nachorubicon

all 8 RK midarms, RK trackbars and brakets and teraflex fox piggyback shocks. Control arms are the biggest thing if you want good flex. I have spring retainers front and rear. Next round of mods for me is going to be RK long arms,w/ 3 link, evo front coilovers, rear RK5.5 springs and evo king shocks in the rear.

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Cool!!! The guys at Northridge confirmed the standard OME HD coils I have will work with the OME LT shocks.
I do need adjustable track bars and lower front control arms. They're checking on the Rock Krawler parts inventory now.

The bump stops, discos and ss +6" brake lines I have installed will all work with the OME LT kit too.
Should make the installation pretty straightforward.

Once I get all the pieces together I'll post up some install pics and compare the OME standard vs Long Travel suspension flex.

Thanks for all the tips gang, makes me feel a lot safer mixing parts and brands knowing others have done it with good results.
It's always nerve racking to buy an incomplete lift kit or a new brand and just hope it all goes together smoothly.
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WOW, Northridge is amazing!

Shipped my OME long travel kit yesterday during a snowstorm, arrived TODAY during and icestorm...
Nobody has been at work the past two days. I'm #3 out of 400 peolpe that made it in. The other 2 skied to work.

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Thought I'd post a couple "before" pics with the standard OME Nitro shocks for those interested in how they compare to the OME LT's.
This is before anything was replaced. Standard OME 2.5" lift. I'll get the "after" pictures with the OME LT kit posted soon.

ninjamaster

bump, must see more! I want to do a similar setup on my JKU!

bobbyspaghetti

Like a few others have said look at your rear sway bar links. I just added some evo rock star skids and even though I thought I read that the new generation does not change the axle side mounting position height wise I am having rubbing issues with my set up now. So to clarify this I have the Teraflex 2.5” coil lift with 1” spacers in the rear. The kit comes with 12” rear sway bar end links as opposed to the 9” stock ones. For whatever reason when I installed my lift I installed the sway bar links on the inner side of the axle mount as well as the inside of the sway bar. This is not how it is supposed to be so when I added the rock stars I put them on the outside. Now that I have them on the outside (which in my mind will provide more leverage as there is now an increase in length between the flexing point???) my 12” sway bar links rub my tire side wall at full stuff. So I had some stock 9” sway bar links and shoved those in there now. However now at full droop I am limiting downward travel due to the sway bar links contacting the brake caliper due to the increased angle because of the shorter sway bar links. So I would imagine you’re in the same boat. You must be upwards of 3” of lift in the rear and with the stock sway bar links I am guessing at full droop yours may be touching as well. Just something to check on. I know I have issues that I need to address I have to cut and reweld my 12" links into 11" that should work.

snopro269

This might be a stupid question but
1) would the currie anti-rock solve this
2) would it work with the EVO rockstars

highwayman

Yes on droop, but depending on tire size & shock size, it also could limit bump travel & kill your shocks. But you checked that, right?

MitchMG

I´m also a fan of "minmal lifts". And also watching all the great videos from the JK project I also noticed that most people go for 3" or max 4" lifts.
And they also drive 40" tires. So it seems to work.

But what is the best lift height ? What shokcs to take ? Most decent shocks are for lifts form 3" on. But actually it shouldn´t make a difference if you go for max. lif or max droop.

Large lift heights migth cause some trouble. wether its for towing trailers or with all the other parts.
But I think the part issue you have anyway. wether it is a 5" lift or you droop the axle for 5" or so.
I´m not sure about the shocks either.
Right now I´m running a 1-1,5" lift (have to measure when everything is done) with springs only. Next week I get 33" tires on some rugged ridge rims. So it should have a very wide wheelbase.

But Í don´t know how to continue. I don´t want to go for a 4", 4.5" lift in the next year. But I also don´t see a clear way to continue with my setup (springs) right now.
Main point are the shocks. I just don´t know into which direction I should go. stay low and buy 2" shocks and continue with small lift springs and other fenders ?
Or directly turn to 3" shocks and rise the lift to ???? But will this work right now with the small lift springs ??
Anyway I would "only" go for 35" tires. Larger will be probably to much effort (costs) at least here in Germany.