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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 10:00 PM
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Hello JK forums, I bought a new white rubicon 2 Dr 6 speed on Saturday. Click image for larger version

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And after driving it in the last snow storm here in Utah, I LOVE IT. Never had to put it in 4 wheel and my big bad ass bronco would have needed to.

Since I'm a jeep noob help me out, I'm looking at a teraflex 3" lift, can I do this without worrying about steering and pinion angles?

Thanks,
Zach


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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by SnowBall
Hello JK forums, I bought a new white rubicon 2 Dr 6 speed on Saturday. <img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=416123"/>
And after driving it in the last snow storm here in Utah, I LOVE IT. Never had to put it in 4 wheel and my big bad ass bronco would have needed to.

Since I'm a jeep noob help me out, I'm looking at a teraflex 3" lift, can I do this without worrying about steering and pinion angles?

Thanks,
Zach

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My experience is this, I had no issues running a 3 inch in my 2 dr.now if you stick under 35's
I'd highly recommend this
Front lower control arms
Rear upper control arms
Front adj Trackbar
Now after running that setup for a year and I put in a set of front and rear driveshafts my rear pinnion output seal leaked Andy front diff output seal leaked
This told Nuevo was running my 2 dr at pretty good stressed angles with stock Driveshafts. I got away with a year because isn't a DD show thing to consider later on.
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by BubbaJK2012
My experience is this, I had no issues running a 3 inch in my 2 dr.now if you stick under 35's
I'd highly recommend this
Front lower control arms
Rear upper control arms
Front adj Trackbar
Now after running that setup for a year and I put in a set of front and rear driveshafts my rear pinnion output seal leaked Andy front diff output seal leaked
This told Nuevo was running my 2 dr at pretty good stressed angles with stock Driveshafts. I got away with a year because isn't a DD show thing to consider later on.
Damn, I was trying to stay away from that, will a 2.5" be less of a problem? I'm trying not to sink thousands more into this brand new jeep



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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by SnowBall

Damn, I was trying to stay away from that, will a 2.5" be less of a problem? I'm trying not to sink thousands more into this brand new jeep

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A 2.5 Teraflex that gives you abit more is fine without all that
To make it drive better its recommended front lowers or AEV geometry bracket
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by BubbaJK2012
A 2.5 Teraflex that gives you abit more is fine without all that
To make it drive better its recommended front lowers or AEV geometry bracket
You know what, my bronco will cover will cover anything ill do to the jeep when i sell it, so i made up my mind and im going with the 3" after all. Thank you Bubba for all your in put.
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SnowBall

You know what, my bronco will cover will cover anything ill do to the jeep when i sell it, so i made up my mind and im going with the 3" after all. Thank you Bubba for all your in put.
Yup no problem, I ran a 3 inch Teraflex for awhile in my two dr
Recommend front lower control arms or geometry brackets
Front adj Trackbar
Rear upper control arm to adjust rear driveshaft
I drove my awhile without and was a little flighty on freeways but not bad on two lane roads
Also if you go Teraflex I'd recommend going bilstein shocks instead of the Teraflex so order without shocks
Lastly do you have a 2012 or 2013?
Of so you need to either exhaust spacers or just a new front driveshaft to clear front cross member
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