I was so excited when I heard Rubicon Express is back in business. Well I checked their web page and 4wheel parts' to see the prices for the lifts. I have been researching them and like their 5.5" long arm kit. I was surprised to see that they are offering a 7.5" inch long arm for a $100 bucks more. Just wanted to hear from those that have Rubicon Express on their XJ's and how they like it.

Here is the link for it.
http://www.4wheelparts.com/Lift-Kits...pn=R%2fERE6307

 

Just started a thread the other day about this....

 

I couldn't see myself dropping 2gs on it

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No ones gonna have an opinion cuz rubicon express is u der new management and it's possible that there product will be different. So if some has the old kit and likes it, that kit could be totally different quality then the one your getting, better or worse.

 

I have the 3.5" superflex kit and I LOVE it. It looks closer to a 4-4.5" though and it is amazingly flexy.

I need to get limiting straps for it because I have nearly lost springs on the trail, I would say it's almost too much flex if that's even possible lol.

 

i just hope that they are not throwing in some Pro comp garbage in the new kits...I am awful leery of how the quality will be......I am glad I got mine before they went under
Cameron

 

Re has always offered a 7.5" kit. They just didn't advertise it on there website. You had to call them to order it. I know it has been brought up a few times on here before, but other than that I know nothing about it.

 

x2 on that

 

Does RE have the same issues RC has with their flex joints? Just curious been lift researching

 

Just got the "new" rebuild kits for my rc joints in this week. Don't know if they are gonna fix the problems but everybody at rc swears up an down they will. Not trying to help hijack the thread just throwing in some input.

Op if you are looking for a lift that size an gonna drop around 2k on it look at IRO. If I hadn't saved 500 buy going to rc an getting a discount plus WAY cheaper shipping I would have gone with IRO. There stuff is sick an I very rarely hear of issues with it

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Yea iro's smaller kits (3-5.5") are very similar to the old re in quality and are a few bucks cheaper but where IRO stands out is there 6.5 and 8" kits are so much better than the competition at competitive prices. in my honest opinion, I'm Gunna be selfish and wait a while for other guys to deal with the new RE before I even thinking bout spending a dime there

 

I thought that pro comp had good stuff. I heard their tires are good. But a little pricy

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^ their tires are ok (actually decent) but the majority of their junk is junk...
Cameron

 

Pro comp is ok but for the money there is way better stuff out there. And for the tires, the a/t's aren't as good a bfg ko's and there mt's are loud and are more expensive than some better tires like km2's or mtz's when they're are similar in quality to a walmart mudder.

 

I had talked to one of the sales guys at 4wheel parts/4wd about RE and he said it was all going to be the same quality and pick up where they left off essentially. As for Iron Rock I have yet to meet someone with their lift and ask how well it has worked. They have a three link front setup and the 4wheel parts guy told me that they installed a rock krawler 3 link and it got great flex but the street handling suffered greatly. I do a bit of street driving then want to wheel it hard, which they recommended RE. As for Pro comp tires I haven't seen much good out of them (I work for a large nationwide tire chain and have seen some that were not very good). I have ran BFG All terrains and loved them. Currently have KM2's on there and they perform amazingly when it comes to crawling in dirt rocks or snow.