'd have to see the bottom control arm attach points welded to the bottom of the transfer case skidplate to know for sure.

RE uses an upper with bushings on both sides for their radius arm setup. That arm looks like it may be some custom butchery, but I’m not sure.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

… I mistakenly installed a Rubicon Express long arm suspension lift and it wasn't long before I started hating its propensity for getting hung up on big rocks.

Pics or it didn’t happen!

 

[Valcon]

RE uses an upper with bushings on both sides for their radius arm setup. That arm looks like it may be some custom butchery, but I’m not sure.

I kinda assumed

RE uses an upper with bushings on both sides for their radius arm setup. That arm looks like it may be some custom butchery, but I’m not sure.

I kinda figured it was some kind of "custom" work. If it's a problem I may just cut the upper off the lower and install some adjustable uppers in the stock location