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Old May 25, 2014 | 11:08 AM
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its been a long time since I posted last,

I now have a 2014 2 door rubicon.

Parts for build include:

evo 3" plush ride coils
evo bumps front and rear
evo drag link flip kit
evo brakelines
evo rockstars
RK front lowers
RK rear uppers
Front Drveshaft -j.e reel 1310
Rear Driveshaft -Pat's dbl carden HD
Artec Front Armour System, truss, skids, gussets
Artec Rear Truss, buckets, trackbar bracket
Procomp 17 x 9 with 4.75 bs
35" x 12.5 tires
Bildstien 5100s

Any thoughts or knowledge from previous installs welcome,
thanks
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Old May 26, 2014 | 03:39 AM
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What about front sway bar links and a rear track bar relocation bracket? Also while your doing it I would high recommend a grade 8 hardware upgrade.
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Old May 26, 2014 | 06:23 AM
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Drag link flips are typically for 3.5"+ lifts due to the loss of up travel with them. I would want more back spacing on the wheels. You will need 3" extended bump stops for the front drag link flip.

Why RK arms when you are running EVO? May be cheaper to get it all in kit.
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Old May 26, 2014 | 11:45 AM
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EVO still uses a stock (rhd) drag link in their flip? If you are paying for new components, why choose stock over beefier aftermarket.?
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Old May 26, 2014 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
Drag link flips are typically for 3.5"+ lifts due to the loss of up travel with them. I would want more back spacing on the wheels. You will need 3" extended bump stops for the front drag link flip. Why RK arms when you are running EVO? May be cheaper to get it all in kit.
I agree with this other than the back spacing. 4.75 is fine for a 35 and will give you better handling and life on your ball joints than a wider offset will.
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Old May 31, 2014 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by blue project
What about front sway bar links and a rear track bar relocation bracket? Also while your doing it I would high recommend a grade 8 hardware upgrade.
sway links get relocated with the evo drag flip I believe, grade 8 is a good reminder, did that on my other jk. Rear track relocation is part of the artec rear truss kit I have.
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Old May 31, 2014 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by nthinuf
EVO still uses a stock (rhd) drag link in their flip? If you are paying for new components, why choose stock over beefier aftermarket.?
the flip relocates, drag link, track bar and swaylinks in one shot. Im not into doing a dropped pitman, and im not sure which aftermarket drag link/beefier youre mentioning. Plus then I would need an aftermarket track bar and sway links, seems like an expensive way to go.
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Old May 31, 2014 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
Drag link flips are typically for 3.5"+ lifts due to the loss of up travel with them. I would want more back spacing on the wheels. You will need 3" extended bump stops for the front drag link flip.

Why RK arms when you are running EVO? May be cheaper to get it all in kit.
Im pretty sure the 3" coils will put my 2door at 4" of lift, I could be wrong but im not running steel bumpers. bump stops are on my list above and im running rk arms because its actually cheaper since I need 4 arms minimum, evo arms are 400+ a set. I might even need rear lowers to get a 1" stretch... (evo kits are actually, same price if ordered piece by piece, seems odd but we did the math on the website)

eventually running 37s with flats, lcog.
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Old May 31, 2014 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by DanieltheManual
its been a long time since I posted last,

I now have a 2014 2 door rubicon.

Parts for build include:

evo 3" plush ride coils
evo bumps front and rear
evo drag link flip kit
evo brakelines
evo rockstars
RK front lowers
RK rear uppers
Front Drveshaft -j.e reel 1310
Rear Driveshaft -Pat's dbl carden HD
Artec Front Armour System, truss, skids, gussets
Artec Rear Truss, buckets, trackbar bracket
Procomp 17 x 9 with 4.75 bs
35" x 12.5 tires
Bildstien 5100s

Any thoughts or knowledge from previous installs welcome,
thanks
You might want to check to make sure that the RK rear uppers will work with stock lowers. They tend to be a bit long.
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