terrykp111

I am looking to get the 6.5 in x series lift from rough country but I don't want to get the long arm mostly because it is cheaper and I don't think I'll need a long arm for what I do. Anyone have one any I'm puts would be great

timamybrown

At 6.5in of lift your going to want long arms or at least control arm drop brackets depending on what type of wheeling you plan on doing.

bstan4512

I was in the spot as you were a month ago. I could'nt decide bewteen short arms or long arms. I ended up going with the long arms and im glad that i did. The short arms are cheaper but not by much when you factor in the price of the drop brackets. Go long arm you'll be Happier in the long run.

terrykp111

Why do you need drop brackets for the lift?

jmm0122_

You don't "need" them but they give you better control arm angles for a better ride on road and more flex off-road.


Long arm is the way to go if you have the money.

sreeb

If you intend to actually drive it on or off road, you need a long arm at 6.5".

Desertfox1023

Based off your comments I recommended doing more research.

If your just wanting to mall crawl around with a big lift and 35s and don't care how it drives, then by all means buy a 6.5" rough country shortarm lift.

Long arms are really "needed" once you cross over 5" of lift. Your control arm angles become to steep with short arms and the drivability suffers. Personally I ran short arms at 5.5" lift. It did good, off road, but when I finally went to long arms And realized what everyone was saying I wished I'd done it much sooner.

terrykp111

right now I'm running on three and a half I do two or three events a year with my dad and grandpa and I'm just looking to upgrade the capability of the Jeep I don't get to go out on the regular cuz the Navy won't really allow me that time but with the time I do have I want to make sure that I'm able to you know go out and do the higher rated trails at the jamboree things like that

terrykp111

three and a half inch on 33

andrewmp6

Buy the long arms it will ride better on the road and will flex better off road.

emptypockets

Do you have lockers?
Do you have armor?

3.5" with 33's is capable of a lot of stuff with the above.

terrykp111

I do have all that stuff I'm just looking for a lil bit more ground clearance a little bit better look to the Jeep as well

Desertfox1023

Troll Much?