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How much lift do you think you ended up with?

Looks good Mike. You have a good looking ride.

Today was a good day. Got the front 75% done, and removed the rear axle. I didn’t want to take both axles out at the same time just because. The pictures are set at ride height using 5 1/2 of uptravel. After setting these two axles next to each other, it’s amazing how big the 80 is.

Got everything back today. The LCAs from powder, and the axle from paint. Looking forward to tomorrow. I used Metalcloak ends this time instead of Synergy because they have a LH, and RH threaded joints.

Can you get the UD in wide?

Thanks. I’m enjoying it, and feeling crunched at the same time. We have a Sand Hollow trip in May. In the second picture it shows 2 in of clearance while flexed. The track bar mount was built for this amount of lift. I set the struts at track bar strike and axle level, feeling confident this...

We made a little more progress today. Committed on the lower strut brackets and welded them on with 1/4 of clearance when stuffed both sides. Loaded the suspension and it moved a great deal less than I thought, about a 1/16. So I cut them off and set the clearance to zero. This would be a...

Question to the people that have been exposed to welded on towers for coils or struts. How much flex is there between loaded and unloaded suspension? It’s time to commit by welding on the lower strut brackets. Thanks

I too can attest that trucks are not Jeep suspension in many ways, but in the one way they’re similar, I think would help the O.P. I didn’t notice any ride quality difference in the angle change on the rear, just the front. But I am a believer it took care of the rear steer feel. I have the...

I respectfully disagree, it’s what steers a skateboard. I have a friend that did an LS swap that couldn’t do WOT launches until he added the front drop brackets. My wife would also have a lot to say about the JK until it drove to her liking, which was flattening out the rear. Also, the more lift...

The closer you have the control arms level to the ground the better it’ll handle. Obviously there is a trade off with low hanging parts. Your wheelbase changes as the suspension cycles with steep arms. If one side lowers, like in an aggressive lane change, the axles will move closer and farther...

Thank you. My last Jeep was a Wrangler, which I was very proud of. Had a lot of money and time in it. The mistake I made was not going to 60s the first time. Cry once

Thanks Mike.

This setting is 5 1/2 inches of uptravel. Plenty of tire clearance on the LCA at 40 degrees of turn. In the full body picture you can see a laser line on both wheels showing the front axle is 3/4 lower than the rear, which is factory ride height.

If she wasn’t see so set against it, 42s would have fit.

Hard passenger everything lines up nicely.

In these shots you can see full stuff hard driver. The drag link does touch in this scenario, maybe because I mixed Apex with Yeti. At full flex these two will separate but I think the other style adjuster will be better. In the middle picture you can see where I used a flat head bolt in the...

There’s a small relief notch on the top of the cylinder bracket for the track bar. The cylinder is parallel to the tie rod.The tie rod and drag link are very friendly. I’m going to replace the adjuster with the Rock Jock style like the tie rod.Here’s the track bar clearance after I raised the...

Track bar bracket. Its slightly taller than the Dynatrac and weeded of the stabilizer hardware.

Axle end brackets. I have the struts pushed out to the knuckle weld is why it’s offset. This puts the strut at 14 degrees when bumped, which is the axle angle at full flex.