Full Traction 3" lift

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Mar 29, 2009 | 07:36 PM

#21

wayoflife

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From: Laguna Niguel, CA

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Originally Posted by NH4X4

be carefull with track bar relocator kits... i have seen 1 bind up...its not good. Go with front and rear adj. trac bars

when you get up to 4" of lift or more, you NEED track bar relocation bracket and a dropped pitman arm up front IF you want to keep the handling of your jeep good on pavement. likewise, not all relocation brackets are made equally and i can only assume that the one you saw was poorly designed.

Mar 30, 2009 | 06:55 AM

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Hanson/PUREJEEP

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WindyCityGuy this is Jeremiah who just sold you your Hanson set up. I just put the Full Traction long arm on my rig, I took off another company that I really like but I was blown away by the quality and completeness of the FT Kit. After working with FT for the past few months I have learned a lot about suspension and now that I have run their kit lots of my buddies are getting ready to switch over also. The FT front track bar relocation bracket sold on the 4" kits is one of the nicest I have seen, on a 3" kit I would run the adjustable track bars as it allows you to adjust for the weight of your rig. I am here to take care of the customer service for JK-Forum so if I can answer any questions or help in anyway don't hesitate.

Eugene give me a call, I will do my best to get you taken care of.

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Originally Posted by Eugene

All I can say is that I am now waiting on my fourth, yes fourth set of bushings. I called FT before the holidays and was told I would receive new bushings and new sleeves. Still waiting. FT uses the mushroom type bushing, and I believe that something is not spec with my lift because when I measure the width of the bushings when installed in the arm, they are a bit wider than the sleeve. This means that when I torque the bolt, it pinches the bushing before it contacts the sleeve. I believe TF uses the rubber bushings similar to stock that won't allow you to pinch them in the brackets. I believe also that FT long arm uses the Johnny joint so it won't have the bushing isssue. If I had to do it over again, it probably would be TeraFlex.

Last edited by Hanson/PUREJEEP; Mar 30, 2009 at 07:02 AM.

Mar 31, 2009 | 04:40 PM

#23

WindyCityGuy

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From: Chicago

Thanks Jeremiah - After reading more on here and other forums I have seen too many nasty posts on Full Traction. I am pretty sure I am going with the Teraflex 3" kit. Just trying to figure out what components to get. I think at this point I am doing the kit without shocks, buying two adjustable track bars (front and rear) and still trying to decide which shocks. I really need to keep the ride as good as possible on road...

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Originally Posted by Hanson Offroad

Apr 1, 2009 | 08:25 PM

#24

joelgomez

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From: Mexico City, Mexico

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Originally Posted by wayoflife

i don't know how the cost of things would work out but for me personally, i would get the 3" economy kit, add in an FT adjustable front track bar, a set of FT ultimate adjustable front lower control arms and FT rear adjustable uppers instead. the arms in this kit are not adjustable and so they won't help you to set your caster or pinion angle once you get a new rear u-joint style drive shaft. also, the FT disconnects are quite frankly terrible and i wouldn't recommend using them.

Dear Wayoflife,

Could you be a little bit more specific? I'm in Mexico and just received my FT 3' Economy Lift... I'm worried for the things you mentioned and I don't want to make any mistakes when ordering the FT items you mentioned above.

http://www.full-traction.com/detail....TID=410&NOTES=

http://www.full-traction.com/detail....TID=409&NOTES=

http://www.full-traction.com/detail....TID=401&NOTES=

Are these ones the pieces that I need?

Last edited by joelgomez; Apr 1, 2009 at 09:02 PM.

Apr 2, 2009 | 02:18 AM

#25

mmcan

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From: Dallas, Texas, United States

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Originally Posted by WindyCityGuy

After doing some more searching I found way too many postings with problems with the Full Traction lifts. 20% is a great sale, but I think I will pass...

Full Traction Long Arm 4" initially. Now up to the 6"

NO Problems

Not ONE

Zip

Zilch

Nada

Looks like you went with OME from another thread.

Let us know how it works out.

Last edited by mmcan; Apr 2, 2009 at 04:59 AM.