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Best upgrade for 350 - 400 bucks

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Old 09-30-2009 | 04:50 PM
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Default Best upgrade for 350 - 400 bucks
It's going to be my birthday on October 23th... so my GF told me that she's going to give me something for the JK ... what could be the best upgrade for about 350 - 400 usd??

Here is what I'm thinking about

- longer brakelines + AEV ProCal + RockKrawler Tierod (some kind of combo )
- Lower adj. control arms maybe (front)?
- Upper adj control arms (front)?
- Snorkel?

Tell me guys what you think !

Thanks in advance


P.S. She already gave me the Front Adj. Trackbar and a CB
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Old 09-30-2009 | 04:53 PM
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Ouch. A 5" lift on stock arms? Say it ain't so...

Adj Front Lowers would most definitely be my first choice.

And does she have a sister??
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Old 09-30-2009 | 04:53 PM
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Do you have to pay for installation on whatever you pick or is that not a factor?
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I have the Skyjacker short arms... but you can not adjust them
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Old 09-30-2009 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by horwitzs
Do you have to pay for installation on whatever you pick or is that not a factor?
I'm going to pay for installation, but I live in Mexico, so that's not a problem
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Old 09-30-2009 | 06:09 PM
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I installed the spacer 'cuz I have bumpers... so now it's a 4" lift kit, not 5
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ab, how about the snorkel?
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At this point I don't know what to do but some new mods are comming for sure
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ab, how about the snorkel?
At first I was thinking about the snorkel... but then the control arms came to my head
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Old 10-01-2009 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by planman
At 5" on a short arm, you probably need brakelines the most.

2nd would be adjustable front lower arms to fix your caster.

3rd would be some sort of steering correction kit like the Teraflex or AEV.

Then, gearing and larger than 33" tires.
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