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Just bought RC 2.5 coil lift and........

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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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Default Just bought RC 2.5 coil lift and........

is there anything else i need besides the lift?
cause this whole JK thing is new to me so help a young jeeper out haha
thanks
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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Good choice. The only thing could suggest is a rear track bar bracket.

I have the 2.5 RC BB w/ Skyjacker shocks. The rear axle shifted 1/8"-1/4"
to the right, and on big dips, like rail road tracks and such, I feel the rear
compress slightly to the right.

I am going to get the Teraflex rear track bar bracket ($30) in hopes of curing the prob.

I have not noticed any difference on the front, performance or visual.

Oh yeah.. and maybe get some 35's ... to top it off.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ZoSo-Green
Good choice. The only thing could suggest is a rear track bar bracket.

I have the 2.5 RC BB w/ Skyjacker shocks. The rear axle shifted 1/8"-1/4"
to the right, and on big dips, like rail road tracks and such, I feel the rear
compress slightly to the right.

I am going to get the Teraflex rear track bar bracket ($30) in hopes of curing the prob.

I have not noticed any difference on the front, performance or visual.

Oh yeah.. and maybe get some 35's ... to top it off.
i know this is gonna make me look super nooby
but was exactly is a rea track bar bracket?
and is that braket all you suggest, everythign else should be fine?
thanks man!
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by J 3 3 P
i know this is gonna make me look super nooby
but was exactly is a rea track bar bracket?
and is that braket all you suggest, everythign else should be fine?
thanks man!
The front and rear axles are held in place laterally by trac-bars. When you lift the vehicle, the trac bar is not longer level. So as the axle compresses or decompresses, it is forced to move side to side as the trac-bar moves through its arc. By lowering the top bracket, you make the trac-bar be closer to level again, so that this does not happen
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Stuka
The front and rear axles are held in place laterally by trac-bars. When you lift the vehicle, the trac bar is not longer level. So as the axle compresses or decompresses, it is forced to move side to side as the trac-bar moves through its arc. By lowering the top bracket, you make the trac-bar be closer to level again, so that this does not happen
X2

it will also keep your axles centered under your rig so one side wont stick out farthur then the other( as in left to right while looking from the front or rear)

did that sound right??
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