RTE: these are stock arms cut, re-angled, and with welded on mild steel side plates? degrees? no website description

 

call RTE, Simon the owner answers the phone - he’ll be happy to discuss in detail what I relay.
Ordering these from him made a lot of sense after speaking with him with all my r&d.
They're using a jig based on lift of your truck to calculate degree correction & using original equipment to relief cut and “bend” then plating with 1/4” steel along both sides.
Im in the neighborhood of 6 degree with a 3.5-4” lift - and this is supposed to be sufficient to handle another 1” to go higher for 35” tires down the rd. for me personally.

I wasn’t sure what to expect - read on this forum they were worthy/ without ever seeing a pair - and after talking to Simon, it made sense for me. That’s why I posted pictures.
They are good & heavy and welded perfectly. Paint is pretty good - he says poly bushings all day long. Good price.

 

I bought a 4.5 lift kit from Simon last summer. Im happy with the kit. It came with front & rear , plus the modified Watts Linkage. So far its been good. Pricey but good quality.

 

Have any pics of your lifted D2?

 

 

Looks really good! Do you have a jack mount key lock?

 

Yes, I got a key lock from 4Wheel Parts.The Hi-Lift jack is locked on the roof rack.

 

thx for info!

 

The metal sleeved bushings won't fit into the TF arms, period. James from Adrenalin 4x4 told me this:

And neither my 12 ton press or a shops' press were able to put them in. I had to switch to Terrafirma's red poly bushings (which in all honesty have held up well). The 2-piece cheap orange or yellow poly bushings are crap, don't waste the $25 on those.

But now since moving to the mountains I'm wanting to correct some steering / handling issues and planning to do a set of front and rear 6 degree arms w/ SuperPro bushings from Adrenalin 4x4. I know I need more castor correction based on my last alignment.

Not really sure the castor corrected rear arms will do anything, especially that I have an adjustable panhard back there? Any thoughts? Couldn't hurt I suppose

 

The rear corrected arms should help reduce any binding on the spring during articulation and realigning easier if you are able to dislocate them. As well as add any length lost to the wheel base due to the lift. The panhard in the rear does not change any of these things, it just allows for a different motion of movement when the rear axle droops. If wheeling your rig hard I'd be hard pressed to not pay the premium of the RTE arms, I've helped a friend install a set on his classic and they are beefy. You'd have a very very hard time bending or damaging one of their units.