Piginajeep

You cant go wrong with Currie or JE REEL

Lotus03

doesn't the front driveshaft typically need to be replaced before the rear?

1 BAJK

In your first post you stated you were willing to spend for the best. If that is truly what you feel, call Mel at Off Road Evolution and go with their complete suspension system including control arms. It is absolutely the best performing on and off road system around and when I say off road, it dosen't matter if your in sand or on the rocks. IMO no other suspension system can compare. Good luck with your build.

Lotus03

cool thanks a lot. Is that the front and rear throwdown systems?

mediocre69

I have a 2 door auto and added Rusty's 3.25" lift and had to replace my front driveshaft almost immediately. The angle at the transfer case was severe and was making noise and ejecting grease within 200 miles of the lift. I have adjustable control arms so by raising the rear pinion my rear driveshaft angle isn't too bad right now but I plan to replace it with a CV unit before the end of the year.

spinlock

I like the components of your build given your driving requirements.

I think the EVO shocks and parts are some of the best and if I had no constraints I would run their coilovers and lever system instead of the AEV kit.

I'm running the AEV kit and IMO much of the value of the AEV kit is that is designed to work as a *system* meaning the parts (brackets included) are tuned to work with each other. You can certainly replace or omit or replace any part, but with exception of the original cam bolts they included in the past, I wouldn't recommend this. I replaced the infamous cam bolts with adjustable CAs.

I have seen not the damping profiles (and likely will never see them since they are proprietary) for the AEV tuned Bilsteins or the EVO tuned Kings but they may be significantly different.

The AEV coils and shocks are frequency tuned, so changing the shocks may reduce the road ride quality. The AEV coils are progressive rate and most others are constant rate so it wouldn't make sense for most to tune their shocks to accommodate the variable spring rate. IMO if you are not going to get the full benefit of the AEV kit, there are good lower cost alternatives.

I have been tempted to try this change because I have run Kings in the past on a different rig but its a fairly pricey test.

1 BAJK

Yes, the whole package.

Lotus03

so EVO Enforcer lift
front double throw down
rear double throw down

would be the bomb

opdsgt

Pig, I've heard you and WOL say this a number of times and I believe it's alluded to in one of the Project-JK write ups as well. I've got a question though.

After doing OME heavies on all four corners of my 2-door, I netted at least 3" lift in front (net, as in, after heavy bumpers, rails, tire carrier, etc) and closer to 4" in the rear (a little rake is fine, because I'm level when loaded up for a trip). I used JKS rear UCAs to get back to zero degree pinion angle and the rzeppa joints on the rear drive shaft were anything but compromised; it seems to me the FRONT, not the REAR drive shaft is the one a guy is going to have to replace first based on the acute angles of my front drive shaft post lift.

Note: It's a moot point for me as I have Woods drivetrain front and rear, but most owners don't commit to a thousand bucks worth of custom drive shafts when they do their lift, so I think the discussion has merit for a lot of forumites.

Comments?

opdsgt

EXACTLY my experience, hence my question of Pig (and by extension, WOL).