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3" Lift with 35's

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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 06:00 PM
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I know there's about a million options to do this... I would be using it mostly on road with the occasional weekend trail riding or mudding. I'm new to Jeep's and offroading... I want from low and fast to high and slow. HELP!!
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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 06:04 PM
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hi, installed my lift on monday got wheels and tires installed today. i havnt put a lot of miles on it yet about 50 monday and 75 today. the lift went on pretty easy doing everything by myself took about 6 hours. All the parts were heavy duty all there brackets are much beefier than stock and they all made the stock brackets alot stronger i was more than pleased with the kit. Me and my family were pleasantly suprised on how good the ride was it soaked up the pot holes and didnt shimmy around the wash board corners. This morning i carried it and had my wheels and tires installed i ordered 5 15x10" wheels and took those with me and bought the tires locally for the free rotations didnt noticed till i got there they sent 4 15x10" wheels and 1 15x8" wheel so i went ahead and had the 4 installed. i used the procal to center the steering wheel, adjust tire pressure to 20lbs and to change tire size for the speedometer. i am very pleased with my lift and tires all the 35x12.50-15 tires balanced with 3 ounces or less weight. I had the little 225x16" tires ran about 2700 rpm at 70 now with 35's i run about 2200rpm at 70. i reset the mpg on the dash wich was pretty accurate always within 1/2mph of hand calculation. so far after 75 miles it shows i lost about 1/2 mpg on just normal everyday driving we will see in a week or so how the hand calculations come out.

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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 06:04 PM
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Umm, huh?

Maybe you could spend a little more time describing what you want help with?
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Old Apr 3, 2013 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by nthinuf
Umm, huh?

Maybe you could spend a little more time describing what you want help with?
Which kit is everyone running? What is the best?!
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 09:27 AM
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So no one has an opinion on what kit to buy...
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Congo
So no one has an opinion on what kit to buy...
There are opinions on every lift out there on this site. Asking "what's the best lift" is like asking what's the best beer...there's no one right answer. Spend some time searching the site and reading. You want to run 35s with 3" lift, check. Next question, what's your budget?
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 10:23 AM
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Depends on the kind of off roading you intend to do. Severe? Go full set up. Occasional and lig, probably get away with a budget boost. Ultimately, comes down to what you want, what you are willing to spend and build for the activity.
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Congo
So no one has an opinion on what kit to buy...
Quite the opposite... We ALL have opinions on which to buy, the problem is we need more info before we argue about what is the best way to spend your money on your Jeep. If you provide a little more detail as to why your question or situation is unique you may get more than the de facto "search is your friend" type responses.

For starters, how much money do you want to spend?
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 03:17 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 05:14 AM
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Rusty's JK Wrangler 3.25" Complete Suspension Kit with Tire & Wheel Package - JK Wrangler & Rubicon ('07+) - Jeep Suspension Lift Kits - Jeep Suspension

Anyone know anything about this kit? Good, Bad?
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