Def no on rc and Rancho. Terra flex is another good company. I have a rk lift under my rig and an pleased with it. What tire size you going with?
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thanks everyone for the posts so far. Sorry for the delay in response, the dam thing called work got in the way..
I realized after i posted i didnt give any info about my rig. Its a 2012 2 door wrangler sahara.
Right now its majority daily driver, but i do go wheeling , and when i have it lifted and capable of handling alittle more abuse im sure ill be taking her out more. But my ultimate goal over the next few years is to make this my toy and aquire another wrangler as my daily driver, and the let the cycle continue. At that point im going to be taking this out even more, so id rather lift it and have it done right and full, and save the money down the line. (with the understanding that no matter how much i dump in now i may need to add more , change something, or upgrade something down the line)
Some comments from your guy's posts
I actually remember seeing something about the adams driveshafts. Let me look into them more!
SNOWBILT
Looking at the teraflex it ended up being around the same money wise and for the quality the RK kit looked more worth it.
TERRAHAWK
As for the budget boost; id rather just wait until i decide and do it right. no point waisting any money for a temporary solution. Do it right the first time.
ASSFROW
The rancho kit definitely did look good, but as you say in your post you've already replaced parts such as upper and lower arms, I want to replace these from the get go, looking at your parts list, youve pretty much spent the amount for the whole RK kit anyways. I may be off by alittle but just an observation. Please correct me if im wrong!
To everyone so far - :marcy:
I realized after i posted i didnt give any info about my rig. Its a 2012 2 door wrangler sahara.
Right now its majority daily driver, but i do go wheeling , and when i have it lifted and capable of handling alittle more abuse im sure ill be taking her out more. But my ultimate goal over the next few years is to make this my toy and aquire another wrangler as my daily driver, and the let the cycle continue. At that point im going to be taking this out even more, so id rather lift it and have it done right and full, and save the money down the line. (with the understanding that no matter how much i dump in now i may need to add more , change something, or upgrade something down the line)
Some comments from your guy's posts
I actually remember seeing something about the adams driveshafts. Let me look into them more!
SNOWBILT
Looking at the teraflex it ended up being around the same money wise and for the quality the RK kit looked more worth it.
TERRAHAWK
As for the budget boost; id rather just wait until i decide and do it right. no point waisting any money for a temporary solution. Do it right the first time.
ASSFROW
The rancho kit definitely did look good, but as you say in your post you've already replaced parts such as upper and lower arms, I want to replace these from the get go, looking at your parts list, youve pretty much spent the amount for the whole RK kit anyways. I may be off by alittle but just an observation. Please correct me if im wrong!
To everyone so far - :marcy:
OP, what tires do you want to run? You'll get roughly a 3.5" lift from the Rock Krawler 2.5" coils. The 3.5" springs will allow you to run 37s. Most of the 2-doors I've dealt with have been extremely satisfied with the 2.5", to then swap to 3.5" coils when they do step up from 35" to 37" tires.
For a point of reference, here's a customer's rig on a Rock Krawler 2.5" Max Travel we installed. He has trimmed stock flares and 33s...
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For a point of reference, here's a customer's rig on a Rock Krawler 2.5" Max Travel we installed. He has trimmed stock flares and 33s...
The Rancho kit is similar to the AEV kits. It doesn't come with arms and uses drop brackets. As for the money I spent less, because of how I got the parts.thanks everyone for the posts so far. Sorry for the delay in response, the dam thing called work got in the way..
I realized after i posted i didnt give any info about my rig. Its a 2012 2 door wrangler sahara.
Right now its majority daily driver, but i do go wheeling , and when i have it lifted and capable of handling alittle more abuse im sure ill be taking her out more. But my ultimate goal over the next few years is to make this my toy and aquire another wrangler as my daily driver, and the let the cycle continue. At that point im going to be taking this out even more, so id rather lift it and have it done right and full, and save the money down the line. (with the understanding that no matter how much i dump in now i may need to add more , change something, or upgrade something down the line)
Some comments from your guy's posts
I actually remember seeing something about the adams driveshafts. Let me look into them more!
SNOWBILT
Looking at the teraflex it ended up being around the same money wise and for the quality the RK kit looked more worth it.
TERRAHAWK
As for the budget boost; id rather just wait until i decide and do it right. no point waisting any money for a temporary solution. Do it right the first time.
ASSFROW
The rancho kit definitely did look good, but as you say in your post you've already replaced parts such as upper and lower arms, I want to replace these from the get go, looking at your parts list, youve pretty much spent the amount for the whole RK kit anyways. I may be off by alittle but just an observation. Please correct me if im wrong!
To everyone so far - :marcy:
I prefer the Poly flip kit and track bars to RKs, so a full RK kit wasn't the right choice for me. I also don't like RK's track bar brackets. I chose the Rancho kit, because I didn't plan on doing arms and everything else as soon as I did.
With all that. I wouldn't recommend the Rancho 4 inch kit for a 2 door. It's way too much lift unless you plan on doing a ton more work. If I were to do everything over I would still build a Frankenlift. I would just do it a little different.
I've run the 2.5 X-Factor on three different JKs now, two of them being 2012s.
This is my 08 with 2.5 X-Factor, Poison Spyder armor & flares, and 37" Goodyear MTR/Ks.
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This was my short lived 2012 on 37" MTRs in the first picture and 35" Toyos in the second:
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IMO if you do something about the exhaust cross over then you won't need to mess with the driveshafts for your use. If you're really not going to take it off the highway or flex it out for more than picture taking's sake then you don't need to do anything with the driveshafts or exhaust right away. There is plenty of room there for DD duty.
I had the cross over pipe cut and replaced with a custom piece of exhaust tubing by a local exhaust shop. You can also throw some $50 Tera-Flex exhaust spacers in it and be fine.
These pictures are of a 2012 JKU with the 3.5 X-Factor installed.
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Keep the stock shafts as long as you can, but if you're dead set on replacing them I've had very good luck with Tatton drivelines over the years. He stands behind his products and makes a quality shaft at an affordable price.
The Rock Krawler lifts are great whichever you start out and piece it together or go for broke right out of the box. I have been very pleased with the ride quality and handling with the many different shocks that I've run. I'd stick to Bilstein 5100s or RRDs with the two door. I think the Fox shocks are a little aggressive for a daily driver two door that doesn't have a lot of weight on it.
On your two door I would start with the 2.5 Flex or go straight for the X-Factor.
I too prefer Synergy's steering upgrades for the fine adjustments, so look at that as an option. Rock Krawler's stuff is beefy and well made, I just like to adjust things obsessively. LOL!
Marcus
This is my 08 with 2.5 X-Factor, Poison Spyder armor & flares, and 37" Goodyear MTR/Ks.
This was my short lived 2012 on 37" MTRs in the first picture and 35" Toyos in the second:
IMO if you do something about the exhaust cross over then you won't need to mess with the driveshafts for your use. If you're really not going to take it off the highway or flex it out for more than picture taking's sake then you don't need to do anything with the driveshafts or exhaust right away. There is plenty of room there for DD duty.
I had the cross over pipe cut and replaced with a custom piece of exhaust tubing by a local exhaust shop. You can also throw some $50 Tera-Flex exhaust spacers in it and be fine.
These pictures are of a 2012 JKU with the 3.5 X-Factor installed.
Keep the stock shafts as long as you can, but if you're dead set on replacing them I've had very good luck with Tatton drivelines over the years. He stands behind his products and makes a quality shaft at an affordable price.
The Rock Krawler lifts are great whichever you start out and piece it together or go for broke right out of the box. I have been very pleased with the ride quality and handling with the many different shocks that I've run. I'd stick to Bilstein 5100s or RRDs with the two door. I think the Fox shocks are a little aggressive for a daily driver two door that doesn't have a lot of weight on it.
On your two door I would start with the 2.5 Flex or go straight for the X-Factor.
I too prefer Synergy's steering upgrades for the fine adjustments, so look at that as an option. Rock Krawler's stuff is beefy and well made, I just like to adjust things obsessively. LOL!
Marcus
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