Need help spending $700
12-13-2007, 04:38 PM
#22
JK Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 453
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I looked at Northridge4x4 and I can get the TF 2.5 kit for like $225 but I can go up to the Superlift 4inch for $575. So hard to choose I can go with the TF and get 3.5inches of lift with my 1in BL or I can have my buddies dad build me some D-shafts and go with the SL and get 5inches of lift. I wanna know everyones opinions. I think the 5 inches may be a bit much and I know that 3.5 would be enough.
12-13-2007, 05:22 PM
#23
JK Super Freak
Enough for what?
You are adding a BL to an SL...apples and oranges.
The BL makes room for tire stuffage/larger tires, the SL is adding frame ground clearance.
You could just do a 3.5" Suspension lift and a 1" BL....its still just a 3.5" lift, and you'd buy the track bars and so forth, and get the shafts at cost or for free or whatever...a good deal either way...and the 1" BL will give you room for articulation of the tires without having to rob uptravel with bumpstop extensions.
You are adding a BL to an SL...apples and oranges.
The BL makes room for tire stuffage/larger tires, the SL is adding frame ground clearance.
You could just do a 3.5" Suspension lift and a 1" BL....its still just a 3.5" lift, and you'd buy the track bars and so forth, and get the shafts at cost or for free or whatever...a good deal either way...and the 1" BL will give you room for articulation of the tires without having to rob uptravel with bumpstop extensions.
12-13-2007, 06:09 PM
#24
JK Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 453
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Enough for what?
You are adding a BL to an SL...apples and oranges.
The BL makes room for tire stuffage/larger tires, the SL is adding frame ground clearance.
You could just do a 3.5" Suspension lift and a 1" BL....its still just a 3.5" lift, and you'd buy the track bars and so forth, and get the shafts at cost or for free or whatever...a good deal either way...and the 1" BL will give you room for articulation of the tires without having to rob uptravel with bumpstop extensions.
You are adding a BL to an SL...apples and oranges.
The BL makes room for tire stuffage/larger tires, the SL is adding frame ground clearance.
You could just do a 3.5" Suspension lift and a 1" BL....its still just a 3.5" lift, and you'd buy the track bars and so forth, and get the shafts at cost or for free or whatever...a good deal either way...and the 1" BL will give you room for articulation of the tires without having to rob uptravel with bumpstop extensions.
sorry. I'm still learning about these JK's.Back to the question I was really asking. Short and simple, the Terraflex 2.5BB for $225 or the Superlift 4inch for $575 from Northridge?
12-14-2007, 04:19 AM
#25
JK Super Freak
I was talking about the 2.5 TF BB kit and the Superlift 4inch kit. Which would be the better route. I was just talking about the rest as being the room I would have for my tires. I confuse myself sometimes sorry. I'm still learning about these JK's.
Back to the question I was really asking. Short and simple, the Terraflex 2.5BB for $225 or the Superlift 4inch for $575 from Northridge?
sorry. I'm still learning about these JK's.Back to the question I was really asking. Short and simple, the Terraflex 2.5BB for $225 or the Superlift 4inch for $575 from Northridge?
The right answer, for YOU, would be why you need lift.
If you need frame ground clearance, then the 4" gives more than the 2.5"...but it costs about a grand by the time you're done with collateral mods, etc. (Everyone gets the basic/less equipped kits, and then finds that they need to add parts to get it all to work properly/adjusted, etc.
If its diff clearance you need, then larger tires are the hot ticket, as ONLY larger tires give diff/axle clearance.
A 4" SL is considered good for 37's...and a 1" BL on that will allow more uptravel, typically a problem for big meat like that w/o uptravel robbing bumpstop extensions.
The 4" SL gives another 1.5" of frame clearance, and raises your COG enough to notice over stock, but not a crazy difference...but a few mph off your offramp speed kind of a thing.
If you have the $/time...the 4" SL will be a more capable rig, and again, I'd add the 1" BL to either option though.
If you do NOT need the extra 1.5" frame clearance...and 35's are big enough tires for you, then the 2.5" SL makes more sense.
12-14-2007, 06:02 AM
#26
JK Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 453
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The right answer, for YOU, would be why you need lift.
If you need frame ground clearance, then the 4" gives more than the 2.5"...but it costs about a grand by the time you're done with collateral mods, etc. (Everyone gets the basic/less equipped kits, and then finds that they need to add parts to get it all to work properly/adjusted, etc.
If its diff clearance you need, then larger tires are the hot ticket, as ONLY larger tires give diff/axle clearance.
A 4" SL is considered good for 37's...and a 1" BL on that will allow more uptravel, typically a problem for big meat like that w/o uptravel robbing bumpstop extensions.
The 4" SL gives another 1.5" of frame clearance, and raises your COG enough to notice over stock, but not a crazy difference...but a few mph off your offramp speed kind of a thing.
If you have the $/time...the 4" SL will be a more capable rig, and again, I'd add the 1" BL to either option though.
If you do NOT need the extra 1.5" frame clearance...and 35's are big enough tires for you, then the 2.5" SL makes more sense.
If you need frame ground clearance, then the 4" gives more than the 2.5"...but it costs about a grand by the time you're done with collateral mods, etc. (Everyone gets the basic/less equipped kits, and then finds that they need to add parts to get it all to work properly/adjusted, etc.
If its diff clearance you need, then larger tires are the hot ticket, as ONLY larger tires give diff/axle clearance.
A 4" SL is considered good for 37's...and a 1" BL on that will allow more uptravel, typically a problem for big meat like that w/o uptravel robbing bumpstop extensions.
The 4" SL gives another 1.5" of frame clearance, and raises your COG enough to notice over stock, but not a crazy difference...but a few mph off your offramp speed kind of a thing.
If you have the $/time...the 4" SL will be a more capable rig, and again, I'd add the 1" BL to either option though.
If you do NOT need the extra 1.5" frame clearance...and 35's are big enough tires for you, then the 2.5" SL makes more sense.
. I'm thinking about saving the money for other mods like my Warn rear bumper so I can safely carry my 35in spare without any problems in the future, of Prolined interior, winches and skidplates. I'm thinking if I cut that little blade like thing on my body I just bet I never really hit again and my COG will be a 1inch body and stock suspension height over stock.I know that I priced a basic kit but I know everything else I need, and my JK is just a toy, I have a '07 Civic SI for DD.