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I installed the lower control arms sold with the Mopar lift kit today. There’s a lot of discussion on this topic in the general section; I thought I’d mention it here amongst my fellow diesel owners.

As others have said, these LCAs are about 1/4” longer than the standard ones, and are an inexpensive means of increasing caster. I didn’t attempt to measure caster before and after, but other people report ending up with 6 degrees or a bit more, when installed on a Rubicon with no lift kit.

The installation was really simple. I did it with the front wheels on typical ramps, removing one LCA and replacing it with the longer one before removing the other. It didn’t fight me at all. With the Jeep on the ramps, the front axle seemed to naturally move forward a bit as I removed the first bolt on the factory LCA. I used ratchet straps to pull the front axle forward, when tightening the bolts, trying to take advantage of any slop in bolt holes to maximize the increase in caster. Having it up on ramps made it easy to brace a foot when pulling on the torque wrench to the 190lbft spec. As reported, 13/16” and 15/16” sockets fit the bolt and nut very snuggly.

I took it for a drive down the highway and back just now, trying hard not to fall victim to the placebo effect! I’m certain it made an improvement in how it tracks down the road. I believe it does a better job of ignoring the little differences in road slope where the majority of traffic travels, the rain grooves I guess people call that. It didn‘t drive terribly before but it’s better imo now; a bit less vague feeling.

My Jeep is otherwise stock, except for 315/70/17 KO2, Method MR313 +25mm wheels, and tazer.

The longer LCAs are part number 68322798AA.
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Had the jeep over at S&B today for development of an intake for our eco-diesels.

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Waiting for the cold air intake to put on my 3.0L diesel!
 

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has anyone had experience with the Rugged Ridge Spartacas HD Tire Carrier Kit? I need to get one and dont want to pay mopars asking price. Also Thinking about metalcloaks version
I had that one installed on my wife's JLUD, really nice.
 

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Finally got my Mopar Diesel 2" LIft installed, new wheels/tires. 37x12.5x17

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Finally got my Mopar Diesel 2" LIft installed, new wheels/tires. 37x12.5x17

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Who did the install? How do you like the ride? Have you had any rubbing issues at all? Thinking of doing the same lift when I get my 37” wheels and tires.
 

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Finally got my Mopar Diesel 2" LIft installed, new wheels/tires. 37x12.5x17

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Looks great. I bought/returned the Mopar lift because I thought my 35s would swim in them, but with 37s - perfect.
 

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Who did the install? How do you like the ride? Have you had any rubbing issues at all? Thinking of doing the same lift when I get my 37” wheels and tires.
In Tampa, I had Xtreme Offroad do the lift portion. Their hourly rate was reasonable; I think they charged me 4 hours total. No rubbing at all but i haven't taken it offroad yet. The lift is wonderful to drive; you can tell you are driving on Toyo MT but the lift itself is comparative to stock.
 

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Looks good. How much lift did you actually gain? Can you post some measurements?

I think it was a 2.75" raise. I'll get post measurements before I start adding my winch etc.
 

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Looks good. How much lift did you actually gain? Can you post some measurements?
The Mopar 2" Diesel lift:
Front Fender: 2 7/8" higher
Rear Fender: 2 1/2" higher

The attachments show measurements from the ground.

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Did they say why they added the little air venturi side slit deals? The stock exhaust doesn't have any that I'm aware of. Just curious if they mentioned it, or if you asked.
 

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Come on, you can't post those without a video! :like:
working on it. But from what I can tell I didn’t notice any sound difference. Need to talk with the engineer and see what exactly did they do. But I plan on getting a Video very soon I took clips before the install for comparison
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