Lift question
03-16-2020 | 10:45 AM
#12
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From: Calgary, AB, Canada
Welcome to the forum. Jeeps are, by far, the best out of the box 4WD out there. You will see that when you get to use it. Yes, they break!
Karls advice - get out and use/enjoy it before sinking money into it. Good advice as you can find out first what you want in a 4x4 so then come back here for advice on how to set up your Jeep.
Dirtman and others give good suspension advice. I listened and bought Metalcloak. Haven't finished that yet but not going over 2.5" - I don't do much rock crawling and no extreme stuff. That's the example of setting your truck up how you will use it.
Karls advice - get out and use/enjoy it before sinking money into it. Good advice as you can find out first what you want in a 4x4 so then come back here for advice on how to set up your Jeep.
Dirtman and others give good suspension advice. I listened and bought Metalcloak. Haven't finished that yet but not going over 2.5" - I don't do much rock crawling and no extreme stuff. That's the example of setting your truck up how you will use it.
03-16-2020 | 01:52 PM
#13
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JK Newbie
Joined: Mar 2020
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From: Houston, TX
35's will fit fine right now. (what is the backspacing on your rims?) With flat flares, 37's would look better to fill some of that wheel well space.
Does this look like it might be the kit?
https://ruggedridge.com/4-inch-lift-...ription_tabbed
http://www.ruggedridge.com/instructions/18401.60.pdf
No idea of the quality, but a few items that jump out are:
Cam Bolt Kit - (it comes with a set of front and rear fixed control arms, were the cams installed also?)
Front Trackbar Drop Bracket - (which requires a Drop Pitman Arm that, as indicated in the description, is very helpfully not included in the kit...) Verify whether these are installed.
Does this look like it might be the kit?
https://ruggedridge.com/4-inch-lift-...ription_tabbed
http://www.ruggedridge.com/instructions/18401.60.pdf
No idea of the quality, but a few items that jump out are:
Cam Bolt Kit - (it comes with a set of front and rear fixed control arms, were the cams installed also?)
Front Trackbar Drop Bracket - (which requires a Drop Pitman Arm that, as indicated in the description, is very helpfully not included in the kit...) Verify whether these are installed.
so I got a few pics today that I’m hoping some of you can help me figure out. Also, noticed the drive shafts look newer (Label still there). Not sure if they are stock or if they are aftermarket Dana Spicer units. I couldn’t seem to find the part numbers correctly on the Dana spicer site. Thanks for all the feedback previously and forthcoming!
03-16-2020 | 02:11 PM
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JK Jedi
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From: Southwest Reno, NV
Factory drive shafts. Looks like cam bolts are installed. Raised rear track bar bracket is good. Looks like drop pitman? hard to tell in photo. Take one of the passenger side inside of wheel so we can see the link mounts as well as a better one of the pitman and upper track bar mount
03-16-2020 | 03:05 PM
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JK Newbie
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From: Houston, TX
Factory drive shafts. Looks like cam bolts are installed. Raised rear track bar bracket is good. Looks like drop pitman? hard to tell in photo. Take one of the passenger side inside of wheel so we can see the link mounts as well as a better one of the pitman and upper track bar mount
03-16-2020 | 05:13 PM
#16
JK Newbie
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From: Ny
If it rides fine by your standards, don't change anything. No kit on the market is complete, so the best course of action would be to piece one together.
Avoid Rough Country and Rock Krawler. I have swapped all Rock Krawler components out, except for my coil springs (which will go soon too).
Avoid Rough Country and Rock Krawler. I have swapped all Rock Krawler components out, except for my coil springs (which will go soon too).
03-16-2020 | 05:57 PM
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JK Freak
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From: Mesquite, NV
I'm wondering if you have a Mopar lift judging from the Mopar steering stabilizer and Bilstein shocks. I have a 2" Mopar lift on my 2012 (it's a 2011 Mopar lift because the 2012 lifts were not out when I bought the Rubicon) and it has the same stabilizer and shocks. They came in either 2" or 4" and when I researched mine I believe it was made by someone with an "R" in the name, maybe Rugged Ridge. I believe the Mopar 2012 and later had a replacement front drive shaft though because of the exhaust tube drop, not sure if all of them did.
