Sarge Green JL
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Looking to see what yall think a good lift kit is without breaking the bank.
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Lift kit that doesn't cost too much?
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jetpuck73
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Rock Krawler 2.5" Adventure Mid-Arm Suspension System for Jeep Wrangler JL (Gas Models) But with the Adventure X arms instead.
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What size of tire do you plan on running with it and which Wrangler do you have?
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First you have to give us an idea of what you plan on doing with it? Because the recommendations for someone who is just cruising back roads and highways and someone who is trying to tackle trails are very different.
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21 JL rubicon 35s
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Mainly roads but I live in the mountains so off road when necessary
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Right now I have 35s but I can always go 37s
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kah.mun.rah
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You will be temped to go with a spacer lift and cheap shocks but going that cheap is like buying a $10,000 bedframe and then using a $50 mattress. Crappy ride quality on an expensive vehicle doesn't make a lot of sense.
To get something to match the quality of your Jeep and for running 37s on a Rubicon, one of the biggest bangs for the buck is the Mopar lift with Fox shocks for around $1,500. Coils not spacers, a decent shock, and longer control arms to help preserve the suspension geometry.
If you want to buy once, cry once I would go one step higher and get a Clayton with Bilsteins:
To get something to match the quality of your Jeep and for running 37s on a Rubicon, one of the biggest bangs for the buck is the Mopar lift with Fox shocks for around $1,500. Coils not spacers, a decent shock, and longer control arms to help preserve the suspension geometry.
If you want to buy once, cry once I would go one step higher and get a Clayton with Bilsteins:
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If going off road is not going to be your hobby, then a good coil shock combo with drop brackets will probably serve you very well. There are a number of companies that offer this kind of package. AEV was mentioned earlier by someone, they are decent. I think I saw MetalCloak up above as well, they also have some high quality brackets and packages. I would recomend staying around the 2.5" lift height. You can go all out and put a set of arms on it, but for what you explained for your plans, that seems excessive. Good companies to choose from are the previous mentioned MetalCloak, and AEV. Other companies that make solid kits are Rock Krawler, and Clayton. If you decide to go with full arms instead of drop brackets, you should look at them. Of note, the companies that I've mentioned besides AEV all offer a type of flexible high misalignment joint in the arm ends. That is one of the main reasons they get highly recommended. That will improve your ride and capability over the factory clevite style or polyurethane.
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Also if you dont really plan to do any rock crawling and just some forest service or backwoods dirt roads you do not need a lift with the Rubcon for 35s, I did a TON of "moderate" trails with a stock JLR on 35s with a fender chop.
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