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Old May 3, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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Just bought a 2dr 2010 sahara, was looking at jeep and realized it has 2" spacers with no badging on them.
My ? Is what lift is this, and am I missing some important parts?
Correct me if I'm wrong but there is no extended bump stops, factory sway bar links, and factory shocks, and no front coil isolators.
Front:
Rear:
Rear link:
Front link:
rear bump:

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Old May 3, 2012 | 07:13 PM
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Did you not thoroughly inspect the Jeep before purchasing it
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Old May 3, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ssg381
Did you not thoroughly inspect the Jeep before purchasing it
Yes but is my first jeep and it looked like stock hardware, didn't know what to look for
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Old May 3, 2012 | 07:56 PM
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Looks like a 2.5" front spacer and a1"rear spacer. Basically a what the lift companies call a budget boost or leveling kit.

The front spacers look like the tera flex spacers I had on the front of my jeep. I ran front spacers and nothing else for 2 years and went places I shouldn't have with stock mudders and never had a problem.

You should be fine.
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Old May 3, 2012 | 09:05 PM
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I just lifted my JKUR with a rough country 2.5" suspension lift that did not come with:

bump stops,
sway bar links, and
front coil isolators.

I am running the stock front and rear sway bar links and was thinking about getting some stock rear sway bar links to swap out for the stock fronts. But now I am wondering if I need anything else that my RC lift did not include.

Thoughts?
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Old May 4, 2012 | 02:09 AM
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Yes, as the others above me said. It's just a budget boost. No big deal about missing the bumpstops. If you want them you can buy another budget boost online for a little over $100 and use the bumpstops in it. You don't need them though.

I had issues making long right turns (like an on-ramp) after my budget boose because the ESP would kick in and kill the power and apply the brakes because it thought it was skidding. I ordered a Procal Chip and installed it. After that it ran perfect! Just saying incase you experience the same thing.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 05:00 AM
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thanks guys, you have been very helpful...i look foward to being on this forum everybody seems to be very helpful
I thought about upgraded shocks, and sway bar links? worth the $$$?
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Old May 4, 2012 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Lutz
thanks guys, you have been very helpful...i look foward to being on this forum everybody seems to be very helpful
I thought about upgraded shocks, and sway bar links? worth the $$$?
Sway bar links = no
Shocks= probably. the stock sport/sahara shocks are not the greatest ever
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Old May 4, 2012 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by mattgt5
Sway bar links = no
Shocks= probably. the stock sport/sahara shocks are not the greatest ever
^----- X2 for sure. As a starting point, you might look at Bilstein or OME (Old Man Emu). In case it's not clear, the previous owner would have installed the leveling kit because a stock JK has a pretty significant front end rake to it.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 05:45 AM
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I'm gonna say sway bar links IF u plan on offroading, I'd recommend getting some quick disconnects--no tools needed to disco this way
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