Just want to give a shout out to Marlin @ Jeepin by Al. Over Christmas break i had an A-arm failure. Same as others where the breakage occured at the weld where the tube/arm connected to the hub that houses the ball joint.

Talked to Marlin about it and they sent me a new set of arms, Gen 4.5, within 2 days! BTW, the arm that broke was a Gen 1 and lasted me 3 years of much hard offroading.

1st class customer support with quality parts!!!

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'04 Renny
Mod's: See Avatar
Conquests: Poughkeepsie Gulch, Governor's Basin, Black Bear/Imogene/Engineer/Cinnamon pass, Coal Creek OHV, Badlands OHV, S.M.O.R.R., K-Rocks, Parent's driveway

Wow.... another breakage. Glad no one was killed.

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

Yes Marlin is the best
even to the point of helping people who have failures ( even though very few) when someone else owned JBA!! Great guy.

They have went through a lot of revisions over the years to be a great product for sure.

No matter what some like to say everytime this comes up.

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

This is a great customer service story. The aftermarket warranty for most performance parts is nil. To correct a problem after what the O.P. states is 3 years of hard off-roading and before the present ownership was in place is above and beyond, in my book. I wonder how the awesome factory ball joints and arms would have held up under the same circumstances?

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LOST # 633
'05 KJ 3.7L/6spd/241 245/75/16 MT's
'88 MJ 4.0L/AW4/231 SWB HPD30 & trac-loc D44 w/3.73's
A dirty Jeep is a happy Jeep

i also have had nothing but the absolute best service from marlin at Jeepinbyal. and i know i'm not the only one.

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2006 Renegade. Completely stock.

not to defend marlin, which I'd like to

and not to defend JL, which I'd like to

but JL does wheel his with the stock arms with good results

however we have had stock arm balljoint separations

and one of my balljoints fell out in my hand when I removed them from the vehicle to put on the 4.5's

so both sides have their associated risks

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03 Renegade (Black)
177k miles 3.7L gas - 45RFE
Command Trac / 4.10s
Lift: ft. 790+ rr. JBA4+
The last of the TrailReady Front&Rear Bumpers and TR Rock Rails
Jarhead Offroad light covers
31x10.5R15 RedLetter Grabbers on Blackrock Dunes
L.O.S.T #KD098632

Very cool that he is replacing them and quickly.

I'd recommend others with the early versions think strongly about replacing them and keeping them for spares, to not wait for this to happen, even if it saves you a little money. $350 is not worth the risk.

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2005 KJ Renegade
Fabrications for sale: Aluminum Roof Rack (See Page 9)
Aluminum Gas Tank Skid -- Radiator Skid -- Front Strut Shims
Coming Soon: Rear Bumpers with lots of options

And he ships USPS...all over the world....

Sorry, but that is why we never buy anything at Boulderbars...Barcelona crew ordered over $2,5K from JBA..

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Cherokee 2,5 CRD: sold - Wrangler TJ 2.5: gone - Touareg V10 TDI: new toy

Solo Liberty en Español: Jeepliberty.es

im gonna need to get me some jba upper a arms

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Steve
2018 RAM 1500 Rebel
2003 KJ
Mods:Exterior: Frankenlift + 2 extra rear iso, JBA UCAs, ARB Bumper w/XRC8, Safari Snorkel, 265/75/16 AT, Mopar Skids, Boulderbars, RL Gecko Sport Rack
Interior: Infinity Reference speakers, 12" Alpine Type R Sub, Alpine radio, Gauge Pods (Oil, Volts), Cobra Cb, All J Interior Rack

I agree Marlin is great. I fully recommend JBA.

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2009 KK Limited 4x4
Jeep Green/partially dechromed/Sunroof/OEM Skids/
Gray Leather/uConnect GPS-Nav/DVD Head Rests/
MtnLuvr's Off-Road Front Winch Bumper, Heavy Duty Rock Sliders, Heavy Duty Off-Road Rear Bumper/JBA 4" AaS Lift w/UCAs/16x8's w/ 245/75R16 GY MT/Rs

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