Product Details
Ultimate™ Axle Armor Kit by Artec Industries®. Artec Industries is proud to announce the next generation of axle trusses. This series of trusses not only builds on Artec experience as the world leader in axle truss design, it brings it to a whole new level of cost savings, strength, weight savings, simplicity of installation, precision fitment, and complete axle protection never before seen in the industry.
Features
- APEX truss peaked top design provides more rigidity than a flat top truss design
- Truss is CNC Precision Laser cut in-house from 1/8" mild steel for a lightweight yet strong solution
- Truss is CNC Precision Bent in-house for a great fitment
- Designed used 3D models directly from Dana Corp
- 70% less welding needed than previous truss designs means less warping, faster turnaround, and lower costs
- All long seams are bent so you don't need to spend time welding them together
- APEX design continues under the OEM coil buckets for complete end-to-end axle reinforcement...an industry first
- Dimpled holes provide not only weight reduction but rigidity and strength
- Contours to the cast steel differential and can be welded with normal MIG welder and moderate pre-heating and post-heating
- Truss strengthens the weakest sections of the axle under the coil perches, around the control arm brackets, and where the tube enters the casting
- Front LCA Brackets, Shock Brackets, Inner C Gussets and HD Trackbar Brackets made from 1/4" steel
- Gussets, and Brackets strengthen or replace weak components of the axle that are prone to failure
The key feature that sets the APEX truss apart is its unique peaked shape top which provides extra rigidity to the whole truss while allowing both a reduction in weight (vs using a thicker material top) and eliminating long weld seams. Previous versions with long weld seams can be lead to extra weld warping of the axle, longer install times and can be inconsistent. This peaked structure not only applies to the axle tube between the coil perches but extends underneath the coil perches as well, forming a complete truss from end to end of axle, an industry first in an OEM axle application. The APEX Axle Truss has been secretly tested for over a year and a half proving that even though the truss is lighter weight, the peaked structure of the truss holds up to both extreme applications and daily driving. The new APEX Axle Truss is the epitome of low cost, easy and quick to weld, simple, strong, and complete solutions for making your factory Jeep axle take more abuse than originally intended. You want easy insurance for your axle? The APEX Truss provides it.
Founded in 2003, Artec Industries® started as a small company that spared no effort to become a true leader in manufacturing off-road parts for the automotive sector. Over the years it has grown to become a leading manufacturer of top-class heavy duty off-road components, including suspension and axle parts, battery mounts and high steer arms with the most cutting edge designs in the industry. Keeping the highest degree of focus on product quality and functionality, it provides innovative off-road solutions that become industry standards in the United States and worldwide.