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Hey, I am looking at the Full Traction lift. It says it recommends buying a steering dampener with the relocation kit. Did you buy that, and it is really necessary?

TekWarren

EEEK! That has me nervous...I did notice that the material the spacers where made of felt very plasticy. I also noticed I could flex that lip with little force...I will really be watching it once its installed. What are other kits spacers made of?

scottrock

Not sure about "others" but the TeraFlex spacers I recieved the other day are a very hard rubber and they also incorporate a spring guide into the bottom of them.

Here they are:

http://www.teraflex.biz/products/jk-...acer-pair.html

They are hard enough that you could knock someone the f^$k out if you hit em with it. I would say each one weighs a couple pounds as opposed to the very light weight of the FT spacers. I too noticed the thin rubbery lip and could actually push the whole spacer into an oval they were so soft. I ran my FT kit on the road for almost two months before I hit the trails and they looked like this from day one.










All I hit were some very mild sand trails and a mud hole or two before it slipped off entirely.

I am swapping mine out this weekend and will be posting pics for a side by side comparison.

My recommendation; return the kit.

Unless you want to be #3, I already played guinea pig here and installed mine anyway even after reading RedNeckJeeps thread. I wish I would have taken my hard earned $140 and put it into a better kit cuz now I'm spending money twice. I hate doing that.

TekWarren

Sounds like you didn't get any reimbursement from the vendor or the manufacturer then eh? Did you pursue any such claims? I purchased mine from Northridge and the package is open so I don't know how that would handled or what the restocking fee would be. I would think that such vendors would not carry products with such a huge defect in quality.

scottrock

No, to be fair to both FT and Northridge, I did not pursue anything with either the supplier or the manufacturer. I ordered mine from David as well and though I always hear great things about David I honestly was in the frame of mind to move forward with the install simply to see if the rear spacer issue was across the board. That and I really, really hate the hassle of returning/restock fees etc. That and I wanted my 2" lift dammit

Of course hindsight is always 20/20 and if I were to do it again I would have just dealt with the hassle. Now not only am I facing double the work, it's going to cost more $$$ just to go back in and do it right. The second time grrrr

FWIW, I recal RedNeckJeep attempted to contact FT and got the blow off. The specifics are in his thread.

edit: here, courtesy of RedNeck (hope ya don't mind RNJ)

bigbluejk

I have some in my garage on the shelf... they are very soft, like rubber. I have never seen a spacer made from that type of material.

TekWarren

Damn, now I'm torn. I'm a noob to begin with and don't want to be frustrated by installing crap hardware. I think I will do some reading on those threads and try and get a picture of how many people have installed the FT 2" kit and have had issues. If there is not already sounds like grounds for a poll. Man I really want to install this weekend!

Side note, got a reply from rough country. It was very short stating that the spacers where backordered until the 11th, no apologies or anything offered for not notifying sooner. I have asked to cancel the order.

bigbluejk

I think FT makes good products, but everyone makes one booboo sometimes.

If I was you I would get spidertrax wheel spacers... The RC ones are new to the market, and RC isn't known for making the best of anything. They are known for making the cheapest. I am not saying they build bad stuff, but I wouldn;t risk lives just to save a few bucks. I would get the spertrax and never look back.

scottrock

FWIW in the months the two original threads (mine and Reds) have been around, I have heard zero responses from anyone else running this lift.

I would be curious to know if there IS anyone running this BB without issue.

I've heard great things about FT other kits as well. Still no excuse for a piss poor product that is advertised as "Complete and correct" (that's taken straight from the manuf product desc.)

And X10 on the spidertrax recommendation though I am not running spacers, if I were, I'd go for those.

Piginajeep

I wouldnt worry about the one or two bad reviews, theres literally hundreds of people running this lift without any of these issues.

We wheeled with a guy in moab with the same lift for a week, and they didnt move. He was flex out to the max on most trails.