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Old 06-14-2017, 05:49 AM
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Drives okay. Needs an alignment and rebalance the front tires, but no more death wobble so far!
Leave it, actually drop the rear down some more while you're at it.
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Originally Posted by SatiricalHen
Leave it, actually drop the rear down some more while you're at it.
Haha!
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Originally Posted by Doove
Drives okay. Needs an alignment and rebalance the front tires, but no more death wobble so far!
I like it
This is the stance I'm looking for, just ordered 2 sets of 5.5" coils for this reason...
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I like it
This is the stance I'm looking for, just ordered 2 sets of 5.5" coils for this reason...
I like mine booty up. Mine is like 3/4" higher in the rear.
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Originally Posted by SatiricalHen
I like mine booty up. Mine is like 3/4" higher in the rear.
when I do the shackles it'll level out. Mine was the same way, but I'll be doing a tire carrier so it'll have the load on it
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Originally Posted by SatiricalHen
I like mine booty up. Mine is like 3/4" higher in the rear.
I know you do it because you tow with your rig, since I don't, I mind it at all, I do plan for a future tire carrier and I'll adjust rear shackle angle if I need to raise it a bit higher...
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Jeep is driving mint! Took it on the highway and my speedo said 50mph (not exactly sure what my real speed is yet with the 35s) and it drove like butter. Reaimed the headlights because I forgot the front end is 2" higher and was blinding trucks. Going to tackle the rear at the end of the week most likely, have to cut out the shackle boxes and fix that rust hole under the gas filler tubes
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keep us updated. I have no lift shackle boxes on my shelf to put in myself
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Happy 4th of July!

Haven't done anything yet. Been busy and my phone got stolen over the weekend and even though I have a new one, all of my pictures, videos, memes, and notes for the Jeep are gone. I ordered the Rubicon Express RE1660 track bar for 4.5"-7.5" lifts because my RE1600 is too short with the 5.5" coils. Which makes sense, but I'm dumb. Too much thread showing, and axle is a half inch off center, which causes it to vibrate and loosens up the axle side bolt, leading to bad shakes when hitting big bumps. I have to tighten it up every couple days.


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RIP to the lost memes
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Stopped by Aresfab today to finally pick up my rocker replacements/sliders, they've been there since before In lifted the jeep lol (Sorry James). Also grabbed some mid stiffeners and my warrantied front 4.56 gears that I gave to Brandon when he blew his up. 3-link getting tweaked and will probably get going in the coming months when I have the money. Also looking into some replacement sections for the rear crossmember because where my bumper mounts is kind of dicked.
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