Thanks but are these kits good on road?

 

i like to flex my suspension and so, i am no fan of radius arms. this kit has them up front and in the rear and, if you do a little research, you will find that they are notorious for having blown out bushings and in a lot of cases, after going out on one wheeling trip. sure, you can force radius arm to flex but, it comes at the price of trashed bushings.

i can't speak for the RK lift but, i am running the off road evolution long arm kit now and yeah, it is outstanding ON ROAD. in fact, you see the most benefits from a long arm kit on road and this would even apply to the one you're looking at.

 

Great!! I will have to look into off road evolution! I have looked at them a little... They are quite pricy but you get what you pay for. Will they fit 37" toyos and is the lift true to it's size!! Thanks and sorry for all the questions... I'm still learning

 

Yes the EVO DoubleD Long Arm will clear a 37" tire.

True to its size is really impossible to answer because there really is not standard on how to measure lift height. Our 4" springs are 4" of lift on a stock 4Door JK (2 Doors can expect to see about a 3/4" higher lift).

Our goal was to give the most comfortable riding spring possible on and off road and we really believe we accomplished that. Then small changes in lift height (after adding aftermarket bumpers, winches, racks etc) can be adjusted for if you wanted by adding some small coil spacers to get it back up to 4" later.

Feel free to give me a call if you have any specific questions.

Andrew
EVO MFG
714-879-8913

 

I chose the AEV 3 1/2" premium lift package because the final result was a ride quality ON THE ROAD far surpassing stock quality. My rig with this lift has done Moab, Harlan, Cove, etc demonstrating good flex and strength of components. now to be fair, I chose 3 1/2" because I desire lowest cg possible and AEV even said the 3 1/2 was better than their 4 1/2. I trimmed rocker panels, put on TeraFlex adjustable control arms and woods drive shafts. The "premium" AEV package includes high steer bracket up front and high position drag link mounts to maintain correct geometry a procal module and brake line brackets, etc. My 37" mtr's with AEV Pintler beadlocks have ran perfect without wheel spacers and never have had a "death wobble" experience. I do run 5.13 gears. those 37's would be a dawg to turn with 3.21 or 3.73's.

Guys will say "spend your $$ once" meaning, do it right the first time. I DID NOT follow that advice and budget this budget that just don't cut it.

All the above mentioned mfgr are great and make great product. My advice is do it "right". Doing this homework will teach you that it's not just some springs and shocks. best wishes, looking forward to seeing your build.

 

I started out with a long arm RE, it had bushing issues as mentioned

Needless to say, RE has been replaced with an equivalent TF, speed bumps and Fox 2.5's not to mention a few other upgrades.

 

I inherited a 4.5" AEV lift when I bought my JK about 8 months ago. It is not a daily driver (although it does drive very well on the road). I am more interested in offroad performance as I wheel it very hard. It's not my intention to badmouth AEV, but I will be replacing the AEV with a long arm system from either Full Traction or Offroad Evolution as soon as I break or bend a couple more of the AEV brackets/parts.

 

If I had a chance to build mine all over again I would go EVO LA.

I still will but just need to money up.

 

just so that it's clear, at 4" of lift or more, there really is NO comparison between a good long arm kit and a bunch of relocation brackets - ON ROAD or off. sure, a long arm kit is more expensive but then, you are getting so much more than just some over priced brackets that relocate your factory suspension components.

 

If I had to do it all over again, I'd go rock krawler. I'm currently running a franken 4" tera/rk/bilstein setup, but as I keep replacing components, I see that I keep leaning towards the RK stuff. Hindsight tells me that I should've gone RK from the beginning.

But since RK isn't on your list, the 4" tf kit is a very good lift and it'll save you enough greenbacks to replace the driveshafts too.