6inch rough country long arm kit
09-01-2016, 05:57 PM
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6inch rough country long arm kit
Has anyone taken a chance and purchased this rough country 6inch long arm kit? If so let me
Know what you think. All reviews online are 5 stars. The kit looks very complete. Also if I may. Long arm or not thought on this as well. Thanks !
Know what you think. All reviews online are 5 stars. The kit looks very complete. Also if I may. Long arm or not thought on this as well. Thanks !
09-01-2016, 07:03 PM
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What's your plan with the jeep? Tire size & use?
The kit runs radius arms which have negative & positive reviews depending on who you ask. Do some research on the arms.
Rough country shocks & coils suck. The coils are known to sag & the shocks are generic off the shelf shocks with basic valving.
Trying to keep the jeep in a straight line with a stock housing will be difficult. At 6" the caster will be significantly off.
You'll need to account for new driveshafts as well.
Overall, I wouldn't do it.
Good luck
The kit runs radius arms which have negative & positive reviews depending on who you ask. Do some research on the arms.
Rough country shocks & coils suck. The coils are known to sag & the shocks are generic off the shelf shocks with basic valving.
Trying to keep the jeep in a straight line with a stock housing will be difficult. At 6" the caster will be significantly off.
You'll need to account for new driveshafts as well.
Overall, I wouldn't do it.
Good luck
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09-01-2016, 07:13 PM
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In my personal experience RC products are shit. I have ordered from them in the past never will again. But I ordered a front stubby bumper and sway bars DCs. And both products I had to do modifications in order for them to work on my JK. Yeah it's nice the price for there products but I am sure everybody heard of the term "you get what you pay for" just words of caution. P.S I don't know if you were doing your own shocks or RC's shocks but they also have a bad reputation.
09-01-2016, 07:35 PM
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People are funny and you never know where they are coming from. For all any one knows, those reviews may be from people who never 4 wheel. There'a also the people who feel they have to say there shit is good because they don't want to admit they wasted their time, money, lack of sense, or just screwed up. I have no problem telling people if I think I screwed up or made a mistake. I just blew up my 550 h/p SBC in my old Jeep! lol Anyway, I have a 6" long arm lift on my JKUR and despite what people who have never wheeled a JKU with a 6" long arm may try to tell you out of lack of experience, they are not too tall. Like most people, I have wider offset wheels, wider tires. It drives great, I don't feel like I'm to "tippy" when I'm off camber I don't run a Steering damper at all. BTW, I've had this lift kit longer then most have owned their Jeeps, it's 8 years old. And I wheel. I bet I didn't see any of you at Fordyce last Sunday.
09-01-2016, 07:38 PM
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What's your plan with the jeep? Tire size & use? The kit runs radius arms which have negative & positive reviews depending on who you ask. Do some research on the arms. Rough country shocks & coils suck. The coils are known to sag & the shocks are generic off the shelf shocks with basic valving. Trying to keep the jeep in a straight line with a stock housing will be difficult. At 6" the caster will be significantly off. You'll need to account for new driveshafts as well. Overall, I wouldn't do it. Good luck
The plan was to run this long arm kit, get 40s and dump the RC. Shocks upgrade to bilstein or fox shocks with res.