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TF 2.5" or 3"? w/35" Tires

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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 04:08 AM
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Hey guys i really need your help on deciding which lift will be awesome on my Jk 2012 Mountain Edition with the 35" Micky Thompson Tires!

Im 80% on road! 20% off road

btw im from Kuwait and im new to Wrangler!

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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 04:16 AM
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I did my lift a long time ago so I'm not sure if this is still accurate or not. When I did my lift. I did a TF 3". I got a TON of lift out of it on my 2 door. More than I needed to run 35s. So I actually went back and bought the 2.5" springs.

When I did my lift TF used the same springs regardless if you had a 2 door or 4 door which explains why I got so much lift. I don't remember but I want to say I got over 4.5 inches with the 3" coils and just over 3 inches with the 2.5" coils.
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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 04:19 AM
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Get the 2.5" teraflex coil lift from Northridge4x4.com, u can get the lift plus bilstein shocks for like $775 or so. Or get the kit with shock extensions for about $480, which is the route I went cuz I have a Rubicon with stiffer shocks but I'm getting bilsteins soon for a 3.5" lift to get some extra droop.
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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 04:22 AM
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A 2.5" tera lift for a 4door jk will probably give u 3.5 or 4" of lift. I got 3" of lift for my 4dr with it. So order a 4dr kit.
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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 04:34 AM
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Here's my baby with the 2.5 coil lift from teraflex with a 1 1/4" rough country body lift. Shock extensions trimmed fenders,pinch seams cut 2" off rubi rock rails, spidertrax wheel spacers on stock painted moabs and 37" bfg km2's

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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bob-o
Here's my baby with the 2.5 coil lift from teraflex with a 1 1/4" rough country body lift. Shock extensions trimmed fenders,pinch seams cut 2" off rubi rock rails, spidertrax wheel spacers on stock painted moabs and 37" bfg km2's

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by coil lift u mean spring lift not spacers? not the TF BB?
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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 06:07 AM
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I would go with the 3"
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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 07:05 AM
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Here's my JK with the 3 inch lift. I thought it was just too much lift for 35s. With the 2.5 inch coils I still got over 3" of lift, it rides better, has less bump steer and the driveshaft angles are better.

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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by knightrohulk
Doc_D, I'm a little confused on which lift you have. Did you get the 3 inch lift kit or did you get the 2.5 inch kit that just happened to give you 3 inches? If 2.5 kit, did you get the 4 door version? Thanks.
When I bought my kit there was no 2 door or 4 door versions. Presumably all the versions were spec'd for the 4 door.

I originally bought the 3" kit (that's what's in the pic). I thought the lift was excessive for my tires so I went ahead and purchased the 2.5" springs and swapped those in.
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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Saianagi
Hey guys i really need your help on deciding which lift will be awesome on my Jk 2012 Mountain Edition with the 35" Micky Thompson Tires!

Im 80% on road! 20% off road

btw im from Kuwait and im new to Wrangler!

I went with the 2.5" lift with my 35s and MT tires. I don't have it installed yet cause I'm overseas right now.

Completely off topic, where in Kuwait are you? I'll be in Kuwait City next Sat for a couple of days transiting between Iraq and the states. I'll be downtown.

Kevin
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