This is my RC kit after 3.5-4 years of very light use. Mall crawler if you will. Never offroaded once. And used as a 2nd car so no more then 10-15k miles. Every bushing was toast but the scariest thing was one of the center pins in the spring broke in half while I was manually pulling it out of the perch.

 

They were also flat, almost inverted. And the shocks were easily compressed with two fingers.


When I bought this kit I also said how bad can it be, and people are just bashing RC. I can say now for the amount of driving I did this kit let me down.

 

With all that said this product by RC absolutely saved my *** when my rear upper shock mount bolts snapped. So kudos to them for making this

 

I bought my cherokee a few months ago in excellent shape with zero rust to use as a project build for a DD/overland setup. It came with a RC lift and 31" tires already installed. I'm unsure of which package is installed, in guessing a 3" lift, but I like the look of it as it sits and hadn't planned to change anything really. I wouldn't be opposed to a little more lift and maybe a 33" tire but I'd be looking at regearing and in it's current configuration it pulls just fine. I haven't done any off-roading in it other than around the farm doing some hill climbing and hauling on rough-ish terrain but with the little tests I have put it through so far I've had no complaints really. It seems like the rear ends sits a little lower than it should though, perhaps some sagging springs? I have, however, seen more negative reviews on RC components than I'm comfortable with when trusting that I won't be left stranded in the woods recovering a deer or camping lol.