4" kit build. Absolute necessary components?
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4" kit build. Absolute necessary components?
I'm currently running a 2008 JKU with 2.5" lift and 35s. It's my daily with mild trail rides and mud holes under her belt. Nothing extreme but I don't baby her either. I happen to have a set of brand new 4" shocks with front and rear end links. As winter has set in so has my boredom. I've been considering just finding 4" springs and making this happen. However I don't wanna dump a lot of cash in track bars, control arms etc. I guess I'm wondering how bad I'll hate life if I only change shocks, springs and links??
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Why not relocate your mounts and make the travel work? You won't mess up what you've already got and you have the opportunity to maximize the travel on the 4" shocks.
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Just shock mounts, nothing more. Move fronts and rears up until you've got the up and down travel that you're looking for. Get coil retainers as well as bumpstops and put them at the correct maximum and minimum heights.
Where there's a will, there's a way. You're bored, make it happen.
Where there's a will, there's a way. You're bored, make it happen.
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Just shock mounts, nothing more. Move fronts and rears up until you've got the up and down travel that you're looking for. Get coil retainers as well as bumpstops and put them at the correct maximum and minimum heights.
Where there's a will, there's a way. You're bored, make it happen.
Where there's a will, there's a way. You're bored, make it happen.
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By moving just the shock mounts you're not going to change the ride outside of the difference in shocks. Your height and current pinion angles will remain the same. The only place you'll see a difference is at maximum extension and maximum compression.
Similar concept while keeping it very basic- I put 1.5-3" shocks on a stock jeep. It had more articulation due to the longer spring length without compromising the ride quality. I had to add a little bumpstop to keep the shocks from over compressing but everything else was stock. You can on a basic level do the same thing but with moving your coil mounts further up. I can't speak to how far to move them because you will need to check where the coils bind, where they unseat, how you plan to retain them, and *hopefully* add some limiting straps to avoid making your driveshaft the limiting factor off-road.
Similar concept while keeping it very basic- I put 1.5-3" shocks on a stock jeep. It had more articulation due to the longer spring length without compromising the ride quality. I had to add a little bumpstop to keep the shocks from over compressing but everything else was stock. You can on a basic level do the same thing but with moving your coil mounts further up. I can't speak to how far to move them because you will need to check where the coils bind, where they unseat, how you plan to retain them, and *hopefully* add some limiting straps to avoid making your driveshaft the limiting factor off-road.
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Do you think ride quality would be good with front/rear track bar relo brackets, flipped draglink and front control arm brackets? Using stock control arms and track bars...