Looking for replacement stock control arms to lower from 5.5" to 2" lift

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So my Jeep has a 5.5" lift and I want to lower it to 2" OME lift. I have aftermarket control arms and want to get OEM or near OEM quality ones. Moog was my second choice after Mopar. Mopar wants $700 for the front and rears combined. That is VERY expensive. Moog has a few different grades of parts. K and CK are higher end and R is lower end. It seems they only have lower control arms in R grade, which is a concern. I guess I could go Mopar for the front lowers and Moog for the rest, but wanted to know if anyone has any thoughts on this? Thanks for any help. Maybe I am a little too concerned, but I tend to do things as good as I can so it lasts. Labor isn't free.
 
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So my Jeep has a 5.5" lift and I want to lower it to 2" OME lift. I have aftermarket control arms and want to get OEM or near OEM quality ones. Moog was my second choice after Mopar. Mopar wants $700 for the front and rears combined. That is VERY expensive. Moog has a few different grades of parts. K and CK are higher end and R is lower end. It seems they only have lower control arms in R grade, which is a concern. I guess I could go Mopar for the front lowers and Moog for the rest, but wanted to know if anyone has any thoughts on this? Thanks for any help. Maybe I am a little too concerned, but I tend to do things as good as I can so it lasts. Labor isn't free.
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gg1 said:
So my Jeep has a 5.5" lift and I want to lower it to 2" OME lift. I have aftermarket control arms and want to get OEM or near OEM quality ones. Moog was my second choice after Mopar. Mopar wants $700 for the front and rears combined. That is VERY expensive. Moog has a few different grades of parts. K and CK are higher end and R is lower end. It seems they only have lower control arms in R grade, which is a concern. I guess I could go Mopar for the front lowers and Moog for the rest, but wanted to know if anyone has any thoughts on this? Thanks for any help. Maybe I am a little too concerned, but I tend to do things as good as I can so it lasts. Labor isn't free.
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Here’s where I got my stock replacement control arms. Fantastic deal, and it comes with the bushings already pressed in:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPVWEBY/?tag=wranglerorg-20
 
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gg1 said:
So my Jeep has a 5.5" lift and I want to lower it to 2" OME lift. I have aftermarket control arms and want to get OEM or near OEM quality ones. Moog was my second choice after Mopar. Mopar wants $700 for the front and rears combined. That is VERY expensive. Moog has a few different grades of parts. K and CK are higher end and R is lower end. It seems they only have lower control arms in R grade, which is a concern. I guess I could go Mopar for the front lowers and Moog for the rest, but wanted to know if anyone has any thoughts on this? Thanks for any help. Maybe I am a little too concerned, but I tend to do things as good as I can so it lasts. Labor isn't free.
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Here is what I run on my 2" OME
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPVWEBY/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Your welcome!
 
I guess the OP doesn’t want Crown, I didn’t realize that until now. Many of us run them without issue.
 
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I guess the OP doesn’t want Crown, I didn’t realize that until now. Many of us run them without issue.
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I think the OP doesn't know Crown. I was actually having the same concerns, but I figured my Crowns would be temporary, but with the two inch lift I haven't needed to replace them so I am going to just keep running them. So far so good.

Doesn't sound like the OP does their own work either which I get is a concern too, but If I was running stock control arms, I would not have any issues with the Crowns, but when/if mine do wear out, I am replacing with Currie's. I may put Currie lowers on anyway not because of quality of crowns, but I would like to get a little better pinion angle up front.
 
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I guess the OP doesn’t want Crown, I didn’t realize that until now. Many of us run them without issue.
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Well, I didn't say I didn't want Crown, I am just concerned about them. I might very well end up with Crown fenders and Crown control arms. I was hoping for more American made parts, but it seems like my thought process is very dated.

Someone mentioned about who does my work on my Jeep. Well, I do some of it and my best friend does some of it, but I am always involved. He owns a shop and I am very lucky to have a friend that happens to be a mechanic of 40 years that has forgotten more than I will ever know. :) He hasn't done a Jeep in a while and he expects me to choose parts since.... well I get a rather incredible deal to say the least.

Thanks for all the help. I don't mean to sound argumentative or anything like that, I am just learning the ropes a bit. I haven't owned a Jeep for over 10 years and am WAY out of the loop. My last one was an XJ upcountry 5 speed Cherokee ('96) that I bought new and it stated with a 4" lift and ended up with a 5.5" Rubicon Express back when you couldn't get RE from anyone expect a few dealers across the country. Long time ago. As I got to be an old fart, I am looking for that 2" lift. lol I actually think it looks better for my taste these days. Funny thing is OME had a very good reputation way back then and still seems the same.

Again, thanks. I am trying to catch up is all. Have a long way to go and you folks are SUPER helpful!!!!
 
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I don't think anyone saw your post as argumentative or negative, no worries. As oem Jeep TJ parts start to go the way of the dodo bird, extinct, mfg's like Crown are getting to be the only choice for oem style parts. Most are oem quality, some not so much. I would have no issue with using the Crown control arms. IMO.
 
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No worries, I didn't take your post as argumentative at all. I highly reccomend the Crown control arms. Like I said, lots of us run them, and there's no issues.

I'm just laying it out there because it's one of the better options out there IMHO, aside from OE arms (which won't be made for much longer), which may not even be made anymore.
 
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No worries, I didn't take your post as argumentative at all. I highly reccomend the Crown control arms. Like I said, lots of us run them, and there's no issues.

I'm just laying it out there because it's one of the better options out there IMHO, aside from OE arms (which won't be made for much longer), which may not even be made anymore.
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Thanks all. I am going to post the response from Moog since I enquired to them about their products. Here is there response (for search purposes).

"Unfortunately Moog only offers the uppers for the front and rear for the CK series. There are not any lowers offered at this time. Listed are the links to those."


http://www.suspension.com/moog-ck620244

http://www.suspension.com/moog-ck620246
 
I am looking into Core. I contacted them and waiting for a reply. I keep saying I want to buy more things from the USA. Here is my chance to do so. Sure I can go super cheap with Crown, but for a couple hundred more I can get these. I would like to support some of these companies giving it a go in a tough climate, but this Rubi isn't going to be cheap to get to where I want to go.

Anyway, I have to run it all by my buddy that runs the shop I work out of.

At some point I will start a build thread because I like to have one for search purposes for others that come along. I am lucky to have found this place. TONS of information to get me sort of caught up. Thanks Rob and everyone else that replied to all my questions.
 
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Geez, those are very nice. Thanks for the link. Didn't know anything like Core was out there.
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Sure. Just to clarify, I don't use them personally but there seem to be good things said about them. I think someone here uses them if I recall correctly.
 
We were talking about these arms on another thread somewhere. I think @CodaMan has them. The concern that seems to be said about solid arms like those is the lack of flex, thus putting added stress to the CA mounts. The question I was trying to get answered was, does having a flex joint on just one side and a rubber bushing on the other provide enough flex for the mounts to survive?
 
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I'm not a fan of core's track hiem threads, they do not stay tight and hog out the bung. core does use a factory jk type bushing which is pretty flexible but use on only one end of a short arm with a flex joint, still over flexes them and can cause snap ring failure. id rather put kits in the re arms and use what you already have or spend money once and get a currie/savvy control arm set.
 
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