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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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Great input...... keep it up.

Why are you leaning towards one lift over the others?
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by o|||||||o EDMONTONTRADER
Great input...... keep it up.

Why are you leaning towards one lift over the others?
Who are you asking???
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by captsam54
Who are you asking???


Everybody that is shopping for lifts..
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 09:04 AM
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I personally would wait until you see what everybody comes out with and then make your decision.

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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Northridge4x4
I personally would wait until you see what everybody comes out with and then make your decision.

David


You carry some of the current the lifts.......... what are your opinions and recomendations?
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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Looking at your Rancho set up, I notice a couple things. First is with the rear sway set you have, the down travel will be limited by the sway link lenght. As th link straightens out it will limit your droop regardless of the shock length. Second is in the design of the three link. It seems that under max articulation the forward links are working against the rear mounted wishbone link to some degree. If you really wanted max flex it would be better to have the 3 link on the forward end of the axle. I guess my point is that this system is a lot of work to get the same amount of travel as some other long arm kits. JP
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Phishjeep
Second to none? How many long arms have you driven?

Oh, and thanks for the invite to drive yours. Where are you located? I'll be sure to bring my Depends.
No problem, I am in SoCal and yes, please bring your Diapers. I don't wanna clean the poo off my Smittybilt seatcovers hahaha.
I have driven MANY Jeeps (and about everything else out there) with Long Arm, short arm, stock, etc suspensions. I used to own a 4x4 Shop and did a LOT of kits and custom stuff from every manufacturer. Most of it was ran HARD so testing was no joke. I admit, I have not driven any other JK LA kit besides the RE but I can tell you that the drive ability of the RE kit just destroys everything else I have driven out there for TJ's and YJ's with coil conversion kits.
I should have specified.
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 06:26 AM
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David or anyone else for that matter,

Could you please explain the design differences between a radius arm lift and a 4 point lift?

Thanks
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ASTAR
No problem, I am in SoCal and yes, please bring your Diapers. I don't wanna clean the poo off my Smittybilt seatcovers hahaha.
I have driven MANY Jeeps (and about everything else out there) with Long Arm, short arm, stock, etc suspensions. I used to own a 4x4 Shop and did a LOT of kits and custom stuff from every manufacturer. Most of it was ran HARD so testing was no joke. I admit, I have not driven any other JK LA kit besides the RE but I can tell you that the drive ability of the RE kit just destroys everything else I have driven out there for TJ's and YJ's with coil conversion kits.
I should have specified.
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 10:15 AM
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Bump Bump....... anyone have any other ideas or observations about the long arm kits?
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