Originally Posted by onsafari

First off the only price that I have found is the RE 4.5" LA for a ridiculous $3200.00. That's $700.00 more than the 5.5" TJ LA kit and for what reason? None that I can see other than a new design which to me wasn't that difficult to re-engineer. Are they made from some super metal that won't bend unlike like a the TJ's arms? I believe the price didn't even include shocks.....

Now that being said what are the prices floating around for the other LA kits out there?

Rant over now flame away :toung:

Originally Posted by MJS_Jeep_888

How DARE you question Rubicon Express!? Just kidding - that IS one heck of an outrageous price... it's probably just a matter of there not being much competition at the moment, so therefore, they can ask for your firstborn as payment, and if you're impatient, you'll pay it.

Realistically, I've heard nothing but good things about RE's products, so it's probably a really high-quality lift. Having said that, maybe they're trying to quickly recover all of their R&D cost and effort from the first "gotta have-it" owners, and then drop the price a bit? I don't know, but agree that the price seems a bit out there - certainly too rich for me...

Originally Posted by nota4re

I'm in the middle of my install of the RE LA kit. I had previously done a LA install on my '03 Rubicon so I knew what I was getting into.

As ususal. the quality of the kit is very, very good - but then you need to expect that with the price. Installation is tough. (I must be getting old!!) I spent Saturday taking the front apart and removing the fuel tank. (Make sure your tank is empty - because it is pretty doggone heavy even when empty!)

Anyway, I finished up the front end on Saturday and by far the hardest part was cutting/grinding the OEM control arm mounts from the frame.

I took it easier on Sunday and had to run a few errands - to get some more abrasive wheels for the grinder, etc. It took a LONG time on Sunday to mount the rear control arm mounts to the frame. There's a lot of measuring and drilling needed to get these to line up and install properly. Measure twice and cut once is my philosophy and it paid off putting these brackets on. Now I'm busy cutting/grinding/cussing.... well maybe that's cussing/grinding cutting the rear brackets off. The end is in sight.

For what it's work, the front end is sitting 7.5" higher than when I started.... but this includes my 35's.

More later....

Originally Posted by nader

sky jackers doesnt include a new tranny crossmember though and probably uses lower quality components. Plus if their stuff is really engineered well then you are paying for that expertise. Anyone can lift a jeep, lifting and making it perform better while keeping everythign within factory spec is another story.

Originally Posted by nader

sky jackers doesnt include a new tranny crossmember though and probably uses lower quality components. Plus if their stuff is really engineered well then you are paying for that expertise. Anyone can lift a jeep, lifting and making it perform better while keeping everythign within factory spec is another story.