2020 JLUR with 2.5 AEV Dual Sport lift and 35" Nitto Trail Grapplers on 20" Fuel rims Very happy with the AEV lift and tires.
Dynatrac 2" lift supplemented with Yeti steering linkages and front track bar with relocated Fox ts stabilizer, Yeti front sway bar links, Synergy rear track bar, and all 8 Synergy control arms.
My thoughts are you better start installing before parts start to rust sitting there
Inspired by Roky, here's my update from post #20. 3.5" Metalcloak Gamechanger with 6-packs. The only 2 synergy parts that will stay, are the brackets on both ends of the rear track bar. Everything else, suspension wise, has mostly been swapped to "the gold standard".
I'm not done. A busy work season is causing parts to pile up. Once we're past the height of summers heat, I will continue. There's still some parts from my 1st setup that need to be switched over. I've been sitting on Metalcloak bars to replace the SteerSmarts front track bar and the Synergy rear track bar. The rest of the pile is functional upgrades:
-RPM Performance 2.5 ton 2" solid aluminum tie rod and drag link, to replace the SteerSmarts linkages
-Reid Racing cast iron knuckles
-Dynatrac HD ball joints
-RCV 2-piece front axle shafts and outer seals
-RCV rear shafts
-Adams 1350 rear driveshaft
-RockJock Antirock front and rear sway kits
Things I'm currently contemplating:
-Not going with a 2nd set of 38" Pat's, and not wanting to go smaller, the Mickey Thompson Baja boss m/t's are grabbing my attention. But I'd have to make the jump to their c-rated 40x13.50's.
-4.5" springs to fully exploit the 6-packs total travel.
As always, open to anyone's thoughts.
. Your setup looks great the way it is. Not sure you need to go 40s but you know everyone on here will support the change and start pushing you to the next mod with 8 lugs 
Hahaha! I got some puzzled looks, when I hooked up a new dehumidifier in the garage about a month ago.My thoughts are you better start installing before parts start to rust sitting there
Lol. Dehumidifier - thats funny.Hahaha! I got some puzzled looks, when I hooked up a new dehumidifier in the garage about a month ago.
And yeah, I look at it as an investment. Someone in the marketplace will score a great deal on a set of beefed up and well maintained 44's, which probably won't sit long enough for the ad to hit page 2. Lol
And I can't blame others. I'm just as big of an enabler.
Have you upgraded any of the critical braking system components? Not just the brakes and pads? Extended the lines? 40’s are going to look great but you’ll need as much functional stopping power as you can get.
Only the PowerStop z36 heavy duty towing pads and rotors have been replaced. They added just enough extra bite to offset the larger tires. But still, it is what it is, so I drive accordingly. I maintain an ample following distance, and take advantage of sitting higher than most to read traffic out ahead.
I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on the RPM steering. I'm seriously thinking of ditching my Synergy tie rod and drag link for the RPM stuff. Nothing really wrong with the Synergy, but the RPM parts look to be better for not much more money. Plus, I'll just put the Synergy stuff on my as yet unmodified 2019.
Inspired by Roky, here's my update from post #20. 3.5" Metalcloak Gamechanger with 6-packs. The only 2 synergy parts that will stay, are the brackets on both ends of the rear track bar. Everything else, suspension wise, has mostly been swapped to "the gold standard".
I'm not done. A busy work season is causing parts to pile up. Once we're past the height of summers heat, I will continue. There's still some parts from my 1st setup that need to be switched over. I've been sitting on Metalcloak bars to replace the SteerSmarts front track bar and the Synergy rear track bar. The rest of the pile is functional upgrades:
-RPM Performance 2.5 ton 2" solid aluminum tie rod and drag link, to replace the SteerSmarts linkages
-Reid Racing cast iron knuckles
-Dynatrac HD ball joints
-RCV 2-piece front axle shafts and outer seals
-RCV rear shafts
-Adams 1350 rear driveshaft
-RockJock Antirock front and rear sway kits
Things I'm currently contemplating:
-Not going with a 2nd set of 38" Pat's, and not wanting to go smaller, the Mickey Thompson Baja boss m/t's are grabbing my attention. But I'd have to make the jump to their c-rated 40x13.50's.
-4.5" springs to fully exploit the 6-packs total travel.
As always, open to anyone's thoughts.
That makes sense. I haven’t really looked but if a larger brake master cylinder and booster are available, if I were running oversize tires, I’d upgrade.
I've had the SteerSmarts tie rod and drag link for nearly 40k miles now. They've held up great, but I like the idea of having versions that are a bit of overkill for the vehicle. Also, their touted "memory" is a plus seeing as how the tie rod is the lowest hanging fruit on the front end. Yet another reason, is that I'll be knocking the steering linkages off to do the rest of a front axle overall, so what the hell.
Typically, the upgraded brake packages stick to the wheel ends. Larger diameter and thicker rotors with slots and cross drillings, which add both leverage and increased heat dispersion. And calipers made out of better materials, with larger pistons and more of them. The larger calipers will increase the amount of juice in the system, but as long as they are specifically designed for the application, there's no need to replace the master cylinder and booster. A universal caliper would be hit or miss, but one designed for the JL should be seamless fit to the length and volume per stroke of the factory master cylinder.
