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Old 06-18-2011, 08:46 AM
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Does anybody have a pic of the daystar 3in lift and 35's
Old 06-18-2011, 08:49 AM
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I didn't even know they had a 3 inch lift... is it new?
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It's not too new. I've seen it advertised for a while. I have their 2 inch lift and 33's.
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Are you referring to a suspension lift or their polyurethane coil spacer kit with 1" body lift...


If its the latter, I highly advise you to stay away from it...based on my experience.

Reasons:
-BL messed with my stick shift, pops out because the sound dampening boot is stretched
-2010 has 2 less body mounts in the rear, causing a lot of stress on the 2 that are still there, causing it to squeek loudly and A LOT.
- ugly gaps between the grille and bumper and the rear bumper and body.
- installation instructions (if you need it wrenching on a JK for the first time) seemed to have been made up by a 6 year old.
- ride/handling just sucks.

and the only pro is that you can fit your 35 inch tire hah

I ran it for close to 7 months now, and I just placed an order for an AEV 3.5" premium kit. Enough was enough..

But here's a pic anyway - the daystar lift with 35x12.5 BFG on Procomp 7089's
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Thanks every one for the info.
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Daystar make a 3 inch suspension lift that consists of 3 inch coilspring spacers, new shocks and track bar relocation brackets. There may be some other pieces that I forgot to mention but you can check it out yourself on their website.
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Yeah that's the one I was looking at the coil spring one. Just wondering if there were any pics out there with that and 35's on
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I never did understand why anyone would do a body lift... just makes no sense.
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Look down in JK Show & Tell. Stickied to the top is the Show Off Threads. Look at any 2.5" coil lift in there. You will see no height difference between a coil that gives 3" actual height and a 3" spacer.
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Wait so a 2.5 inch coil is the same as 3 inch coil spacer?


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