Your lift will settle in over time. It also makes a difference with any aftermarket armor that may be added. That will bring any lift down to it's advertised height.
Your lift will settle in over time. It also makes a difference with any aftermarket armor that may be added. That will bring any lift down to it's advertised height.
No settling as of yet that I can tell, the rear has a smittybilt src bumper and full size spare. I have about 4000 miles on the lift now, with 2200 or so miles with her loaded down with the full family (4 ladies and myself) and their accompanying luggage. Wish I would have measured the lift with everything in it, but didn't think about it. I will say on the long trip it handled well. Part of the trip was going through the Great Smokey Mountains. I drove this pre lift and tires earlier in the year, and can say there was noticeable performance difference. She tended to want to run in 4th gear going up hill a lot more than she did without the lift and tires. The corners were a breeze, without any extra body roll. I will try to remeasure at the same location I did before to let you all know if there has been any settling of the springs.
2013 Wrangler JKU - Rock Lobster Red, Smittybilt SRC rear bumper and side steps; RR drop in reusable air filter; Quadratec floor liners; 285/75-16 Falken Rockey Mountain ATSII, Rebel Offroad grab handles and fire extinguisher holder.
grab the used ones if you think you might want to go bigger down the road. Part of me wishes I had gone bigger. Maybe in the future when the girls are a little taller. Test drove a 2014 JKU with the Mopar stage 3 lift kit and it felt really nice. But I don't think my little girls could get in without me picking them up.
2013 Wrangler JKU - Rock Lobster Red, Smittybilt SRC rear bumper and side steps; RR drop in reusable air filter; Quadratec floor liners; 285/75-16 Falken Rockey Mountain ATSII, Rebel Offroad grab handles and fire extinguisher holder.
I'm in the same boat. I have a 6 month old and occasionally my wife drives the jeep. Add in the cost of regearing for 35s and it's just not in the cards right now
The good thing about the RK kit though is it uses the same control arms up to a 3.5 lift. All you have to do is trade out the springs.
This was one of the main reason I went with RK.Originally Posted by RulerZigzag
2013 Wrangler JKU - Rock Lobster Red, Smittybilt SRC rear bumper and side steps; RR drop in reusable air filter; Quadratec floor liners; 285/75-16 Falken Rockey Mountain ATSII, Rebel Offroad grab handles and fire extinguisher holder.
I'm thinking of this lift. I currently am running stock Rubicon suspension with MCE flares. I only want 2" of lift. I run an extremely light Jeep with no winch. I want to stay as close to stock geometry as possible and have floated the idea of just an AEV spacer lift. I don't do any rocks. I ran an AEV 2.5" on my last Jeep with same 315 DT's and MCE's. Gap was ok but made the DT's look a little small and the suspension was stiffer than I want. How stiff are these 1.5" coils. I rode in a RK 3.5" that I felt was too stiff.
The RK springs are stiff. They are made to handle the weight of a winch and steel components. So with nothing on them, they will feel stiff.I'm thinking of this lift. I currently am running stock Rubicon suspension with MCE flares. I only want 2" of lift. I run an extremely light Jeep with no winch. I want to stay as close to stock geometry as possible and have floated the idea of just an AEV spacer lift. I don't do any rocks. I ran an AEV 2.5" on my last Jeep with same 315 DT's and MCE's. Gap was ok but made the DT's look a little small and the suspension was stiffer than I want. How stiff are these 1.5" coils. I rode in a RK 3.5" that I felt was too stiff.
That way, if you want a winch in a year, they won't turn to mush under the weight.
If you want to stay as close to stock as possible, and no wheeling in mind, id say do the spacer and keep all the stock stuff in there. Its a cheap route too, so if you hate it, you spent $300. and you will know. Rather then spending more changing everything, Springs, shocks, and THEN finding out that you hate it.
Thats the route id suggest.
X2^^ That jeep looks like JL's Tonka. All you need is 40s LOL.
In my opinion they are very soft. I am running rancho rs9000xl shocks which are adjustable and allow me to fine tune the ride.
2013 Wrangler JKU - Rock Lobster Red, Smittybilt SRC rear bumper and side steps; RR drop in reusable air filter; Quadratec floor liners; 285/75-16 Falken Rockey Mountain ATSII, Rebel Offroad grab handles and fire extinguisher holder.
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