1.75" lift and brake line relocation brackets?
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JK Newbie
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1.75" lift and brake line relocation brackets?
Just waiting for a few last parts to arrive and want to head out on the trail this weekend. Still waiting for my brake line relocation brackets and wondering if I'll be ok to go out without them? They seemed like more of a suggested thing to add than a "You need these."
What do you guys think? Wait for those or don't worry about it and head out on the trails?
What do you guys think? Wait for those or don't worry about it and head out on the trails?
JK Enthusiast
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From: Pennsylvania
If your gonna run the stock shocks then your you should be ok since the shock won't allow the axle to droop farther than the brake lines can handle but if you went after market I would move them.
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JK Newbie
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Yeah, I'm bolting on a set of Bilstein 5100's today. Might have a friend give me a hand looking at the lines under flex to see how much play I have. I would have thought that if I don't disconnect the sway bar then all would be well as I haven't put longer links in the rear?
JK Freak
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I jacked up one coner at a time slowly and looked for anything getting too stretched. I have a 2" bb with shock extensions. My front brake lines, breather, abs wires are all tied together and needed to be longer so I removed the brake line bracket (2011) and zip tied everything to the shock. Then continued to jack up with no problems. In the back I added a home brew bracket to the hard brake line where it connects to the frame. I didn't have a problem wih the e brake or the breather. Before I did this the rubber brake lines would of Definately got stretched out too far.
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JK Newbie
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Well I've added the spacers and shocks. Seems like it has a lot of travel even stock. Noticed my exhause pipe has a pretty good sized dent in it which must be from the rear axle and the bump stops not being long enough?
Brake lines definitely need to be lengthened though as well as the wires running to the sensors though I may just unclip the wires from the frame. Breather for the axle seems fine, and didn't have to unhook it to pull out the springs and put in the the spacers. If it gets stretched out on the trail then I have a bigger problem than the hose.
Brake lines definitely need to be lengthened though as well as the wires running to the sensors though I may just unclip the wires from the frame. Breather for the axle seems fine, and didn't have to unhook it to pull out the springs and put in the the spacers. If it gets stretched out on the trail then I have a bigger problem than the hose.
JK Super Freak
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From: Houston,TX
Originally Posted by Cordur
Well I've added the spacers and shocks. Seems like it has a lot of travel even stock. Noticed my exhause pipe has a pretty good sized dent in it which must be from the rear axle and the bump stops not being long enough?
Brake lines definitely need to be lengthened though as well as the wires running to the sensors though I may just unclip the wires from the frame. Breather for the axle seems fine, and didn't have to unhook it to pull out the springs and put in the the spacers. If it gets stretched out on the trail then I have a bigger problem than the hose.
Brake lines definitely need to be lengthened though as well as the wires running to the sensors though I may just unclip the wires from the frame. Breather for the axle seems fine, and didn't have to unhook it to pull out the springs and put in the the spacers. If it gets stretched out on the trail then I have a bigger problem than the hose.