BANDIT - 2023 Jeep JT Gladiator Rubicon
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jeeeep
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looks good, though it's only about what, 3" difference from stock it looks a lot higher.I have to say, I'm really impressed with the quality of the Rock Jock high steer knuckles. Not only do they look really clean, they also are a LOT beefier than the POS aluminum factory ones. Here's a side by side shot to show how much higher up the steering arm is.
Shot of the passenger side knuckle installed. It's a shame the finer details like the shape and logo get hidden by the dust shield/rotor.
And finally, here are a few shots of what everything looks like installed.
A few on the rack shots.
Of course, an install video is in the works
Disciple Off Road
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They make this full high steer kit for the JK now btw
Looks really good @wayoflife, such a nice steering kit. Looking forward to the video.
Disciple Off Road
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3” is pretty big.
jeeeep
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I could've gone there, but I can feel the fires of hell so...
Thanks!
Just the weight difference between the two speaks volumes. The factory aluminum knuckles are total junk.
Hope to get a video up as soon as we can
Not gonna lie, it's a lot of work and maybe not really necessary if you already have iron knuckles. I'm not even sure if I'll be doing this for my 392
It really is surprisingly higher than stock.
Thanks and thanks for helping me bounce a few things off of you during the install LOLThey make this full high steer kit for the JK now btw
Looks really good @wayoflife, such a nice steering kit. Looking forward to the video.
benatc1
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That’s kinda been my reservation, def was on the list with my other rubicon, but I actually have 0 complaints about my steering now, PSC maybe in the future but even that idk. Still need to get my stabilizer up out of the way but certainly don’t need all that. Even though it’s seems like a really nice system.
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DirtHeadDavis
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Good to know thanks buddy!They make this full high steer kit for the JK now btw
Looks really good @wayoflife, such a nice steering kit. Looking forward to the video.
Bullwinckle
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Damn that’s a good looking kit!! Looking forward to watching the install video.
The kit is really nice - high end stuff for sure. I really like how Rock Jock took the time to shape their knuckles, drag link and track bar. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it before and it's a big change from just blocky functionality and tube. So far, everything handles just like stock only now, the steering links and steering stabilizer is up and further away from harms way.Looks great! I’ll be interested in hearing what you think about the kit and how it handles. I know someone with a Gladiator that might be interested.
As is the case with any kind of modification like this, you can expect there to be more maintenance than stock and doing any maintenance in the area will take a lot more effort to do. There is a reason why factory knuckles DON'T come like this from the factory. Again, all this is a big part of why I will most likely NOT do this on my 392.
Glad you like what you see! We have a few things going on right now that are slowing things up but we'll be sure to get this video up as soon as we can
bobfriesenhahn
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The Ripley Show is sucking up all the oxygen!Glad you like what you see! We have a few things going on right now that are slowing things up but we'll be sure to get this video up as soon as we can