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Leveling kit SHOWDOWN! low lift 2012 JKU Sahara

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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 07:15 AM
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Default Leveling kit SHOWDOWN! low lift 2012 JKU Sahara

anyone who is running a leveling kit or 2" lift, please chime in.

any reviews, ratings, warnings, ideas, builds, recomendations wanted.

i am looking into a leveling kit evo/teraflex/AEV/Rugged/and so on.

anyone with some information, my head is pointing teraflex with bilstein.
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 07:27 AM
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subscribing....

for the money, i like the teraflex (2" in front, 1" in the rear) "leveling kit"
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 08:41 AM
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I bought the Teraflex JK 1.5" Leveling Kit (rubber pucks) and it looks great. All Jeeps need to come out the factory at this height. It did make the wheels look smaller but some Spidertrax spacers pushed them right back out to where they needed to be.
My intention was not to mod my Jeep until it was paid off, that only lasted 6 weeks and after I installed my new bumper my "rake" was back. If I could do it over I would go with the TF JK 1.5" Performance Leveling Kit (springs) to prevent the rake.


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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 09:08 AM
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tripletsi, i like the look of your rig, looks like you got way more then just a level out of your kit. looks much taller then the 2inches in the front. i really think im going to head the tereflex way.
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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I also did the TF puck leveling kit. For $150, it's hard to beat. Makes it look a little more aggressive.

Here it is stock




And after the kit

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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 09:15 AM
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I have a partial EVO leveling kit. Rides good, but I'm planning on moving up to the EVO 3" plush ride when I can.

[h=1]EVO + TeraFlex leveling kit on 2012 Rubi[/h]
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 09:43 AM
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robar,

i have read your write up and i think its great.

my only issue with this route is the neew springs possibly being to stiff.

i plan on a light weight bumper, so front weight is not an issue. i believe these springs may be stiff without a heavy bumper of car full of passengers.

do you have any additonal pictures of your stance with with evo lvl kit
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jkjouster
robar,

i have read your write up and i think its great.

my only issue with this route is the neew springs possibly being to stiff.

i plan on a light weight bumper, so front weight is not an issue. i believe these springs may be stiff without a heavy bumper of car full of passengers.

do you have any additonal pictures of your stance with with evo lvl kit
The springs are not stiff. They are 2" Plush Ride springs that give 1.5" of lift with a stock bumper. I don't have any recent pics, but I'll try to get one or two.
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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I did the 2.5 series 2 spacer lift from rough country and 33/12.5/15 duratracs on black tko's I love how it turned out
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ctd2007
I did the 2.5 series 2 spacer lift from rough country and 33/12.5/15 duratracs on black tko's I love how it turned out
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Looks nice! Great minds think alike. Here's mine: it's actually a 3 inch Zone lift and 315 tires and 17" procomps, but looks real similar
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