Rough Country Lifts
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Rough Country Lifts
Looking to get a 2.5" lift for my '14 JKU...what's the best kit under $1000? I was looking at the Rough Country and can't seem to find enough helpful reviews.
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Most everyone here is gonna tell you that RC is garbage. I have their 3.5" series ii lift and I'm completely satisfied with it. I've had it on for 2 years now and it rides good and has performed well off road. Only things I have added to it are Rancho geometry correction brackets in the front and I added a Fox steering stabilizer. Other than that, the kit came with everything I needed and I haven't wanted for anything else since putting it on.
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RC lifts do hold up well enough until about the 3 year mark. Then they do start to fail especially if you wheel often. They make good enough entry lifts but I'd recommend putting a little extra money into a better, longer lasting kit. Speaking from experience...I'd go with the OME HD kit which will get you around 3" or Rock Krawler anything.
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RC lifts do hold up well enough until about the 3 year mark. Then they do start to fail especially if you wheel often. They make good enough entry lifts but I'd recommend putting a little extra money into a better, longer lasting kit. Speaking from experience...I'd go with the OME HD kit which will get you around 3" or Rock Krawler anything.
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Also, and this is just from my own experience, but RC lifts start to sag pretty fast. With extra weight and a year of hard wheeling, I was only getting 3 inches in the front, and 2.5 rear, from my 4inch kit. So my recommendation would be to go with their 4 inch kit and just let it settle, and adjust the leveling from their. I think this would make the most sense as you are in a JKU anyway, and would benefit tremendously from the increase to your breakover angle.
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Yea I did it by myself and had it on a lift and it took like 4 hours, if you get stuck at all the instructions are very detailed. Make sure you have a good tourque wrench because all the different components have different tourque specs.