Should you Upgrade your Toyota Tacomas Control Arms? | Process & The Benefits Explained

We had the chance to interview the owner of Dirt King Fabrication and ask him to talk to us about the process of building UCA and LCA, the benefits of upgrading, and took advantage to install their kit on our 3rd gen Tacoma.
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[@imperialtekk9443]

I know this video is 4yr old. But just purchased the standard length lower control arms for my 2gen tacoma. I'm already running kings 2.5 extended travel can't wait to get these lcas in. This will complete my front end.

[@Yoder52]

Can you please do a long travel vs mid travel comparison on a nasty dirt road or a whoop section? Pretty please!

[@suetaylor1127]

Long travel is way better. It's apples to oranges, there is no comparison because long travel is for hard-core offroading. Mid travel is for mild bumpy trails, what most people do. Long travel you have bigger tires and stewpud reason if you ask me, but that's why most people get Long travel and they never go offroad with it.

[@dixonbuttes6564]

Very well done interview. Great information in here. Thank you!

[@tacomabeast]

Thanks bro! 💪

[@neekshernandez5894]

Been waiting for someone to properly make a video on long travel.

[@trdrockwarrior_sport4432]

i was looking for upper control arms for my 2014 tacoma i was thinking about diert kings but i found out dirt kings uppers is non sdjustable i went went eith SPC because they are adjustable. im thinking on using dirt kings for my lowers

[@mmunoz5875]

BRO!! You didn't show us what they looked like installed?? LOL

[@mmunoz5875]

@Cory Casarez I guess we just have to take his word for it... LOL

[@drewsky1008]

Dude seriously...lol🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@royf.2471]

how about at 2:58

[@ben3mar]

thank you so much for the video it was very nice and I think you covered virtually all aspects of the matter, but I wanted to ask you on a different but related subject; have you tried anything on rear suspension upgrade? because the stock leaf springsand and shocks (3rd gen) have very limited travel and they buttom out very easily even on small bumps and I think this is one of the neglected areas that no one seems to talk about and no satisfactory reviews are available on the net or at least I couldn't find any. An in depth review on the subject would be nice. Abd Thank you again for the nice video.

[@cesargutierrez4878]

Do guys do 2005 Tundra replacement upper control arms and lower arms with ball joints?

[@trdrockwarrior_sport4432]

i'm running procomp 3" suspention ;ift with SPC uppers

[@ericx4124]

Will these work with stock height? I just want them. I won’t lift my truck.

[@JasonWh]

Just got my big TEK sticker for my Taco. Super nice quality!

[@beb38138]

Please do a video on titan control arms! I already have the uppers installed from you all. Just waiting on the lowers to be delivered in two more days 👌

[@arcanum3882]

how are they?

[@beb38138]

@@arcanum3882 not happy. I have 6" lift and 35s. It is thrown my sharp steering angles off, and in four-wheel drive mode it causes binding. I have new OEM control arms to replace with.

[@Warmspringsrezbuck]

How much for upper UCA’s n lowers. I have 2.5 icons on my 07 tacoma dC with 6” Fabtech lift?

[@suetaylor1127]

thats not the question, the question is dirt king lca or total chaos lca? which is better?

[@tacomabeast]

We gotta put it to the test 👀

[@suetaylor1127]

@@tacomabeast we can use my tacoma to test the total chaos LCA,s!

[@SigmaWolfOutdoors]

How have these held up ? Any issues pros vs cons ..long term reveiw? Standard travel ..without other modifications needed?

[@tacomabeast]

So far still using these, really good! As far as standard vs long travel it really depends on what you’ll be using it for, but tbh these have been the least problematic part of my suspension setup since, they’re great

[@SigmaWolfOutdoors]

@@tacomabeast can I use the dirt king standard travel lower control arms .with other after market upper control arms ?spc

[@fixittony]

What additional benefits do the new 2022 Tacoma factory control arms provide? Did anything on their lower control arms change?

[@tacomabeast]

Hey tony, we actually have a team of experts dedicated to answering these kinds of questions, feel free to contact them at [e-mail] and they’ll he happy to provide you some stats comparing the two 🙌

[@theguy5333]

Can you guys make videos more often?

[@rickm4295]

As usual.....how much? I want every single thing you do to your truck on my truck. Every video you post is another $2000 bucks. That Tacoma has got to be pushing $100,000 or more already, hahaha

[@semir2607]

He probably has discounts plus uses it as a write off for business purposes

[@anoaiquiocho6160]

Please have a code we can use to get discount! Tacoma world discount! Haha

[@jonnyhalo1041]

I love dirt King those guys are cool just got some tubular UCA's and fox 2.5 with the DSC on my runner, handles so good out in the desert. Sick 🌮 by the way! Yeeeeew 🤘🏼

[@javiermendoza1222]

hi guys I have a 3 inch lift kit in front of my 2007 Tacoma, which control arms do I have to buy?

[@tacomabeast]

hey javier! if you want some help with your build please contact our support team at [e-mail] they'll be happy to answer all questions you have to get the best build you can!

[@jacksongil9123]

How much complete kit or set for long travel?

[@tacomabeast]

the links to the kits are in the description but if you need more specific help you can hit up our support team at [e-mail] they'll be more than happy to answer any questions you have!

[@ImpressTheKid12]

Sweet mother of America!

[@re9473]

Can aftermarket control arms up with camber

[@jesser9134]

Still don't understand how a few sections of pipe welded together and a ball joint can cost 500+ dollars. Then billet uca's are insanely unjustified.

[@docrichardson7034]

Factory is $1100

[@urinecakes]

Sure the materials don’t cost even close to that much but its the R&D time, it’s the trial and error, it’s the cost that it took to get the final product. It’s not impossible to do it yourself but it’ll probably still cost you more.

[@jesser9134]

@@docrichardson7034 I'm only seeing like $300

[@jesser9134]

@@urinecakes fair enough with a lot of competition you can't expect to sell all that many, so you'd need to break even

[@docrichardson7034]

@@jesser9134 that is the factory price to change both.

[@trdrockwarrior_sport4432]

say if you decide to purchase the lower they mske the lower accourding to there website allow 6 weeks can you choose the color??

[@tacomabeast]

Shoot us an email at [e-mail] and we’ll be able to help you with this 🤙

[@drewsky1008]

What do you suggest I do first on my 3'inch lift fox 2.0 tacom...? Upper control arms or lower or both. What's more important or where do I begin

[@jacksontan5410]

You should have done the upper control arm when you did your lift.

[@tacomabeast]

Hey drew! if you have any questions about your build you can contact our support team at [e-mail] they'll be happy to help!

[@tko7212]

2 years later, how are these holding up?

[@tacomabeast]

Still going strong 💪

[@nathanaelhernandez5811]

I have a 6inch lift on my taco and was wondering what kind of control arms I should get bc my stock control arms are maxed out at 6inchs what should I get??????

[@SC_XOLOs]

Bro, you have stock UCA on a 6in lift?!?! 😳. 🤦🏼‍♂️. I changed mine at 2.5

[@nathanaelhernandez5811]

@@SC_XOLOs Bro that was two months ago I already fixed it lmao 😂

[@RagingBad]

You're crazy 😄

[@adiosmfbtdbattles3884]

@@nathanaelhernandez5811 what UCAs did you go with brotha?

[@eddytijerina120]

He’s the most awkward youtuber ever

[@freethinkingamerican80]

Lol

[@PilotJacq11]

How?

[@sanchezzz1]

The Chris Farley of you tube...remember when you made those cool upper control arms.....yeah that was great!

[@gorillahd9247]

I have been starting to get some footage on my GoPros. When I upload the videos on my channel I bet your opinion will change. He is incredibly polished compared to my ramblings.

[@3ksportsunlimitedllcbaseba136]

Can your control arm for a 2008 GX 470?

[@TheNightSnacker]

So basically, dirt king ftw?

[@Vannata2023]

Lol The dude who’s interviewing that cool fella don’t know sh¥T about anything, he just ride his truck and thats about lol

[@martin73k]

What the hell is up with the weird music in the background?

[@ivantrevizo5225]

The

[@xedniw23]

Yes stock UCAs are garbage

[@JorgeGonzalez-vq8fv]

👍😀🇵🇷👊🚘P.R.

[@scottlilly4091]

This is not even close to convincing, to me... I have a serious doubt that there is actually a tubular upper control arm that has ANY caster built into them...

[@wealthyblackman2655]

VJ'S (Video Jockeys) film content for videos... This ad is long and boring...

[@wealthyblackman2655]

Dude says "Make sure you have a professional install it..." Professional none existant QUALIFIED to install it.... FYI. Basically he is telling you that you MUST OVER PAY for the work at an off road shop!! Pathetic.

[@tacomabeast]

Most normal shops can do this for you but you can continue to get mad over arguments you made in your head though 🤙

[@Northof25A]

If you off-road yes, if you don't who cares

[@3thomasdm]

you'd think that a suspension expert would use the proper terminology, but at least he didn't call it a 'strut'. the 'shock absorption' is handled by the spring and that engery absorbed by the spring is controlled by a dampener.

[@spankthewan]

Just for fun, it's "damper," not "dampener."

[@3thomasdm]

@@spankthewan actually just for more fun, both are correct. damp·er (dăm′pər)n. * One that deadens, restrains, or depresses: dampener [′dam·pə·nər] (engineering) * A device for damping spring oscillations after abrupt removal or application of a load.