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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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Well my Currie Steering came in today and it is very Beefy, I am very imporessed. First I would like to say thank you to CSE Offroad for having excellent customer service with very prompt email replies and shipping time. If anybody is considering doing this upgrade I would highly suggest buying it from them. They also had the lowest price, that I could find.

Now on to the good stuff.


Im going to be spending the next couple of hours installing this, wish me luck. I will be back with pictures.

-Kyle
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 06:20 PM
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Alright guys, I got everything installed and man this setup is great. Install was very smooth, completly bolt on. I aligned it very quick myself and it works excellent, im going to try it out at Hollister this coming weekend so you will have further updates.

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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 06:53 PM
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Much tougher!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Did it improve the handling and bump steer?
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jonb8
Did it improve the handling and bump steer?
Steering is much more responsive, a big improvement.

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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 10:17 PM
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how high of a lift calls for those? or is it more something anyone with a jeep should do?
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jebusama
how high of a lift calls for those? or is it more something anyone with a jeep should do?
on the instructions it says works for 2-6" of lift, im sitting at 4.25".

I did this because i feel very unsafe rock crawling with stock steering, it would take quite a bang to break this setup.

Also my TRE's were going out so i needed to change them out anyways, so i figured why not make an upgrade.

Lastly if i ever encounter steering issues due to more lift i can convert this setup to an OTN setup to correct my steering issues.

Bottom line is that its not needed, but trust me this weekend when i go wheeling i will feel a lot more secure.

-Kyle
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 10:23 PM
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Looks awesome...Definitely got some beef to it!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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n I helped! i feel proud.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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i'm sorry, what is OTN? it's not listed on the acronyms list...
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jebusama
i'm sorry, what is OTN? it's not listed on the acronyms list...
OTN = Over the knuckle

basically is where you flip your tierod/draglink over the knuckle to get your steering out of the way of rocks and help steering angles for higher lifts.

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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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Thanks for the review Kyle. I was out trying to align my jeep today and i could NOT turn my tie rod, even with a 2 ft pipe wrench and my hi-jack handle on it for leverage. It's siezed as one piece. I might as well invest into this setup.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by muddeprived
Thanks for the review Kyle. I was out trying to align my jeep today and i could NOT turn my tie rod, even with a 2 ft pipe wrench and my hi-jack handle on it for leverage. It's siezed as one piece. I might as well invest into this setup.
if your even thinking about upgrading your steering and dont want to make any mods (just bolt up) then i would highly suggest going the currie setup. It is an excellent setup and so far on the street i love it. We will see how it performs off road this weekend.

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Originally Posted by Kyle
if your even thinking about upgrading your steering and dont want to make any mods (just bolt up) then i would highly suggest going the currie setup. It is an excellent setup and so far on the street i love it. We will see how it performs off road this weekend.

-Kyle
No updates.....are you still on the trail?
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