john deer green

im gettin ready to lift my jeep 6.5 inches and its a budget build and i was woundering if anyone has used or have any infor mation on rough countrys control arm drop kit and if it will work on a 6.5 inch lift

outkast

They work very well at 4.5" but I suspect at 6.5" that your control arm angles are going to be pretty bad again. They are going to be much better than running nothing at all but you are really getting into long arm territory.

Demolition_x

I debated going to drop brackets for a while. I figured 200 bucks and I can have a much better ride on my 4.5" lift.

When using the drop brackets I believe I remember reading in the instructions they advise you to use adjustable control arms to get the axle in the right location. If you have the basic lift kit you probably only have a lower control arm and stock uppers. So now you need to buy adjustable control arms which is pretty pricey.

When you can get a long arm kit like the RC or IRO kit for around 600 bucks and you will be way better off IMO.

All depends if you have a lift kit with the adjustable arms or not.

outkast

I agree with that, I have drop brackets because when my kit was originally installed there were no bolt on long arm kits readily available. Things have really changed in the last 10 years or more.

MATT 87 CHEROKEE

I can tell you 2 things first RCS are well built, second if you are looking for drop brackets and u can afford them rusties sell some that make these brackets look cute, and I would be worried about a rock removing your brackets...

You can do drop brackets, but in the long run its a band aid on a bullet wound

jebmccall

im currently running them and i sit at like 6 inchs of lift, and they are awesome. just make sure that you use a torque wrench on the self tapping bolts or you will strip the hole out. my jeep rides great, and now the flex is awesome.

ericfx1984

if you use a 4.5" control arm drop kit on a 6.5" lift kit, it would be like having stock arms on a 2" lift kit...

MATT 87 CHEROKEE

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SeriousOffroad

LongArms FTW!!

lolz_jeep

if your lifting it 6.5 DONT GET CONTROL ARM BRACKETS it completly takes away from getting the 6.5" lift. its lowers your brackets waaaaayyy down and will get hung up on everything. ive got 6.5" short control arms if u want. but i would deffintly save your monies and get RUSTYS long arm conversion kit

Hoooper

Lol. Wait, rustys? How much do you get for each person you refer to them?

jebmccall

im running drop brackets on mine, and it sits at 6.5 inchs. the control arm angles are great, it rides great, and flexs very well. rustys makes a decent set of radius arms, if you choose to go long arm.

96_xj

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you will get more bang for you buck and far better customer service with FrankZ's long arms than you will with rusty's.


OP I ran short arms on 6.5" lift and It was a little rough but did fine:

freegdr

rustys dont sell drop brackets,

Garvin

Long arms are great but everyone is just putting in personal preference there and missing the most important question...What do you plan on doing with your Jeep? This will dictate what the correct path will be for your setup.

Sine you're on a budget, if you have the short arms already then the drop brackets would probably suit you well. If you don't have the short arms then you might as well go straight to long arms as it'll be just slightly more. Which long arm style you get depends on your wheeling. I'm going for the most amount of flex as I can so I built a 3-link setup and cost around the cost of y-link setups out there, but I spent the money on Ballistic Fabrication joints instead of some of the cheaper joints other companies use.

Just keep in mind, whatever setup you choose, you pay for what you get. The more expensive kits have the better joints and usually better built.