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Old 02-28-2012, 12:38 AM
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Hey guys after having lifted my jeep with the aev 3.5 lift my driveshaft is finally giving in. What is the cheapest best driveshaft available for a 2008 4 door jk?
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I just put a JE REEL on mine and love it. Very nice quality. Not sure it is cheapest but also remember. You get what you pay for in quality.
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Coast driveshafts are pretty reasonable. Check Dave from Northridge 4x4, he can help with that...
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You are going to want shafts that offer replacement yokes at both ends.
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Originally Posted by bluesteeljeep
Hey guys after having lifted my jeep with the aev 3.5 lift my driveshaft is finally giving in. What is the cheapest best driveshaft available for a 2008 4 door jk?
so long as you make sure that the drive shaft comes with quality u-joints such as spicer or neapco, you should be doing pretty good. a lot of folks like coast shafts as they are priced well and come with spicer u-joints without having to add them as an upgrade. je reels are nice too as they come with made in the usa neapco u-joints. i've run both and would recommend both. for a 1310 shaft, you should expect to pay about $450.
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Originally Posted by wayoflife
so long as you make sure that the drive shaft comes with quality u-joints such as spicer or neapco, you should be doing pretty good. a lot of folks like coast shafts as they are priced well and come with spicer u-joints without having to add them as an upgrade. je reels are nice too as they come with made in the usa neapco u-joints. i've run both and would recommend both. for a 1310 shaft, you should expect to pay about $450.
X2 on that. I am going to go with the Coast setup from David at Northridge. I spoke with Coast directly and they do a ton of DS a year with Northridge. Plus Coast called be back in about 10 minutes on some questions I had (customer service). I have to think between Northridge and Coast I could get any potential product problems addressed quickly.
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JE REEL...... that is all.



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