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need some help with my lift

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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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Default need some help with my lift

alright i have searched all over this forum and not found a good answer to my problem.

I recently had a 2.5 in teraflex lift with shocks put on my unlimited rubicon, im also running 35" bfg km2s. the ride is absolutely terrible. it is extremely rough and the back end seems very bouncy. i know that the ride is going to be a little more harsh when adding a lift but this is almost unbearable. I know its not the tires because i got the lift done first and it was this bad with the stock rubber. What would you all recommend? Was it installed wrong or is it supposed to be this rough? thanks and sorry if this has been asked before but i cant find anymore info.
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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What is your Tire pressure at?

oops just realized you said not the tires

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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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What shocks you running? (never mind saw in your profile you had the Tera)

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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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Tyre pressure was also my initial thought but that shouldn't make it "unbearable"?
Usually 2.5" lifts tend to be very similar to or better than stock feel..
I'll dig around for ya and see what I can find out
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 10:55 AM
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Thanks for the quick replys everyone, i even adjusted the pressure to try to make it a lil better but its still bad, and yea i forgot to say that im running the teraflex shocks.
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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You shouldn't need it with a 2.5" but have you thought about checking the alignment? Can you post any pics of the coils, shocks ect...?
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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Yeah, I'd recommend you have someone from Teraflex or someone that's really clued up with their products check out your setup. Also sounds to me like something is wrong.
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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Did the rear right bump stop extension get put on backwards? Check to see if it doesn't have the clearance that it should. It is easy to remove and turn around so that your suspension will have the full amount of flex up and down.
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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Awesome guys, thanks for the replys, im gonna take some pics a lil later today, i did get it aligned so thats not it, ill check that rear right bumpstop today too. Ill keep u updated n ill b back with pics
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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 01:23 PM
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pics needed, but sounds like something got mounted without a sleeve or something, I have seen it happen before, not trying to say you did it wrong, just thinking of what I know from the past....without sleeves or overtorqued sometimes doesnt let things pivot....?

Pics would help and maybe loosen everything while on decent level surface, and jump up and down on both bumpers and then re-tourque everything ???

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