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Old Apr 25, 2020 | 10:43 AM
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Would anyone recommend this kit doing my first lift kit will be a 3 inch lift driven on roads rarely off maybe in a field every once in a while. I heard rough country is junk. I want it to have a decent comfy ride kids and wife will be riding in it haha and some other guys told me to replace the control arms with the lift. Other wise it will be rough.

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Old Apr 25, 2020 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Gator Dave
Would anyone recommend this kit doing my first lift kit will be a 3 inch lift driven on roads rarely off maybe in a field every once in a while. I heard rough country is junk. I want it to have a decent comfy ride kids and wife will be riding in it haha and some other guys told me to replace the control arms with the lift. Other wise it will be rough.
Check out Zone Offroad. Much better quality than Rusty's IMO. Zone, BDS and JKS are all owned by the same company.

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Old Apr 25, 2020 | 04:49 PM
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Wait until you see the shipping cost of the Rusty's lifts. Rusty's makes good products but I won't buy anything from them because of what the shipping costs.
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Old Apr 25, 2020 | 07:29 PM
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Rustys makes a great product, I use them, but the shipping is atrocious. The only reason I did is because I got it from another guy that sold his jeep.
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Old Apr 25, 2020 | 10:21 PM
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Rustys makes a great product, I use them, but the shipping is atrocious. The only reason I did is because I got it from another guy that sold his jeep.
Apparently you've never actually had a "great" product. Rusty's is right up there with Rough Country and Pro Crap. Check out Savvy and Currie.

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Old Apr 26, 2020 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBoogieman
Apparently you've never actually had a "great" product. Rusty's is right up there with Rough Country and Pro Crap. Check out Savvy and Currie.
Rusty's is way better than Rough Country, no comparison at all unless they have changed in the past few years.
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Old Apr 26, 2020 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by 00t444e
Rusty's is way better than Rough Country, no comparison at all unless they have changed in the past few years.
You should check out their reviews on the other forum where I hang out. Rusty's is only good if you've never had anything else. Some people think RC is great too.

Originally Posted by chris87xj
That doesn't look normal to me. Rusty's isn't exactly known for quality products.
Originally Posted by Kruzin
Like Chris said, Rusty's isn't knows for their quality... products or service.
Not much you can do about it at this point. Leave a bad Google review, report them to the BBB to share your story.
You could also start a case with your credit card company and dispute the charges and try to get refunded through them.
Originally Posted by biffgnar
This is 100% typical Rusty's customer service.
Originally Posted by Jerry
I don't like or respect Rusty's products or Rusty the man. I'd rather poke my eye out with a hot needle than put anything Rusty's on my Jeep.
Originally Posted by Imped
I've had more poor experiences with Rustys products over the years than any other manufacturer. The quality of their control arm joints has been atrocious and some of the designs are laughable.....their customer service is no better. I would recommend staying away. There are too many quality manufacturers in the suspension world to give Rustys a chance. I would recommend looking at Metalcloak, Currie, AEV and Rock Krawler. I'm not a huge fan of the last two but if it prevents you from buying junk from Rustys, go for it.

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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBoogieman
You should check out their reviews on the other forum where I hang out. Rusty's is only good if you've never had anything else. Some people think RC is great too.
think what you want. On this forum, rustys gets praised aside from their shipping. Maybe you should get some experience with them if you haven't and are just going off second hand. Get rustys, zone, and rc side by side. You'll see 2 are way ahead of the other, and those same 2 are almost identical quality wise. I have never had issues with them, as have countless others here... unless this forum isn't as good as your other one.
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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 11:26 PM
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Why not get some 3" coils from anywhere thts side to be good.
6" shackes with a shackle relocation
Then some arms from ruff stuff.
Put it all on run it decide if a track bar is needed.
for street rig even brake lines could come later on.

Maybe wait on getting ruffstuff arms to.
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