I am thinking about a 2,5 inch lift, cost is an issue, so is daily driveability for even long distance at freeway speeds.I have decided to go with heavy springs due to my winch and bumper. on the the terraflex base 2.5 inch kit. or the ome springs
what in in what order would you add things like a track bars sway bars, driveshafts etc? second part of the question I have a four door is how long before I'll need a drive shaft. I am running falken at 33" ( actually 32inch dia) Iwant o avoid the wandering and darty feelings on the road. I would rather wait if there will be driveability problems so what goes on and inwha order . Ultimately I want to got 35's

 

Both the Tera 2.5's and the OME HD's will put your 4door at 3", or a bit more.

Which components you want will depend on your usage:

All street - No offroad, get longer rear links and move the stock rears up front, re-center the axles, and get a set of front adjustable control arms for the flightyness.

For offroad use - I would suggest you look at the OME Long Travel kit at northridge for a list of all of the components you will eventually want to get. (that applies to either kit, it is just a good consolidated list). Start with the suggestions above, and add the rest of the components as you choose.

The rear driveshaft should be fine at this height. Flexed offroad, the front may contact the corner of the tranny. If that boot rips, keep it greased and you can continue driving on it. The small boot in the joint at the tcase end is the one you actually want to keep an eye one. When it starts spitting grease, you will want to get a replacement.

 

If you look at the OME and TF 2.5 threads you will see there is no real right answer. Some folks are running 35s with nothing but what came from the kit, others are running stock tires with every extra avilable.

That being said your driveshaft will be fine. An adjustable front trackbar would probably be your first purchase. Swaybars are already in the kit, but if you wheel much you will likely want quick disconnects. LCAs would be nice for the 35s, but I dont see much of a need on 32s.

 

X2-Right on the money.

Arms are not a necessity on a 4dr w/ only 2.5".
But an adjustable front trackbar and, at least, a rear track bar bracket
will re-center your axles.

 

I am thinking about a 2.5'' tf lift w/ adapters or shocks for my 2dr, I would be upgrading to 35s. I wheel my jeep probably once or twice a month usually on trails/mud not much crawling. Would I be fine just with the tf lift kit?
Thanks Trev

 

Wow, several different opinions. Rather than disagree with anyone, I'll just tell you what I did. First I added front lower LCAs because the steering was unacceptably squirely. Then a while later I added adjustable front and rear trackbars to fix the tracking. Actually, I added the TBs at the same time as I swapped a spacer lift for coils. If you opt for the TF coil lift, it comes with a rear TB bracket to address tracking. Not IMHO, just what worked for me.

 

You will be fine. I am running the TF 2.5 with shocks and have been for over 2 years (and on 35s). We do some trail riding. I did add on swaybar discos and front adj trackbar but not at first.

 

If you haven't looked over the FAQ's, there's a lot of good info in there.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ery-Newbie-Has

 

none seemed to address dirdectly wether you need the track bars and the others and in what order?

 

On my 10 Rubi, I installed the TF 2.5 coil kit w/ shock adaptors. I added nothing else. I run 35 Duratracs. The ride is great, the install went fine. I did not need to recenter steering wheel, alignment didn't change, no DW. I wheel mine 2x a month. I feel the need to spend no more money on my suspension, till the stock Rubi shocks wear out... I picked the TF kit only because all my research showed people w/ the TF kit were not having the drive shaft issue like the OME kit owners. Looked like people were getting a little more lift from the OME kit than the TF one....

Before 35s...