Does this 4.5" lift look even?

[gonzoflick]

Upgraded from 3.5 MC springs. Had to pull in the rear UCA to 17.5" from 18.5 and now I think it sits even and looks good. Thoughts?

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[Mine&Hers]

Looks good

 

[3TV]

Looks good to me. How does it drive?

What is the recommended spec for the rear control arms from Metalcloak?

 

[gonzoflick]

Looks good to me. How does it drive?

What is the recommended spec for the rear control arms from Metalcloak?

Drives fantastic. They are now all to spec. Love the driving after the front drop bracket and raising both trackbars and drag link

 

[AmericanPatriot100]

It looks awesome! Are you not worried about the front fender liners? I’ve considered pulling mine because I absolutely love the look of the chopped Rubi fenders. I’m eventually going to get aluminum inners to run the chopped fenders. But if I can do so without causing issues in the meantime, I will!

 

[gonzoflick]

It looks awesome! Are you not worried about the front fender liners? I’ve considered pulling mine because I absolutely love the look of the chopped Rubi fenders. I’m eventually going to get aluminum inners to run the chopped fenders. But if I can do so without causing issues in the meantime, I will!

Thanks man!

I have liners that come out. I'll put them back on once I install my hydro steer (Apex through shaft)

 

[Wabujitsu]

Upgraded from 3.5 MC springs. Had to pull in the rear UCA to 17.5" from 18.5 and now I think it sits even and looks good. Thoughts?

That’s a badass right! I don’t remember if I asked you - are you going to Jeepin With Judd in February?

 

[Spacenut]

Looks great. The high front fenders can be a bit of an illusion.

 

[gonzoflick]

That’s a badass right! I don’t remember if I asked you - are you going to Jeepin With Judd in February?

You bet! Not much to do in Florida. Let's hookup

 

[Wizza]

Want to offload the 3.5 springs?

 

[gonzoflick]

Want to offload the 3.5 springs?

Sure. PM me

 

[Fleeclan]

Thanks man!

I have liners that come out. I'll put them back on once I install my hydro steer (Apex through shaft)

I did the apex kit on my jlur and love it! Make sure your kit has the updated version lines. The original line design had 4JIC at steering box but push in at ram with lock clips. The owner told me they had a batch of lines that leaked (I was lucky enough to get one of them) so he came up with a set of fittings for the ram that let you run lines with 4JIC on both ends. He sent me a free set to change mine over. I went ahead and spent the extra time and did full truss and c-gussets too. Love it though, and I’m on 40’s. Turn great.
If you haven’t done their pump pressure kit with cooler I’d highly recommend it.

 

[gonzoflick]

I did the apex kit on my jlur and love it! Make sure your kit has the updated version lines. The original line design had 4JIC at steering box but push in at ram with lock clips. The owner told me they had a batch of lines that leaked (I was lucky enough to get one of them) so he came up with a set of fittings for the ram that let you run lines with 4JIC on both ends. He sent me a free set to change mine over. I went ahead and spent the extra time and did full truss and c-gussets too. Love it though, and I’m on 40’s. Turn great.
If you haven’t done their pump pressure kit with cooler I’d highly recommend it.

This is great to hear. I already have their booster and it really helps with my 38s but I'm going 40s to soon and wanted to get feedback from someone with this kit on 40s. Have you rock crawled yet? Also did you tap your own steering box? Did you get the high kit (I'll need to for my tie rod clamp)

 

[Fleeclan]

This is great to hear. I already have their booster and it really helps with my 38s but I'm going 40s to soon and wanted to get feedback from someone with this kit on 40s. Have you rock crawled yet? Also did you tap your own steering box? Did you get the high kit (I'll need to for my tie rod clamp)

I have and it did great! I’m on 4.5” Teraflex coil lift, Teraflex IR upper and lowers, Teraflex front and rear track bars and pulled my Steer Smarts front components when I did the hydro and went with Apex Chassis 2.5ton solid aluminum tie bar and top mount drag link. Went with the full Artec truss and c-gusset kit. Little work to put the hydro on with truss but wasn’t a big deal. They say fab a different bracket to mount the ram if you have truss but I decided to modify my truss instead. The bracket from apex for the ram is super beefy so I notched my truss to clear the bracket. Pretty sure that the strength I added with their bracket close to the FAD area added far more strength than what I lost in the minor notching of my truss. Went to 5.13 Revolution gears and front and rear Revolution axles at same time. So hopefully I’m beefed up plenty for wheelin these 40” Nitto mud terrains. Planning a trip to Moab and Colorado in September with our Jeep club.
I’ll take some picks of my truss and clamp area if you’re interested in going with truss with your hydro and post them so you get an idea of how I chose to incorporate it all.

 

[gonzoflick]

I have and it did great! I’m on 4.5” Teraflex coil lift, Teraflex IR upper and lowers, Teraflex front and rear track bars and pulled my Steer Smarts front components when I did the hydro and went with Apex Chassis 2.5ton solid aluminum tie bar and top mount drag link. Went with the full Artec truss and c-gusset kit. Little work to put the hydro on with truss but wasn’t a big deal. They say fab a different bracket to mount the ram if you have truss but I decided to modify my truss instead. The bracket from apex for the ram is super beefy so I notched my truss to clear the bracket. Pretty sure that the strength I added with their bracket close to the FAD area added far more strength than what I lost in the minor notching of my truss. Went to 5.13 Revolution gears and front and rear Revolution axles at same time. So hopefully I’m beefed up plenty for wheelin these 40” Nitto mud terrains. Planning a trip to Moab and Colorado in September with our Jeep club.
I’ll take some picks of my truss and clamp area if you’re interested in going with truss with your hydro and post them so you get an idea of how I chose to incorporate it all.

Yes please! I'm already trusted front and rear with Arctec and was wondering how I was going to attach axle end of ram. Was hoping it could fit in the same bracket my current stabalizer is in.

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