Anyone have a 2 or 4 inch mopar lift on their rig that they could comment about. Dealer here swears they will honor waranty if I use it through them.

 

The 2" does really well and is more like a 2.5-3". What are your intended uses?

 

I’ve been asking the same question. So far I’ve mostly heard good things about the 2” (which is what I’m looking at) usually comes out more like a 2.5” with better range then most kits and a nice ride. Hope to know more soon.

 

i don’t intend to go crazy. I would like 35’s and I would like to hit some trails but nothing crazy. I really am not one to want to damage my Jeep. I plan on a full metal cloak under armor but at best I’d don’t want to make the truck really heavy. Possibly hard rock bumpers. Maybe a winch maybe. I’m not planning on building an insane rock crawling machine. Just tasteful in my opinion

 

I have done most of the trails in Moab and never had an issue. I do not rub and I am only running 1" bumps front and rear with 35's. I did not use the caster correction bolts instead use AEV Geo brackets and again people will tell you that they hand down too low but I have run most of the tougher trails in moab and never had a scratch. I had two buddies that I did the Rubicon trail and dusy ershim with that had them and had no issues which is why I decided to try them. This is what a 4 door looks like with the 2" mopar.

 

@Rednroll could comment on that lift as well.

As for warranty, there are many dealers that handle warranty well with any lift well, and some that are difficult. You have a 2015, so what kind of warranty are you concerning yourself with? Personally, I wouldn't factor any warranty into it if it were me, I'd rather pick what I thought was best for my build, but I avoid dealers like the plague.

 

inwas at the dealer sat and I thought it was up. And it may be. My salesman said it’s 5 year 100k ...... oh well I just figured what the dealer would put on the Jeep should not need anything besides what is in the lift kit. I was hoping with the 2 inch mopar kit I wouldn’t need anything else and It’s on them if something goes wrong lol. I’m prolly wrong

 

It's a decent kit. I still stand by others that I have recommended to you though.

 

and I agree I prefer the metal cloak but being the dealer said they would hold a warranty if I use theirs made me lean that way. I read some nightmares about waranty and having a lift. I know not to bash or give bad reviews to the dealer and to do my best to stay on their good side. If I go with the 2 inch mopar kit am I correct to assume that I won’t need to replace any other parts or add anything else .... if looking to run 35s I should change the gearing correct.

 

There tends to be a lot of confusion in regards to "Warranty" when it comes to lifts. Let me attempt to explain it, in regards to the Mopar lift since dealers tend to mess it up, or just try to keep it simple and use it as a selling point.

Of course, most of this won't matter if you don't currently have a factory warranty.

It goes like this, you start off with your factory warranty. If you install ANY lift, they can not void your factory warranty but you do take on a risk that when you go in for Warranty repair work, you could be at their mercy if they determine the failure of the factory part you are trying to get repaired under a warranty claim, if the dealership determines the lift or the labor installing the lift was caused by the lift. So in other words if you went in for warranty repair for your radio malfunctioning, then it's a far stretch to think the lift or the installation could be contributed to the radio failing. Now if one of your lift shocks snapped or let loose due to a bad shock or installation of that shock, then the shock punctured your tire, tore your brakes apart, then you shouldn't expect the factory warranty to cover any of that damage.

When you purchase the Mopar lift AND have the lift installed by an FCA dealership, then the Mopar lift has additional warranty coverage that other lifts don't include. Think of it as gap insurance coverage. So now if you have a failure to a factory part and bring your rig in for a warranty repair AND the failure was determined to be caused by the lift or its installation, the factory warranty would still not cover the repair...BUT, this is where the Mopar lift warranty now kicks in which comes with the Mopar lift. The Mopar lift warranty will cover the repair of any failures to the lift parts as well as any of the factory parts that were determined to fail/get damaged due to the lift or the installation labor of the lift. Thus, in essence at the end of the day you still maintain your factory warranty for repair of the factory parts, but the cost of the warranty claim repairs are now covered under the Mopar lift warranty and still not under your factory warranty. If the same thing was determined where another aftermarket lift and its components were the cause of the failure of a factory part, then the scenario is the same that the "factory" warranty would not cover the repair of those factory parts. This is really the difference between the Mopar lift warranty and any other aftermarket lift warranty. Most aftermarket lifts come with their own warranty, where they strictly warranty their parts of the lift, but they do not warranty the factory parts and the labor involved "If" those lift parts were determined to be the cause of the factory part's failure. The Mopar lift warranty covers not only the repair/replacement of the lift components but also ANY of the factory parts and the labor involved that may have gotten damaged due to lift parts or poor installation of the lift components.

The Mopar lift additionally comes with a 2 year parts warranty regardless if you had it installed by an FCA dealership or not and labor costs "If" you had it installed by an FCA dealership.

I have the Mopar 2in lift, I installed it myself. Thus, I had a 2 year warranty for the lift parts replacement, but since I didn't pay an FCA dealership to install it, then obviously the Mopar lift warranty would not cover labor costs for any labor work involved for the replacement repair.

BTW the Mopar 2in lift gave me 3.25in of lift in the front and 3.0in of lift in the rear with factory weight. So about 3inches of total lift overall. I then added a larger spare, HD tire carrier and steel bumper in the rear. In the front I added a steel bumper, steel skid plate, winch plate, and a 12K winch. I'm now sitting at about 2.5in of total lift with 35s.