I hate to bring this up again but according to the last thread (rockkrawler.com) I tried to get a general concensus about the rockkrawler products. Having come to the conclusion that it seemed to be a matter of opinion I decided to try out something made by them. I chose to experiment with the boomarang shackles for the xj. When I recieved the package I pulled them out and began to inspect them. First thing I noticed was the welding appeared less than professional. There seemed to be good penetration but a lot of unecessary spatter. More of a concern was that one of the shackles was not straight. I mean this by where the straight portion of the shackle is welded to the poly-urethane joint thingy ( I'm missing vocab.) . It was off. How much I don't know but it certainly wasn't square like the other one I had recieved. It just looked like powder-coated shotty workmanship. Lastley, and by doing this I probably screwed my-self out of any re-fund or warrenty, I thought it strange that there were no grease zerks so I took the liberty of putting my own in. Low and be hold right beneach the powder coating was a well developed layer of rust. A bubble even. I don't know how I didn't notice before I began drilling. Not really a big deal, but for a product I am paying for it is a detail non-the-less. I do not think it is hard to properly prepare a surface for powder coating. I will be re-installing my RE shackles promptly.
My conclusion is that I will not ever purchase RK products nor recommend RK products to anyone. Someone will ask, "How can you dismiss all the other products they make? You didn't try them out, did you?" Nope, I sure didn't and I won't either as a matter of principle. If a company is building a product and does not put thier pride into one component I see no reason to find out if that same quality is going to surface later.
Finally, the lesson I learned is don't be lazy (and don't do anything to void your warrenty). I will now be fabricating my own because I can do better if this is what is out there.
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My conclusion is that I will not ever purchase RK products nor recommend RK products to anyone. Someone will ask, "How can you dismiss all the other products they make? You didn't try them out, did you?" Nope, I sure didn't and I won't either as a matter of principle. If a company is building a product and does not put thier pride into one component I see no reason to find out if that same quality is going to surface later.
Finally, the lesson I learned is don't be lazy (and don't do anything to void your warrenty). I will now be fabricating my own because I can do better if this is what is out there.
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