Do you have a Rubicon?
Body lift -1.25 and flat fenders and a 2 inch budget boost you can do 35's nicely when having armored front and rear bumper and winch.
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Do you have a Rubicon?
Body lift -1.25 and flat fenders and a 2 inch budget boost you can do 35's nicely when having armored front and rear bumper and winch.
Yes and no!! Like I stated if your running armored front and rear bumpers and winch and 35 as spare it would be better to have more than what you stated. Yes you can run a ton of bumpstop but driving and Offroad bouncing off them isn't really desirable. So like I recommended like the last two jeeps I recently lifted for local guys.
2 inch budget boost and 1.25 BL or 2 inch BB and flat fenders
Jchet729
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Sweet. Ordered the spacers before I left for Va and they're waiting for me at home. Guess you should be looking for some pics of 35's in the hopefully near future. whoa... guess I better get to ordering some goodies. I'm used to ordering go fast goodies. what do we call these? go up goodies? lol
Jchet729
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thus far my Jk is completely stock, just hit 4500mi out here in Va and yes I changed the oil before I made the trip lol
17's I forget 265x70r17's? stock for me
my plans include fenders, bumpers, wheels & tires to start off
and lift hopefully sometime soon
oh and mines a sport
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what gear ratio you running, and also are you two dr or 4 dr I can look up stats on this APP
Jchet729
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It's bone stock still. Only thing I've done is add some Snap-on logos and change to synthetic oil at my oil change so far. Been looking at pics and reading posts here and if I'd brought any tools with me on this trip I'd be out in the hotel parking lot taking off my rear bumper lol, the more JKs I've seen pics of like this the more I'm liking it...
Jchet729
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Now with this budget lift I need to find springs from a Rubi? Do I then need matching shocks or are my OE ok for the time being?
I have a set of 2 dr rubi springs and I have a set of 4 dr Sahara springs
I also have a set of 2.5 coils linear "older style" rock Krawler for cheap
Depends on what setup you want to go with
If you just put 2 or 2.5 inch spacers you can just use shock spacers. If you leave your springs and go with a body lift or fender flares no shocks are needed
Jchet729
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Kinda sounds like I'd just as soon order a complete kit rather than piecing together. more money I know but I hate getting into something and then finding I don't have everything I need.... been looking at some of the RC stuff, Atch said he'd heard yea's & nay's and went with OME? Idk but really I think I'd just like to get a kit and put it on, just unsure which ones to stay clear of cause shitty parts piss me off too lol..
Well unless your going to do a lot of hardcore rock crawling id go with a control arm setup. I recently installed the last few jeeps an AEV 3.5 setup. If you do majority on highway and some off roading that kit is really complete
Yes it's a great kit. I installed one on a 2013 Rubicon, 2012 Sahara and also my own 2010 Rubicon
We went the SC kit because it comes with the high steer kit and pro cal
Jchet729
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another question I'd like to ask is about the exhaust. I like to hear my vehicles.. my truck has 4" and my Hawk has 3" with electric cutout.. so it's safe to say I can't leave anything alone.... but this JK is new to me and I'm trying to find out what I "need" to keep and just how wild can I go? what kind of back pressure does this 3.8 need to still get decent mileage as I realize lift and tires will decrease it some I'm sure..
Well mines a combo of the AEV and a teraflex kit.
I changed out my springs and shocks to the AEV for a better on road ride. I also have a 1.25 Body Lift as well and flat fenders