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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:08 AM
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Question New Rough Country long arms... Good or Bad?

Just saw that Rough Country came out with a new long arm upgrade kit for 600 bucks. Has anyone used their products? Are they any good? Was thinking about going with the Rock Krawler 3 link LA set up or maybe this new Rough Country LA kit. Cant beat 600 bucks.

Heres a link to the Rough Country LA set up http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep_xj_689U.html
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 08:57 AM
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Great set up for the Money.....im buying the 6" kit as soon as uncle sam get my tax return to me.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:34 AM
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ive read lots of good about it... yet its new so not enough time for things to go bad early...
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 09:51 AM
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the RC ones are gret i have the short arm but i probably sell a long arm kit 2 or 3 times a week. and have heard no complaints
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:11 AM
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Ha good thing I can't use that kit. S.O.B. A la kit at a good price an it will not wprk for mine ha.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 98xj_john
Ha good thing I can't use that kit. S.O.B. A la kit at a good price an it will not wprk for mine ha.
yeah... thats whats killer about these 8.5in springs i got... gotta be custom... lol
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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2-3 weeks Rough Country longarm kit will be available to fit the 242 case. Im waiting for it to come out and then Im going that route
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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its great kit i upgraded my short arm 6.5 to their long arm sooo much better and pretty beefy for the money
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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not sure about these kits were you cut off the factory lwr control arm mounts. what if you get another xj and wanna swap the lift or somethin unforseen in the future comes up, iron rock offroad has a 600$ 3 link long upgrade that you don't have to remove the mounts, uses a three piece crossmember so you service the t-case or trans with out unbolting your cntrl arms. but i do like the t-case skid plate with RC kit.

Last edited by upritexj; Feb 10, 2010 at 12:22 PM. Reason: left info about lwr mounts out.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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I just ordered Rough Country 4.5" LA X-series kit from Morris 4x4 center with SYE & a rear CV driveshaft. Should be here about a week I'll post pics before during & after you just can't compare RC's prices with forum discount a little over $1600 shipped to my door.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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dang... bawlin...
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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Talk to Cliff. He just ordered his and will be installing soon. It is a spankin new item so you might not find much on it. Cliff does his stuff right. He'll give ya a good and accurate opinion on it. Here is a link to his thread
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/pr...rampage-22535/
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 01:48 PM
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i bought the 6.5 inch rc longarm kit and its a great kit. havent installed it yet but i will be within the next few weeks.
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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any way to poke the IRS with a stick so they lick the envelopes faster?
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 98 JeepJeep
any way to poke the IRS with a stick so they lick the envelopes faster?

haha if you find out how please please let me know!!!
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