Rough Country released 2.5 inch lift today for JL Wrangler

[Rough Country Suspensions]

Junk is what it is! aside from that. my words of Advise. keep up the Research. I got to believe you need more then spend $179 and throw that kit on and ride into the sunset. Factor in alignment. Your front tires will now be towed in after you lift the 4 link front. you will blow threw those front tires quick. Your front and rear axle will not be centered under the Jeep. Unless they have a track bar drop brackets in with that crap. Your steering wheel will needed to be centered again. Who knows how the brake lines and other sensors lengths will fair after the 2.5" lift. At what height will we get drive line vibes? or worse! How will you reconnect the sway bars with out front and rear extensions. This is all new to us with the JL. Finding weak links will be fun.
After years of lifting many jeeps with lifts from 2" Budget boost to 4" w/8 adjustable control arms to the best $3000 F/R 7"Premium long arm kits you can buy.. I find you normally get what you pay for in the End. And what I got from RC lifts has been nothing but headaches.
Good luck. I will make my decision after you guys start testing the waters and I know all that lifting an JL really entails. For now I will be happy wheeling with 33's and saving the tough stuff for my ZJ.

Sounds like you may need some lessons on the JL.. lift yours and tell me how much the toe changes. Thanks for your opinion tho.

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[JLUColorado]

Junk is what it is! aside from that. my words of Advise. keep up the Research. I got to believe you need more then spend $179 and throw that kit on and ride into the sunset. Factor in alignment. Your front tires will now be towed in after you lift the 4 link front. you will blow threw those front tires quick. Your front and rear axle will not be centered under the Jeep. Unless they have a track bar drop brackets in with that crap. Your steering wheel will needed to be centered again. Who knows how the brake lines and other sensors lengths will fair after the 2.5" lift. At what height will we get drive line vibes? or worse! How will you reconnect the sway bars with out front and rear extensions. This is all new to us with the JL. Finding weak links will be fun.
After years of lifting many jeeps with lifts from 2" Budget boost to 4" w/8 adjustable control arms to the best $3000 F/R 7"Premium long arm kits you can buy.. I find you normally get what you pay for in the End. And what I got from RC lifts has been nothing but headaches.
Good luck. I will make my decision after you guys start testing the waters and I know all that lifting an JL really entails. For now I will be happy wheeling with 33's and saving the tough stuff for my ZJ.

Most jeeps we wheeled with at the dealership had RC boosts and other budget lifts - faired just fine int he RM area. I personally think there is nothing wrong with this set up. If I was a hard core wheeler that sought the toughest trails, I might reconsider. However, taking the kids off roading and doing light weekend trips in most areas here, I am confident this will work just fine. Double axle alignment is 69 dollars in my area. Install is free.

Great customer service, backed with a warranty on powertrain for my jeep if anything goes wrong, money well spent.

 

[RUSTYS]

Junk is what it is! aside from that. my words of Advise. keep up the Research. I got to believe you need more then spend $179 and throw that kit on and ride into the sunset. Factor in alignment. Your front tires will now be towed in after you lift the 4 link front. you will blow threw those front tires quick. Your front and rear axle will not be centered under the Jeep. Unless they have a track bar drop brackets in with that crap. Your steering wheel will needed to be centered again. Who knows how the brake lines and other sensors lengths will fair after the 2.5" lift. At what height will we get drive line vibes? or worse! How will you reconnect the sway bars with out front and rear extensions. This is all new to us with the JL. Finding weak links will be fun.
After years of lifting many jeeps with lifts from 2" Budget boost to 4" w/8 adjustable control arms to the best $3000 F/R 7"Premium long arm kits you can buy.. I find you normally get what you pay for in the End. And what I got from RC lifts has been nothing but headaches.
Good luck. I will make my decision after you guys start testing the waters and I know all that lifting an JL really entails. For now I will be happy wheeling with 33's and saving the tough stuff for my ZJ.

LOL you are completely clueless. You have ZERO idea what you're talking about. Anytime you lift a vehicle you'll need an alignment. As far as that other crap you're talking shut up you sound like an idiot. I don't mean to be a dick but please it's painfully obvious you don't know a damn thing.

 

[TTEChris]

LOL you are completely clueless. You have ZERO idea what you're talking about. Anytime you lift a vehicle you'll need an alignment. As far as that other crap you're talking shut up you sound like an idiot. I don't mean to be a dick but please it's painfully obvious you don't know a damn thing.

Unless things have changed from the JK to JL the only things you can adjust from the factory(without aftermarket adjustable components) are the Toe which really doesn't change much with a small lift and centering the steering wheel(don't need an alignment machine for that, very easy to do.)
Everything else you said I agree with, just happy you said it and not me.

 

[RUSTYS]

Unless things have changed from the JK to JL the only things you can adjust from the factory(without aftermarket adjustable components) are the Toe which really doesn't change much with a small lift and centering the steering wheel(don't need an alignment machine for that, very easy to do.)
Everything else you said I agree with, just happy you said it and not me.

Yeah I don't know why but I have always had my vehicles aligned after I lift them. I guess the idea of something getting knocked out of whack and me ruining a $500 tire just made me feel better. You are right about the steering wheel too. The guy is clearly not as informed as he thinks he is. He would have been better off not saying anything and we never would have know, but he did and we know. CAPTAIN CLUELESS!

 

[smuddy]

Buy a lifetime alignment! For a jeep that you take offroad, it's bound to get out of alignment more than a regular vehicle anyway, no? Lifetime alignments are usually only double the cost of a one time alignment then take it in a few times a year ! At least, that's my thinking. I didn't do that on my 14 jkur but plan on it for my jlur. Thoughts? Worth it ? I guess simple question is, when you do at least one wheeling trip a month (often very rocky stuff... Not just over landing or fs roads) does the alignment usually get out of whack? Or does that only really happen when you hit something at speed, like a pothole?

 

[TTEChris]

Buy a lifetime alignment! For a jeep that you take offroad, it's bound to get out of alignment more than a regular vehicle anyway, no? Lifetime alignments are usually only double the cost of a one time alignment then take it in a few times a year ! At least, that's my thinking. I didn't do that on my 14 jkur but plan on it for my jlur. Thoughts? Worth it ? I guess simple question is, when you do at least one wheeling trip a month (often very rocky stuff... Not just over landing or fs roads) does the alignment usually get out of whack? Or does that only really happen when you hit something at speed, like a pothole?

I'd say not worth it on a Wrangler as the only thing they can do is tell you something is out of allignment(then you need to change parts) or adjust the toe in/out. If you get adjustable control arms/track bars etc I would say yes, but most alignment shops(Firestone etc.) won't know how to adjust them anyway.
Lifetime balance on the tires for sure! Especially if you like playing in the rocks.

 

[RUSTYS]

Buy a lifetime alignment! For a jeep that you take offroad, it's bound to get out of alignment more than a regular vehicle anyway, no? Lifetime alignments are usually only double the cost of a one time alignment then take it in a few times a year ! At least, that's my thinking. I didn't do that on my 14 jkur but plan on it for my jlur. Thoughts? Worth it ? I guess simple question is, when you do at least one wheeling trip a month (often very rocky stuff... Not just over landing or fs roads) does the alignment usually get out of whack? Or does that only really happen when you hit something at speed, like a pothole?

Yeah I've been known to slam rocks pretty hard on occasion and potholes. All I know is after I do It doesn't drive straight down the road and when my tire guy gives it back it does.

 

[sfadchi]

Junk is what it is! aside from that. my words of Advise. keep up the Research. I got to believe you need more then spend $179 and throw that kit on and ride into the sunset. Factor in alignment. Your front tires will now be towed in after you lift the 4 link front. you will blow threw those front tires quick. Your front and rear axle will not be centered under the Jeep. Unless they have a track bar drop brackets in with that crap. Your steering wheel will needed to be centered again. Who knows how the brake lines and other sensors lengths will fair after the 2.5" lift. At what height will we get drive line vibes? or worse! How will you reconnect the sway bars with out front and rear extensions. This is all new to us with the JL. Finding weak links will be fun.
After years of lifting many jeeps with lifts from 2" Budget boost to 4" w/8 adjustable control arms to the best $3000 F/R 7"Premium long arm kits you can buy.. I find you normally get what you pay for in the End. And what I got from RC lifts has been nothing but headaches.
Good luck. I will make my decision after you guys start testing the waters and I know all that lifting an JL really entails. For now I will be happy wheeling with 33's and saving the tough stuff for my ZJ.

I've lifted a lot of Jeeps and never had the toe change. Hmm... I guess I'm doing it wrong!

 

[JASPER]

Buy a lifetime alignment! For a jeep that you take offroad, it's bound to get out of alignment more than a regular vehicle anyway, no? Lifetime alignments are usually only double the cost of a one time alignment then take it in a few times a year ! At least, that's my thinking. I didn't do that on my 14 jkur but plan on it for my jlur. Thoughts? Worth it ? I guess simple question is, when you do at least one wheeling trip a month (often very rocky stuff... Not just over landing or fs roads) does the alignment usually get out of whack? Or does that only really happen when you hit something at speed, like a pothole?

I find shops have hard time aligning lifted jeeps.. I do it myself.

 

[offcamber]

I've never had to pay someone to align a Jeep. All you can do is adjust toe in. You can do that yourself with a tape measure.

 

[TTEChris]

Installed mine today, ride is just like stock. My one and only complaint is the rear sway bar links are just a fraction too short. They end up touching my Rubicon shocks at full extension.
Great product for the price!

 

[JLUColorado]

I checked with RC, apparently doesn’t need longer brake lines. Was this your experience? Just don’t want guitar strings! Beautiful by the way!

 

[TTEChris]

No issues at all with the brake lines. Only issue was with the Rubicon rear shocks, if the Sahara/Sport shocks are 1/2-1" shorter they wouldn't make contact.

 

[JLUColorado]

Interesting! Thanks for the follow up. Will let my guy know about shocks. We start bright and early tomorrow.

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