Originally Posted by jeep_creep88

It's about time some one said what I was thinking hahahaa and stay away from body lifts there junk I've built mine out of many different parts and it's sitting around 3.5" and drives better than stock on the road and stuffs the tires with flat fenders and I'm running 33" tires, bump stops make a big difference to depending on the tire size you go with and for the guy that said to stay away from bds and zone and go with a body lift, pretend that post didn't exsist my zone springs have been in my jk for 3 years and driven hard and no saging no paint chipping nothing they are awesome for the money

Originally Posted by KurtieR

I like to hit the trails as much as I can but realistically it's about twice a month. I am headed to trailfest in Bobcaygeon at the end of the month so she will definitely get a good workout!

Originally Posted by JKJeepJunkie

Ok I know everyone is telling you to go with a 2.5 and 35"s which is not a bad set up but I would at least run a 3 or a 4" that way you have some flex room for them 35"s and later on if you decided to rear gear and run 37" tires of don't have to change lifts but definitely get sway bar discos before you go to trailfest you'll be more satisfied

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Originally Posted by D_engel

Only the factory rails and forward/rearward pinch seams in the rear needed to be trimmed and rounded.

The shock relocation is still a work in process but my main reasons for relocating the brackets are budget and binding. When I ran 35's and flat fenders, I ran stock bump stop and never bottomed out the shocks in the rear, and the fronts would bind too much to allow full compression. Now that I am on 37's, I need to run 2.5" bump stop and I want to recover some of the travel lost. The rear brackets hang too low from the factory so its better to cut the mount off right under the LCA bracket and weld it on as high as possible without bottoming out the shock at full stuff. In the front, I am building brackets similar to these to recover some travel while rotating these mount 90* to eliminate binding issues.

Originally Posted by JKJeepJunkie

Ok I know everyone is telling you to go with a 2.5 and 35"s which is not a bad set up but I would at least run a 3 or a 4" that way you have some flex room for them 35"s and later on if you decided to rear gear and run 37" tires of don't have to change lifts but definitely get sway bar discos before you go to trailfest you'll be more satisfied

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Originally Posted by RND

2 inch lift, trimmed fenders, proper gears, and 37s- now that will rock

Originally Posted by KurtieR

Does the factory sway bar disco on the rubicon not work as well as aftermarkets? I had the 3 inch BDS on my sahara and loved it, road a little stiff but it seemed solid.

I have been looking at stuff for about a week and was thinking about leaving together one because there doesn't seem to be a "complete kit". I was hoping to keep things about 1000-1200.

Originally Posted by JKJeepJunkie

The factory rubi sway at disco is great if you keep it dry there have been more bad cases with the electric disco seizing up after they have got wet while wheeling but if your just trail riding you'll be fine

If you want to come out cheap you can get a zone 3" lift off eBay for a 4 door and it will give your 2 door 4" of lift or you can get a complete 3.25 lift from rough country for a 4 door and it will also give your 2 door 4" of lift which was the set up that I ran for a good while and the only compliant I had was it was to springy but its cheap and gets the job done

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