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    Rock Krawler 1.5" Spring Budget Build

    When this all started, There was no 1.5" spring available for the our jeeps.

    There is a sweet spot for this level spring for people who are trying to do certain things with their trucks, but are not trying to go nuts with them.

    You can build a very cool jeep without spending a lot of money and in this thread we are going to show you how.

    Here is a picture of Black Betty, who's mods are out of control and beside her is "Lola"

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    Lola is a Sport. Her owner has taken the first step by replacing her tires with the stock rubicon tires BFG KM 25575r17.

    So she's starting to look a little meaner, next we are going to put her 1.5'' RK springs in.

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    1.5" Rock Krawler springs are hopefully going on this Sunday!

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    Looking forward to seeing it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank The Tank View Post
    1.5" Rock Krawler springs are hopefully going on this Sunday!
    Thats the goal. We need to figure out if our jack can lift the truck high enough to release the tension on the current springs, and then we can stick the new RK springs right in.

    The current shocks should be ok for the time being.

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    Springs are in!

    Quote Originally Posted by JeepLab View Post
    Thats the goal. We need to figure out if our jack can lift the truck high enough to release the tension on the current springs, and then we can stick the new RK springs right in.

    The current shocks should be ok for the time being.
    Turns out the jack was enough, thanks to Pete for his wisdom and balls to do these springs.

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    Here is the before shot of Lola, pre-lift

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    So the plan with this build was to keep it on a budget.

    The question was, what do we have that we can keep?

    answer - flares, wheels, tires, shocks,

    We wanted to keep from changing one thing, that forced us to change EVERYTHING. Enter the RK 1.5 springs.

    By using these springs, we could keep the upper and lower control arms, trackbars, even the shocks dont NEED to be changed right away. It allows the budget to recover before making the next move.

    The tires are the 255/75r17 Rubi Stock tires, so they are aggressive enough for now.

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    The first step was lifting the truck far enough to release the spring. We tried to avoid disconnecting as much as possible but in the end, Shock, swaybar link, all had to be disconnected to get the droop necessary to change the spring.

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    Here is a shot with the first spring in, but everything else disconnected

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    Really a pretty easy install and the results were very good for the investment.

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    Here is the "before" measurement

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    Here is the "after" measurement

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    It looks like we gained about 3 inches in the front, but this truck really has no extra weight on it, and a new spring will settle a little, It will probably end up being more like a little more than 2 inches before a steel front bumper.

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    Came out Great!

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