for you guys with the 4.5 rough country lift how much lift did it give you and how lift did it seattle to? I was told it will only give you 4 inchs at first than settle to 3.5 is that true? for the record I am looking at buying the 4.5 x lift with new rear springs!

 

my 4.5" RC was my second lift and netted me at 6" at first and settled at about 4.5. i did full packs too. the main leaf on both sides snapped..one the first winter and then the other side the next. so i switched over to BDS springs and a custom 1" shackle. then swapped out the coils so there isnt much left of it but i rode it for about 2 years. stayed around 4.5" the whole time.

HTH

 

mine measured about 6 inches a couple months after I installed it. I haven't measured it since then, but it doesn't look to have moved any.

 

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i started with 5.5 front 5 rear. settled to 5 front 4.5 rear

get full springs though!!!!!

 

My 4.5" la RC lift sagged to 3.5" and both leaf spring bushings [were junk. the leaf eyes bend open allowing them to slide around. it happens on all their new packs, look it up on naxja.org
My rc lift has fallen apart. Bushings suck, leafs suck, even the bolts they included suck!! Ubolts snapped! I told RC that the lift was junk, and they agreed with me. He psaid yes it is, im sorry. if you want anything better, look in to rubicon express.

 

Pics Please? so far only pics of bad lift stuff I've seen is broken rubicon coils.

 

seriously? you want pics? Rough Country is a crappy product. Cheap for a reason! you can picture what a crappy products looks like, head to RC web page

 

I had a bunch of rough country stuff, but less and less by the day.


All 4 of the Bushings on their LCA's were bad less than a month after installing them, tossed them and replaced them with Rusty's, then about 4 days after installing them one of the bushings on those goes bad, basically dont expect quality hardware from these budget companies.

Leaves sagged down from about 3.5 inches of lift down to about 1.5, tossed them and had custom leaves made.

Their shocks suck. All of them. Period. End of story

Their coils are ok, I have no complaint about them.

 

this is true, like i said, i switched to BD leafs in the rear which are theoretically similar to rough country but they have yet to give me any problems. my drivers rear shock also blew out on my 2nd wheeling trip.. ive since upgraded to doetsch techs and theyre alot better..all ive got left to do is the front coils.

 

i got the 4.5 with full leaf pack.. havent had any problems yet and its been over a year with some good wheeling. i got about 5.5" of lift when i first put it on and now around 4.5-4.75". It flexes nice for my wants and havent had any probs with the bushings.

 

ok

 

I have been looking at the 4.5" and I am very confused. I see post going both ways and I am wondering if its the amount of wheeling or maybe the overall weight of the vehicles(added equip.).

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how about you do some research? search here for the bushing, leaf sagging, bent control arm issues. also search NAXJA for bad bushings, leafs sagging, and bent control arms issues

I work at a shop and Rough Country is how we stay in business right now. lol they are the #1 suspension issue we work on.......................

 

you forgot leaf kinking!!!!


picked up a 4.5" pack on craigslist a while back to make my pack and they were bent BAD had to soft set them back to the right arch and still add and exchange some leafs....

also the bushings are shot they are horrible!!! my sqeeak and creak like a

i am so fed up with their product. i would never buy them new. but for $45 for a full set of leafs i couldnt resisit