aesop00019

Is it only this kit? What about the Budget boost??

ChrisJ

So maybe I'm confused, but I thought the 1.5" leveling kit is what most people referred to as the "budget boost."

In any case, this is the only Teraflex kit I have experience with so I can't comment on anything else they offer.

SBEII

no, they are not the same. Well not really. A budget boost, typically 2.5", is a rubber like spacer that goes on top of your springs to add height. The cheaper leveling kit uses this method. My kit is the performance leveling kit that uses new springs instead.

The end link problem you mentioned is well known on the forum and there is supposedly a new set of directions that discuss this issue. Teraflex makes excellent products and I would not hesitate to buy from them. However there are a number of other excellent companies out there.

ChrisJ

Yeah, I found out it was a known issue after the fact. I am a new member here and within a week of signing up on the forum I had purchased the kit. I should have spent more time reading user reviews rather than looking at Teraflex's website for accurate info on their products. Yep. That's sarcasm.

I can tell you that there was certainly no mention of this in their instructions as of three weeks ago. But that's not even the real issue. A stand up company should correct issues like this, not push the burden onto their customers and let them find out after the fact. Teraflex knows about the issue, so why not fix it? How hard can it be to do one of the following...either create a new P/N kit specific to the Rubicon with the correct sized stud on the end links, or put a damn asterisk next to the P/N on their website saying modifications are required for Rubicon fitment? At least that way their prospective customers would know what they are getting into, and they can make the choice before ordering the product if they want to oversize a hole in their swaybar. For me, it's all about knowing what you're getting into and not being needlessly suprised by something that is already a known issue.

Nothing irritates me more than tearing into a project and getting the new install 95% complete before realizing I can't continue because of something like this. By the time I got the kit removed and re-installed the stock parts, that was half a Saturday gone.

Seriously, Teraflex...how expensive could it be to put that note on your website, catalogs, etc? You made an extra $30 off me when I had to buy another one of your end links because I damaged the threads on the first one trying to make it fit, so perhaps you could put that toward the cost...

Sorry for the hijack.

/rant

Cavjock22

I had the same problem with the tight stud from the kit. I just kept beating the end with a rubber mallett and once I got enough thread through the mount I was able to use the nut to get it through the rest of the way.

ChrisJ

Sounds like you lucked out. Is yours a 2010 as well? Perhaps your swaybar holes were on the larger end of the tolerance spec. Glad it worked out for you. I tried the same thing, and that's how I wound up having to order another one.

Cavjock22

Mine is a 2012 JK. Not sure but it was definitely a tight fit. I figured they were designed that way.

Cavjock22

I got lucky. It was a very tight fit. I figured it was designed like that.

JoeRif

What size wheel do you have those 35x12.50's installed on 17x9 or 18x8.5?

SBEII

I'm running the factory 17" Moabs.