Teraflex 2.5BB or 3" spring kit? Pros and Cons
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Teraflex 2.5BB or 3" spring kit? Pros and Cons
I have a Teraflex 2.5BB kit on my Sahara now and I am looking to lift my new Rubicon soon. I was going to get the same 2.5BB kit (that I really like) but now I am thinking a Teraflex spring lift instead... What are the Pros and Cons for each? Or any other suggestions...
Thanks, Ben
Thanks, Ben
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Well, depending on which coil lift kit you get, the pros would be that you would have taller coils made to flex more as well as additional components that will allow you to dial in your suspension for the amount of lift you will have. The cons of it is that it will cost more.
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From: trenton ontario canada
I just installed terflex 3" spring kit
wow took a whole day some parts had to be ground down to fit right and some parts of the jk had to be trimmed with a sawzall.
but i am very pleased drives and feels like a rubicon should no more plush ride.
didn't need anything other than what came with kit everything seems fine (caster and front track bar length)
pros:
firmer ride but not a killer,
3 inch lift gave me 4inches all around,
rear sits level with front (winch and bumper) use oem isolators
drives nice no issues
being able to put head between wheel well and tire and look at the back site of tire.( still running stock rubi tires)
cons:
grinding down rear track bar relocation bracket in order to get bolt holes to line up ( believe this is cause i have an older kit that was on the shelf of the vendor i bought it from)
need to extend vent lines for axles
not use to getting out of jeep have not perfected the cool dismount yet to mount i just hop so i got that part down pat now.
stupid grin on face cause the jeep sits so much higher
kids whining cause it is to high
messin with rear swaybar links to get proper position so that bolts don't rub on rim.
All in all it has a great ride ,good and firm but not crazy firm feels like a truck not a station wagon. kinda ride now
I'm very pleased with the kit now if i can just stop smiling
i will post pix tomorrow they are still on the camera. i will include pix of the issues and current stance.
wow took a whole day some parts had to be ground down to fit right and some parts of the jk had to be trimmed with a sawzall.
but i am very pleased drives and feels like a rubicon should no more plush ride.
didn't need anything other than what came with kit everything seems fine (caster and front track bar length)
pros:
firmer ride but not a killer,
3 inch lift gave me 4inches all around,
rear sits level with front (winch and bumper) use oem isolators
drives nice no issues
being able to put head between wheel well and tire and look at the back site of tire.( still running stock rubi tires)
cons:
grinding down rear track bar relocation bracket in order to get bolt holes to line up ( believe this is cause i have an older kit that was on the shelf of the vendor i bought it from)
need to extend vent lines for axles
not use to getting out of jeep have not perfected the cool dismount yet to mount i just hop so i got that part down pat now.
stupid grin on face cause the jeep sits so much higher
kids whining cause it is to high
messin with rear swaybar links to get proper position so that bolts don't rub on rim.
All in all it has a great ride ,good and firm but not crazy firm feels like a truck not a station wagon. kinda ride now
I'm very pleased with the kit now if i can just stop smiling
i will post pix tomorrow they are still on the camera. i will include pix of the issues and current stance.
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I have been wheeling my Rubicon stock for almost a year now and I will say it is VERY capable in stock form. It has put lifted, tricked out TJ's, YJ's and CJ's to shame. It flex's more then my TJ did and the TJ had a four and a half inch long arm kit on it. I just helped a friend put a two and a half inch budget boost on his Rubicon and then we wheeled it, hard. it rides just as nice as it did stock but taller. It flexed just the same as a stock Rubicon but gaining the two and a half inch's from the lift. You retain all of the factory springs and shocks unless you upgrade the shocks. I like the factory coil rates(another reason to go with the budget boost) so I intend to keep my factory springs and shocks. I thought about heavy duty front coil springs and I'm still sitting on the fence about these. I want to see how much if any they sag with a winch and new bumper on the front end.
If you want to run tires up-to thirty five inches, which it sounds like, the budget boost in my opinion is all you really need. The three inch spring kit will give you an extra half inch of clearance over the budget boost but that will be about it. Flex with the three inch system will be a modest gain over the budget boost but to me it doesn't justify the extra cost. As for spring rates, some springs are stiffer then others some are softer then others it all depends on the manufacture.(insert bevis and buthead joke here)
Labor wise it will take you about the same amount of time to install either lift. No drive line issues with the budget boost on my friends Rubicon but it has only been on it for about two weeks, time will tell though. There does not seem to be any Castor or axle track issues with the budget boost that I have noticed and from some of the feedback from others using this lift it is a non issue. Once you go three inch's of lift or higher driveline issues become a bigger problem, castor out of whack, pinion angles, axle track among others...
The budget boost and the three inch spring kits are good products it all comes down to what you want to spend in my honest opinion. I feel the three inch kit will cost you more in upgraded parts (necessary or un-necessarily) further on down the line unless you want to do more serious trails(4+) then upgrading them now is the best time.
If you want to run tires up-to thirty five inches, which it sounds like, the budget boost in my opinion is all you really need. The three inch spring kit will give you an extra half inch of clearance over the budget boost but that will be about it. Flex with the three inch system will be a modest gain over the budget boost but to me it doesn't justify the extra cost. As for spring rates, some springs are stiffer then others some are softer then others it all depends on the manufacture.(insert bevis and buthead joke here)
Labor wise it will take you about the same amount of time to install either lift. No drive line issues with the budget boost on my friends Rubicon but it has only been on it for about two weeks, time will tell though. There does not seem to be any Castor or axle track issues with the budget boost that I have noticed and from some of the feedback from others using this lift it is a non issue. Once you go three inch's of lift or higher driveline issues become a bigger problem, castor out of whack, pinion angles, axle track among others...
The budget boost and the three inch spring kits are good products it all comes down to what you want to spend in my honest opinion. I feel the three inch kit will cost you more in upgraded parts (necessary or un-necessarily) further on down the line unless you want to do more serious trails(4+) then upgrading them now is the best time.
Ben