I was wandering if anyone on here has used rustys and what they think about there products. i have there steering box brace and i just ordered a tie rod conversion kit since the stock one on my xj is shot and it would be pretty close to the same cost to upgrade as to replace back to stock. was planning on ordering skids and stuff like that. was planning on buying a long arm upgrade but thinking against that now that ive read some reviews just wantin to know what other peoples experience is.
I run lots of there products and have had no problems at all and every time I have a question there very fast to answer it. I would recommend them highly.
The joints wear out way too fast! Hard parts such as skids, spacers, adapters etc I'd have no issues with buying.
This is from experience not on my personal jeep, but on those of friends that i have riden with.
Would be fine for a trail or mostly trail street legal rig, But I wouldn't spend the $$ for any of their suspension joints for a jeep that sees a lot of pavement
Look at Clayton Offroad for long arm conversions. They use quality Currie joints. And the customer service there is top notch too. I had Clayton long arm front and rear on my ZJ, and will be going with them on my TJ should I ever go above a 3" lift. And I think they have a 3 link avail also!
im leaning towards iron rock for the long arm set up and rustys prices are pretty hard to beat for skids and stuff like that so thats probably what ill end up going with ....... as i get money
my steering conversion kit came in today, super fast delivery i thought. but getting into the box was a pain in my butt it had spray in foam in three spots guessing to keep things from moving had to destroy the box to get the parts out
im leaning towards iron rock for the long arm set up and rustys prices are pretty hard to beat for skids and stuff like that so thats probably what ill end up going with ....... as i get money
I Bought the iron rock for my XJ but I never got to wheel it. IMO I would go with something else if I did it again. The parts are well-built and the crossmember was great. But the down sides I had with it where the upper link was connected with one 10mm bolt witch seemed kind of weak to me for such a vital bolt, and the giant camber adjuster thing was a pain and seemed like excess stuff to wear or break. The suspension flex is the same as most radius arm setups so there is no advantage aside from cost.
Of coarse I can't give you any long term review, but those where just my first impressions.
I have had both iro and rustys. My rustys did well by needed to be rebuilt yearly or more. Springs sagged quickly, and the cross members fit poorly.
Got my IRO long arms and haven't looked back since. Fit was perfect, flexes way better than my radius arm setup did. I don't know what you're talking about with the 10mm bolt to hold the pinion plate but mine has a 1/2" through bolt and 4 3/8" adjustment plate bolts. Wheeled the hell out of it on my stock axles, and when I went full width I modified the iron y for my hp44 and pushed the axle forward 3" and it still works like a dream. Rears did great but I sold them. And the springs have settled less than a 1/2" over the last two years and only just recently did I have to rebuild the joints. And that's after a lot of wheeling few jumps and about 65k street miles.
So if you go cheap now it'll cost you more later and be more work. Another upside is iro track bars are awesome. But to really do it awesome I'd run iron man arms. If I were to do it again with a bolt in kit that is what I would run. More on the fab end is claytons since it requires welding.
I have had both iro and rustys. My rustys did well by needed to be rebuilt yearly or more. Springs sagged quickly, and the cross members fit poorly.
Got my IRO long arms and haven't looked back since. Fit was perfect, flexes way better than my radius arm setup did. I don't know what you're talking about with the 10mm bolt to hold the pinion plate but mine has a 1/2" through bolt and 4 3/8" adjustment plate bolts. Wheeled the hell out of it on my stock axles, and when I went full width I modified the iron y for my hp44 and pushed the axle forward 3" and it still works like a dream. Rears did great but I sold them. And the springs have settled less than a 1/2" over the last two years and only just recently did I have to rebuild the joints. And that's after a lot of wheeling few jumps and about 65k street miles.
So if you go cheap now it'll cost you more later and be more work. Another upside is iro track bars are awesome. But to really do it awesome I'd run iron man arms. If I were to do it again with a bolt in kit that is what I would run. More on the fab end is claytons since it requires welding.
Rustys= bustys for hard abuse, ironman andys stuff is beef. Example ran rustys steering on race jeep, destroyed after 2 races, andys stuff is still holdin up after 2 seasons. Mall crawler duty rustys is ok, but andys stuff is solid, hes local and affordable. No brainer
I have heard more negative that positive things about Rusty's stuff. I ran his t-case skid for a while and had no problems with that. For suspension components, I love my Clayton stuff, never had a problem with them.
I have ran all rusty's skid plates from front to rear on my xj and love them. I don't know anything about their steering components, but the skids are great.
well we put the steering on the jeep and took it wheeling.... it moved a little cause we didnt get the nut locks tight enough once we fixed that it ran great.... guess well see how long it holds up
