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Teraflex installed. Man I'm old.

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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 04:00 PM
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Installed my Teraflex coil lift with a couple friends today. Took about 6 hours. Most of the slow up was using 2 scissor jacks since we didn't have a floor jack. Ugh I am going to be sore tomorrow.



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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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Congrats man looks good! When's the new wheels and tires coming? I installed the leveling kit by myself last weekend and it took about the same amount of time.
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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What are the spec's on your lift? Looks good!
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Who cares how long it takes!! It looks great
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 04:14 PM
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Looks good!! U should get some wheel spacers to make it look even better.
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rinkishJK
Looks good!! U should get some wheel spacers to make it look even better.
x2 looks good
and if new rims and tires aren't in the budget or near plans.... Some wheel spacers would make it look more chunky/rugged for lack of better words. Just don't cheap out on the spacers get good ones....
Seen stock rims painted dark grey looked great..... Just an idea.
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by CbtEngr
Congrats man looks good! When's the new wheels and tires coming? I installed the leveling kit by myself last weekend and it took about the same amount of time.
Might be a bit. Hopefully around January. Those things are expensive. Luckily I have 18' so it doesn't look too terrible.



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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Browndog
What are the spec's on your lift? Looks good!
It's the teraflex 2.5" coil lift with shocks.1251000. Love the lift so far. Bigger change than I expected.



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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 05:56 PM
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Thanks for the imput. Wheel spacers coming in a couple weeks. I thought about powdercoating or painting the wheels, but I have my heart set on the pro comp 7098s. Sweet. Thanks for the comments.



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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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Ha! I just put in my Teraflex 2.5 inch lift today, and I'm also beat. When I changed out my stock springs for some Rubicon unlimited springs, I had a 2.5 ton floor jack and I barely got the Jeep high enough to swap out the springs. I picked you a 4 ton floor jack from Sears for this weekend, but STILL had trouble with the front springs and the bump stop extender. I had to insert the bump stop into the spring, insert the spring, stick a crecent wrench between the spring coils and jack up the axle to properly seat it. It took me 8 hours, and because the front shocks were such a PITA to ermove, I ran out of light when I was buttoning everything up. I can't remember if I put the D/S brake line back in place, so (weather permiting) I'll double check it tommorrow, retorque the control arms and the lug nuts.
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