PONCH

So if your going with a rear coil over also, what part of the original lift kit are you retaining?

PONCH

Same thing

matto0

I may be wrong but isn't the swaybar still connected in the long arm flex pic?

Matt

TYCOON12

hehh heh, Other than the arms he isn't retaining much.

TYCOON12

He has the Rubi with the Electronic Sway Disco. Looks connected but is released where the sway bar motor is. They don't disconnect like conventional sway bars.

wayoflife

depending on who you talk to, i'm sure you will get a different story. what i can tell you is that superlift has had a long tradition of working with mopar and if anyone, one would think that they would have gotten the deal. however, as you know, superlift still does not have a long arm kit and from what i understand, they didn't think a long arm kit was needed for the JK and if this is true, i would tend to agree with them. not that a long arm kit wouldn't be desirable but it really isn't 'needed' per se as the JK already has pretty long arms. again, from what i understand, when mopar put out the word they were looking for a long arm kit for the ORT line, RE was the only company to take them seriously, as they should have and as should have everyone else. ultimately, mopar most like picked RE because of this and the fact that RE does in fact make high quality products. but, just because the quality of their products is good does not mean that the design of their long arm is.... at least, when it come to off road performance. on road, it drive great - i have ridden in one on the street and can tell you this from experience. on the trail, it simply has no flex and maybe even less than their own short arm kit.

like you, i couldn't imagine spending that much money and putting that much effort into installing a kit that actually LIMITED my flex. from what i have seen and as you can see in the photos above, their arms start to bind at about 7" of droop. likewise, i can't see how putting this much strain on 2 joints would be a good thing over the long haul. but, to it's credit, it is made well, has a nice finish and does ride nicely on pavement.

okay, i will try to get it up as soon as i can.

wayoflife

pretty much, just the control arms, factory rear track bar and factory rear sway bar. the type of arms and the joints they have will help determine how much flex you will get and so far, the TeraFlex arms that i have really do the job well. as far as the factory componets go, there will be upgrades to them in the future but for now, they are retained and still work quite well.

yes, i am. we will be doing a part 2 post on this soon - stay tuned

yes, it is but it is also a rubicon. trust me, i asked the driver on multiple occasions to make sure he was disconnected. i myself verified that he was. the lack of droop you see is solely a result of the bind from his radius arms.

nope

exactly

TSmith0820

Since the lower arms of my RE kit are fixed should I stick with my plan of getting a long arm kit first? Keep in mind they are longer than the stock arms by a little bit. Second, isn't the major limit factor of the RE long arm kit the short shocks they include with the kit. My short arm kit came with rear shocks that were shorter than the ones Teraflex includes with the 2.5 BB lift I had. I'd like to see the RE and FT long arm kits side by side with the same shocks. I have a hard time understanding 4 mounting points being less likely to bind than 2.

Ty

PONCH

Does this kit also work with a Piggy Back?

matto0

Wow thats nuts - I also forget that the Rubi's have those push button discos.

Matt