redneckroot

I've been trying to decide which one of these three to get. Which one is the best bang for the buck? I plan on driving my jeep on the road and through woods style trails, no rock crawling or anything to extreme. Thanks.

http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/merchan...ode=sus_xj_kit

http://www.4wd.com/productdetails.as...7&partID=13781

http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep_xj_3x.html


I know this has been beyond beaten into the ground, but it is a lot nice to get straight forward answers then to search and read 500 other posts. Which one of these kits has everything I need? Will work the best for me? And will keep my wife from wanting to kill me for blowing a lot of money....

Gatchmo5710

i would go RC or Rustys. And get adjustable trac bar and your good to go. I run RC and its been great no problems and i have ran 3 different setups of their stuff

redneckroot

Who makes an adjustable track bar for a 3" kit?

ericfx1984

skip the rusty's kit, it does not include lower control arms... if you are going the get the Rusty's get a set of fixed(or adjustable) lower control arms

the rough country does include the Lower control arms


as does the pro comp... but the pro comp is junk

I have the Rough Country (less the lower control arms), I am happy with it

the only issue with not having lower control arms is that you only get around 3 or 4 inches of downward suspension travel... because the lower control arms will smack the axle side mount on droop...



you just need to relocate your track bar

1) unhook the track bar from the axle side and let it hang down

2) push the front of the body back and forth, do it hard and fast...

3) jump on the bumper, again hard and fast

4) repeat step 1, your axle it now centered under the Jeep

NOTE: at this point, if you have access to a welder, you should weld the original hole closed (on both sides) and use a dremel and angle grinder to make it smooth (make sure to prime and paint the welded area after wards, also any welder will do, I used a Lincoln HD Pack 3200... loaded with flux core)

5) raise the track bar back up to the axle side mount... you will notice that the track bar no longer lines up with the original mounting hole (or where the hole used to be if you welded it)

6) now drill a new hole...

7) slide your track bar back into place and place a nice big thick washer on the bolt before you replace it... this helps to spread the load out over a larger area...

8) torque to 75-85 ft/lbs

9) go buy some beer to celebrate... you just saved yourself $120+ bucks

ericfx1984

another thing to consider is the condition of your rear springs... if they are sagging then you really do not want to use an Add a Leaf...

or consider building an bastard pack instead and selling the Add a leaf

redneckroot

I'd really rather run an adjustable track bar. Does anyone know where to get one from?

Gatchmo5710

RC has one. I wouldnt relocate it. Just gonna wish you didnt later if you ever wanna go higher or start getting DW

ericfx1984

what are you basing that on? if you move the hole over 3/4" and fill it in with a welder so it is just as strong as before then when you go bigger you just adjust your adjustable track bar in as little tighter...

besides for big lifts the stock axle mount is very limiting... it creates clearance issues...

moving the hole outward actually helps out a little bit with those clearence issues...

but honestly the best way is to cut the steering stabilizer axle side bracket out of the way... weld a new, open topped trackbar bracket above the stock one and remount the steering stabilizer axle side mount in a way that it will not block the track bar from moving upward...

basically I am saying that there is NO fact in what you are saying, it is just an faulty opinion... and spreading faulty opinions is not a good idea...