heres mine with at 1 3/4 inch daystar comfort ride lift with scorpion shocks. rugged ridge front winch with a 8000lb winch.

 

I've got a TF 2.5 coil lift on my '09 unlimited X...
with that said, i took the "17" and "18" stock front springs and put them on my '07 2-door Rubicon... it had "15" and "16" stock front springs... i also had a pair of 3/4" front coil spacers that i never got around to putting on my cherokee that i recently sold so i thought i'd see if they would fit the JK... they were a little tight going over the bump-stop tube (a little silicone spray helped), but they worked... between that and the heavier stock springs i gained quite a bit in the front on the rubicon.. a little high in th front now... looks like i'm hauling a bunch of crap in the back
but, i've also got a set of rear 3/4" daystar coil spacers (used the front spacers from the daystar 3/4" kit to level out the TF 2.5 after i put on rockkrawler's coil wedges in the rear) that i'll throw on the rear of the rubicon as well and it will sit just right then for 33's in my opinion...

hope all of that made any sense whatsoever.. lol...
it's my "wife friendly free lift" for my recently purchased '07 rubicon

Mark

 

I am looking at the leveling kit as well. My jeep will hardly every be off road and likely never see rocks. I want to use the stock wheels without spacers. I spoke to a guy at discount tire the other day and he suggested the nitto terra grapplers in 285/65/18. Through some reading it looks like others had some rubbing in the front at steering lock. I noticed that Nitto also makes that tire in 275/70/18. Does anyone have experience with this size tire on their stock Sahara? I am looking for a beefier look with a slightly more aggressive tire that I could trust for some mild offroading. Thanks in advance for any advice you can pass along.

Bobby

 

I just put a set of 285/65R18 on my 2007 Unlimited X.

I swiped the rims from my wife's 2008 Sahara. I wanted a more aggressive tire, my Toyo Open Country A/T's were too new and her Bridgestones were 70% worn. The dealer gave me $125 trade on her tires, did the double swap around with the TPMS stems, and still matched the Discount Tire Direct . com price on the tires (No Shipping). So I got a very good deal and 2 wheel alignments for $60 ($30 each). My wife is very happy with her "new" Toyo tire, a much better ride than the Bridgestones.

Bottom line is, the 285's tire ride great and do not rub. I have not yet driven any serious off road, but clearance seems to be ok.

Later this year I'll do a 2" lift.

 

I am looking to do the same thing with my stock 2011 and have a question. How do you know what spacer size to put on the front in order to level it out?

 

You can only spend what you can spend just remember your going to ride and wheel at what ever speeds a hundred times better with new springs and shocks.. not pucks and shock extensions.. also remember the stock shocks and springs are mediocre at best any ways. I was going to do the TF boost on my 2dr but decided to wait and add the shocks and springs to make it complete so i can run it for a longer period of time before my next adventure into 35`s and gears later on down the road.

 

The Teraflex leveling kit uses a 2 x 1 inch spacers in front and a 1 x 1 inch in the rear. I guess if you simply wanted to remove the rake, you could just use a 1 inch spacer in the front. The Teraflex kit is a simple (reversable) bolt-on that not only levels the JK, but also gives it a subtle lift. Great for stock wheels/bumpers etc. Here's my (otherwise stock) 07 Sahara with the TF leveling kit;




Bang for the buck - the leveling kit is hard to beat

 

What happens if you put all the passengers in, or load up the back with camping gear? Wouldn't you constantly be driving up hill then, decreasing MPG?

 

not entirely true... rubicon shocks are top notch... and shocks have way more to do with ride quality than springs do...

and the nature of a 4-link w/ panhard bar suspension's geometry is that the higher the lift the harsher the ride due to the increased angle of the control arms.. flatter arm angles allow the springs and shocks to absorb most of the energy from bumps rather than transferring that energy to the chassis like higher angles do... hence the reason long-arm lifts inherently ride better than an equivalent height short-arm lift... also a big reason for the control arm drop brackets now being offered by AEV.. less angle on the conrol arms ...

also, i highly doubt the craptastic low budget coil/shock lifts out there are any better than the OEM stuff... too many threads on here about sagging coils and crappy ride with many aftermarket lifts...

Mark