Before/After Teraflex BB - PICS
03-25-2007, 04:29 AM
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Before/After Teraflex BB - PICS
I started (and finished) my Teraflex BB lift last night. Here are some before and afters. Stock wheels with 265/75 16 Tires.
03-25-2007, 05:55 PM
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You can really see the lift with the stock tires, great, I should be getting mine in a week or two.
Any words of wisdom on the install? I know there are some write-ups around. Always like as much first hand experience as possible going into these things. I'll probably be taking my floor jack and tools to a friends garage.
Any words of wisdom on the install? I know there are some write-ups around. Always like as much first hand experience as possible going into these things. I'll probably be taking my floor jack and tools to a friends garage.
03-25-2007, 06:07 PM
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The write up in the how to section is great!! Like the write up says, you will need tall jack stands and a floor jack that lifts fairly high....
If I was doing it again, I would have ordered the kit with the new shocks included. That would have cut out a couple of steps. I will be ordering those this week.
Step number 14 was a little more difficult for me than it looked in the pictures. BUT, it was probably something I was doing. I was probably worried about stretching the brake lines too much and did not lower the axle enough.
Step number 33 was not easy either. I (as well as 2 others that were helping/hanging out) were not able to push these into place. So I placed them in the coil and lined it up to the hole, then used the floor jack to push it into place.
Other than that, no big surprises.
As I said above, I would absolutely recommend purchasing the kit with the new shocks included. Will save several steps and seems a little more secure/OEM to me. And the washers they sent for the shock adapters were too small, so I went ahead and installed without, but will be putting the new shocks in soon, and will fix that problem.
And again, the write up/pictures are GREAT!! I really appreciate the time that was taken to put that together!!
If I was doing it again, I would have ordered the kit with the new shocks included. That would have cut out a couple of steps. I will be ordering those this week.
Step number 14 was a little more difficult for me than it looked in the pictures. BUT, it was probably something I was doing. I was probably worried about stretching the brake lines too much and did not lower the axle enough.
Step number 33 was not easy either. I (as well as 2 others that were helping/hanging out) were not able to push these into place. So I placed them in the coil and lined it up to the hole, then used the floor jack to push it into place.
Other than that, no big surprises.
As I said above, I would absolutely recommend purchasing the kit with the new shocks included. Will save several steps and seems a little more secure/OEM to me. And the washers they sent for the shock adapters were too small, so I went ahead and installed without, but will be putting the new shocks in soon, and will fix that problem.
And again, the write up/pictures are GREAT!! I really appreciate the time that was taken to put that together!!
03-25-2007, 06:11 PM
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looks very nice, thx for posting as i am going to go with the Teraflex BB 2.5 with 3/4 skyjacker spacer up front to level it out. i have a 95lb winch bumper installed and a 95lb winch otw. im going with the Mickey Thompson Radial MTZ 315 70 r17s and the Cragar series 343 17x9s below
Man that lift looks good 
Man that lift looks good
03-25-2007, 06:13 PM
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Yes, it is the 2.5" lift.
I am very torn about new tires. I purchased my JK with the stock 225's. About 3 weeks ago I upgraded to 265/75 16's. Of course now I want to go a bit larger, but that will require new wheels and tires, so it might be a while before I can do it....
This Jeep is become a black hole of time and money....but that is not a bad thing!!
It was 85 and sunny in Atlanta today!!
Also, no problems with the ESP. And my steering wheel was perfectly lined up after the lift installation, so I did not have to make any additional adjustments!!
If you are considering lifting your own Jeep and have never tried it, I would absolutely recommend it!! I have never tackled anything of this magnitude on a vehicle before, but I have to say it was not that bad.
I am very torn about new tires. I purchased my JK with the stock 225's. About 3 weeks ago I upgraded to 265/75 16's. Of course now I want to go a bit larger, but that will require new wheels and tires, so it might be a while before I can do it....
This Jeep is become a black hole of time and money....but that is not a bad thing!!
It was 85 and sunny in Atlanta today!!
Also, no problems with the ESP. And my steering wheel was perfectly lined up after the lift installation, so I did not have to make any additional adjustments!!
If you are considering lifting your own Jeep and have never tried it, I would absolutely recommend it!! I have never tackled anything of this magnitude on a vehicle before, but I have to say it was not that bad.
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12-14-2007, 04:51 PM
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Yes, have not added anything to it yet. Waiting to see what happens with the Mopar lift.
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