Official Lower Control Arm Pricing

[pat'sRAPTOR]

Ppsshhhhh who needs a sway bar anyways! Just slows ya down!

 

[Deinonychus]

Will the lower control arms and the front triple by-pass Foxes come to be known as the RPG Stage 5?

 

[pat'sRAPTOR]

I think it's gonna be the RPG stage 5.2 haha

 

[Squatting Dog]

RPG stage 6.2

-Greg (aka squatting dog)

 

[EFTOBIAS]

Basically what I gathered from this is it's just over 10k for the stage 5+ and it's glorious and will basically turn your raptor into a sexy beast…

Also, sidenote, any plans to incorporate the new shock coolers or is it not even necessary?

 

[treypal]

Basically what I gathered from this is it's just over 10k for the stage 5+ and it's glorious and will basically turn your raptor into a sexy beast…

Also, sidenote, any plans to incorporate the new shock coolers or is it not even necessary?

Definitely not necessary, it's pretty hard to fade out just a single 3.0

 

[RPG]

Let me first start by saying I have a massive amount of respect for Camburg. They have built a great business and are very passionate about what they do.

When designing our LCA’s clearly an enormous amount of time, energy and testing has gone into every aspect of them, hence why we have delayed the launch of them for nearly a year. First, and possibly most important question raised is why isn’t the chassis side bearing cupped wrapped? The answer is simple, our chassis side bearing runs a massive 1.5” bearing which equals total weld material of 15.6” per side just on the bearing cup alone. Our bearing cups are continuous welded by the same person who has welded hundreds of our parts over the past two years without ever once suffering a weldment failure. I personally find this so called observation laughable considering RPG is the company who has chosen to pay a higher salary to a seasoned professional vs. inexperienced minimum waged help. I will gladly put his ability vs. any other line welder in the industry. But lets not also forget that our LCA’s are still in production. If you guys would feel more comfortable with a wrap then let us know and we will always listen and make changes based on what you want. At the end of the day it’s about what you want, not what we want. Just keep in mind these things have been beaten on for a year now and I can assure you it doesn’t need it.



I Also don’t think anybody on this forum will doubt the abuse we put our products through. We are the company who lets everyone see the abuse first hand at places like TRR and out in Barstow. Many of you have been in rides in our trucks, or have been tossed the keys followed by the sentence “have at it”. We purposely choose certain people to run pre-production products for testing because we know they will absolutely destroy them. We engineer our parts to follow key engineering design principles like modes of failure to ensure your safety and not just the part in question.

Another observation that was called into question was the hardware we use vs. Camburg. No question they use a very good bolt on the chassis side. We have opted to run a grade 8 bolt which is far better and stronger than the factory bolt thus providing more support than you will every need. Lets not forget, we have a bit of experience with the strength of the Stock lower control arm bolt. For those that remember, it was my personal truck that slammed the lower control arm directly into a steel cattle guard crossing at 2012 TRR at a speed that wasn’t all that wise. Low and behold, the frame gave out when the factory bolt didn’t. Moral of the story, we know from a personal and very painful experience our larger and stronger grade 8 bolt is all you will ever need. Trust me, I have the scars to prove it!!!

We’ve learned a tremendous amount from this past year of testing. I have yet to see any actual video of the Camburg arm in action, (not saying it hasn’t been, I just personally haven’t seen it) on the same level that we have provided every Raptor consumer to view with there own eyes. The question that I find myself asking is if the Camburg arm was tested on the same level of RPG’s, and in the eyes of SDHQ superior, then why does their arm not have a steering stop built into the arm? Without this, you will suffer steering box failures, and will end up with a huge dented hole in the side of the arm as we found out on our first set in testing. As the dent got bigger, the stress on the box became even more apparent. Getting the geometry right on this wasn’t easy, but it was necessary, but never would have been caught without testing.

As you all know, at RPG we focus on one thing, and one thing only, Raptors. I personally run these arms on my own vehicle, which has my kids car seats right behind me. If I ever believed they needed anymore in terms of build quality I would demand it for my own safety sake, trust me I don’t have a death wish for me or my family. Our arms are made from 3/16ths plate, internally and externally welded and supported where necessary internally to ensure we follow the mode of failure process. I’m not the engineer so I won’t get into what mode of failure is because it's over my head, I just get to witness the hours our engineer puts into designing everything we build. Our engineer is currently in the desert as we speak testing more parts. When he gets back I will have him give a full detailed write up on the mode of failure process and why our arm is hands down the best and most versatile on the market. You have all seen it in action now, and it will absolutely smoke any single shock bump stop setup offered. We stand by our product 100% and will gladly put it against any other.

Alright, now I'm going to attempt to enjoy my weekend.


Notice the steering stop on the lower portion of the arm by the knuckle

Notice the dent forming from early development testing

Weld quality


Internally welded



Trust me guys We try to brake em before you get em


Example of the integrity of an RPG part
Direct hit on the UCA

 

[bstoner59]

This provided good lunchtime reading material for us at Mad Greek!

 

[PropDr]

Enjoy your weekend and just remember the order of delivery requests received

 

[pat'sRAPTOR]

Yea jarrett don't worry bro haters gonna hate that's what I always say haha pay no attention to te nay Sayers and enjoy your weekend buddy!!! And Monday you can work on my bumper for me hahaha

---------- Post added at 01:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:56 PM ----------

And I will say that these LCA's are a HUGE step up from the original ones! I remember you showing me these a year ago when I was in the shop getting my UCAs installed! I thought those were pretty sick but after a year of testing and fine running these I must say you guys have taken it several steps above and beyond what I ever thought possible! Keep up the good work and tell Corey he wetter be taking care of my hat he has! Haha