P1000m5 My C-Fab Journey and Review

Robobrainiac

Robobrainiac

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An update on my thoughts:

My wife and I really enjoy the fox shocks and C-Fab combination. The shock angle returned to the factory angle makes a big difference. After the C-Fab install my wife asked if I had replaced the shocks again. At Ride Royal Blue the ride quality was greatly improved. Most notable is that we were able to take higher speeds with less banging around in our seat. The low and slow felt like you were stepping through the terrain rather than falling into it.

My only regret:
I am not sure if I will regret it or not tho
Quick story: on my original highlifter arms I had new OE ball joints installed. I did not have the arms for more than 1500 miles. The lower ball joints are GONE. You can lift up and down on the threaded end with large amounts of play in the socket area. The upper ball joints had excessive play. When I purchased the C-Fab arms I had an opportunity to acquire a black Friday sale on the keller ball joints. I emailed C-Fab and asked his recommendations. He said the OE ball joints do great and he wouldn't hesitate to use them and save the money for another mod. At that time I had no idea about the condition of the highlifter ball joints. I did not learn about my ball joint condition until I replaced the arms. My hopeful side of me says the highlifter ball joints were placed at a severe angle due to the bracket lift. So the new C-Fab arms do not use the same angle on the ball joints. I am hoping that means I should not have issues with my new ball joints.
 
JenElio

JenElio

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An update on my thoughts:

My wife and I really enjoy the fox shocks and C-Fab combination. The shock angle returned to the factory angle makes a big difference. After the C-Fab install my wife asked if I had replaced the shocks again. At Ride Royal Blue the ride quality was greatly improved. Most notable is that we were able to take higher speeds with less banging around in our seat. The low and slow felt like you were stepping through the terrain rather than falling into it.

My only regret:
I am not sure if I will regret it or not tho
Quick story: on my original highlifter arms I had new OE ball joints installed. I did not have the arms for more than 1500 miles. The lower ball joints are GONE. You can lift up and down on the threaded end with large amounts of play in the socket area. The upper ball joints had excessive play. When I purchased the C-Fab arms I had an opportunity to acquire a black Friday sale on the keller ball joints. I emailed C-Fab and asked his recommendations. He said the OE ball joints do great and he wouldn't hesitate to use them and save the money for another mod. At that time I had no idea about the condition of the highlifter ball joints. I did not learn about my ball joint condition until I replaced the arms. My hopeful side of me says the highlifter ball joints were placed at a severe angle due to the bracket lift. So the new C-Fab arms do not use the same angle on the ball joints. I am hoping that means I should not have issues with my new ball joints.
From my limited experience bracket lifts screw everything up suspension wise. I don't have the c-fab arms but I do have the SATV and installed new OEM ball joints in them when new, about 2K miles later and not a single issue. I was recommended by a few different people to stay OEM on the ball joints, they last forever.
 
Robobrainiac

Robobrainiac

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From my limited experience bracket lifts screw everything up suspension wise. I don't have the c-fab arms but I do have the SATV and installed new OEM ball joints in them when new, about 2K miles later and not a single issue. I was recommended by a few different people to stay OEM on the ball joints, they last forever.
The C-Fab person I spoke with said the OE stuff is supposed to be really good. I am hoping they will do well. I will try to post a video of the worst ball joint I had with the highlifter arms.

 
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chucksmith0706

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I pressed my factory ones out of my arms bike has less than 100 miles on it and pressed them in my CFab arms. I also ordered the factory split rings and installed them on ball joints. Now bike has less than 200 miles now lol.


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