Teraflex 2.5" coil vs OME 2"
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What may affect the need for new driveshafts is the total amount of lift height, the amount of articulation (disconnecting?), whether the axle is centered (adj trackbar or bracket), manual vs auto, etc...
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https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/modified-jk-tech-2/driveshaft-vs-skid-plate-102041/
With all the variables, nobody can tell you that you will need new shafts. Then again, even with a bone stock jeep, nobody can tell you that you won't need them...
(Plenty of people on 2" BB's losing a front driveshaft, so...)
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The driveshaft issue can happen with any lift. It is due to lift height, and is not specifically associated with certain mfg's.
What may affect the need for new driveshafts is the total amount of lift height, the amount of articulation (disconnecting?), whether the axle is centered (adj trackbar or bracket), manual vs auto, etc...
Scroll down to Post #6 by MKJeep
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102041
With all the variables, nobody can tell you that you will need new shafts. Then again, even with a bone stock jeep, nobody can tell you that you won't need them...
(Plenty of people on 2" BB's losing a front driveshaft, so...)
What may affect the need for new driveshafts is the total amount of lift height, the amount of articulation (disconnecting?), whether the axle is centered (adj trackbar or bracket), manual vs auto, etc...
Scroll down to Post #6 by MKJeep
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102041
With all the variables, nobody can tell you that you will need new shafts. Then again, even with a bone stock jeep, nobody can tell you that you won't need them...
(Plenty of people on 2" BB's losing a front driveshaft, so...)
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okay david at northridge has talked me into the 2.5" TF coil over the OME 2". I was ready to pull the trigger till I saw all this business about drive shafts. are people really having problems? Im looking to buy and lift. thats it. I dont want problems with drive shafts or anything of that sort at all. should I just wuss out and get a little spacer lift? my jeep does some serious wheeling on the stock suspension with zero problems. Im going to college next year and the jeep is my mode of transportation so i CANNOT have these types of problems. so what should i do?
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okay david at northridge has talked me into the 2.5" TF coil over the OME 2". I was ready to pull the trigger till I saw all this business about drive shafts. are people really having problems? Im looking to buy and lift. thats it. I dont want problems with drive shafts or anything of that sort at all. should I just wuss out and get a little spacer lift? my jeep does some serious wheeling on the stock suspension with zero problems. Im going to college next year and the jeep is my mode of transportation so i CANNOT have these types of problems. so what should i do?
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Here are some poser shots of a 2" BB with 33's. Low cost and very effective on the trails. I do some intense sh!t and I'm not just saying that. I do! So here's a pic to show what the lift will look kind of like, height wise and to show that my Jeep is not banged up...
Oh, I know they are poser shots. FYI a 2.5" lift, coil or spacer, will honestly look very very very much the same as this. So this should give you an idea.
Oh, I know they are poser shots. FYI a 2.5" lift, coil or spacer, will honestly look very very very much the same as this. So this should give you an idea.
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to help out a little more. Here is the 33" thread. Enjoy. All of these JKers have either a 2" BB, a 2.5"BB, OME 2", or Teraflex 2.5" coil.
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ht=show+33%27s
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ht=show+33%27s
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okay david at northridge has talked me into the 2.5" TF coil over the OME 2". I was ready to pull the trigger till I saw all this business about drive shafts. are people really having problems? Im looking to buy and lift. thats it. I dont want problems with drive shafts or anything of that sort at all. should I just wuss out and get a little spacer lift? my jeep does some serious wheeling on the stock suspension with zero problems. Im going to college next year and the jeep is my mode of transportation so i CANNOT have these types of problems. so what should i do?
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You guys ever thought of just doing a budget boost? My 2dr has the Rubicon Express 2" BB with Teraflex Quick Disconnects and 33's. I wheel all the time in AZ -- every Sedona trail, Four Peaks, Crown King, every Tucson trail (Charlou Gap, which is very difficult). I get great flex out of the kit and I have front and rear steel bumpers. .
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Here are some poser shots of a 2" BB with 33's. Low cost and very effective on the trails. I do some intense sh!t and I'm not just saying that. I do! So here's a pic to show what the lift will look kind of like, height wise and to show that my Jeep is not banged up...
Oh, I know they are poser shots. FYI a 2.5" lift, coil or spacer, will honestly look very very very much the same as this. So this should give you an idea.
Oh, I know they are poser shots. FYI a 2.5" lift, coil or spacer, will honestly look very very very much the same as this. So this should give you an idea.