Rough country Vs. Zone.
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Rough country Vs. Zone.
What should I go with? it's a minimal difference in price. I'm looking at both kits, 3" lifts with the full rear leafs not AAL's. also with the zone I'm getting the nitto shock upgrade free. So figure it's a 25 dollar price difference.
I'll be doing minimal offloading so I won't be beating the s&$@ out of the suspension.
I want the better of the two. Also do you guys recommend changing the u bolts or anything else the standard kit doesn't come with? Thanks!
I'll be doing minimal offloading so I won't be beating the s&$@ out of the suspension.
I want the better of the two. Also do you guys recommend changing the u bolts or anything else the standard kit doesn't come with? Thanks!
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Rough country tends to ride like the name implys...rough. Zone is the same manufacturer as BDS, only difference is zone parts aren't powder coated and quality difference is minimal besides that. BDS is top notch so I'd go with the zone. Your definitely in the right ball park with full leafs thought. I used to sell both brands and many others. Rough country is by far the most economical of all pre assembled kits. A few years back they had issues with their poly bushings and it kinda gave them a bad rap and left a bad taste in a lot of people mouths. The shock upgrade going with zone is definitely worth it. Rough country shocks bite the dust within a year even with just daily driving. I warranteed their shocks almost every other day. I maybe only had one or two people in year that complained about a zone lift and t was usually due to improper maintanence or installation. I will says though, both companies stand by their products 100% and many people have good expiriences with customer service. All that said, if quality is what your after go zone, if its price then go RC. But at the price difference your talking for me it would be almost a no brainer. Good luck!
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Rough country tends to ride like the name implys...rough. Zone is the same manufacturer as BDS, only difference is zone parts aren't powder coated and quality difference is minimal besides that. BDS is top notch so I'd go with the zone. Your definitely in the right ball park with full leafs thought. I used to sell both brands and many others. Rough country is by far the most economical of all pre assembled kits. A few years back they had issues with their poly bushings and it kinda gave them a bad rap and left a bad taste in a lot of people mouths. The shock upgrade going with zone is definitely worth it. Rough country shocks bite the dust within a year even with just daily driving. I warranteed their shocks almost every other day. I maybe only had one or two people in year that complained about a zone lift and t was usually due to improper maintanence or installation. I will says though, both companies stand by their products 100% and many people have good expiriences with customer service. All that said, if quality is what your after go zone, if its price then go RC. But at the price difference your talking for me it would be almost a no brainer. Good luck!
Last but not least, im doing a 3" lift on 33x12.50's i have a transfer case drop kit and a heavy duty steering stablizer on order from ironrock. I currently have a jeep wobble and i dont want it to worsen as i lift the jeep.
I was told steering stabalizer, 1" transfer case drop and i should be good..
Do i need a track bar?
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I have the zone 3'' kit (full leafs) since October of last year and have already had to send the leafs back for warranty once (even before I did any wheeling with it). New ones settled back to where the first were (almost 1.5'' lower than the front), and I had to buy lift shackles to even it out
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I bought the Rough Country Series II lift. Here's what it comes with.
It cost me $609.99 w/ tax. I think its worth it to spend the extra $$$ to get the control arms and sway bar drop brackets. Made alignment much easier. Also, without the sway bar brackets, you would have to get new links, which adds to the list. Control arms seem pretty beefy.The kit also comes with 2 sets of u bolts. One for C8.25 rear end and one set for D35/D44 I think. So far I'm happy with my lift. Although one of my shocks has gone bad. I think I may have bottomed it out though. As said before it rides pretty rough, but its a f***ing Jeep, not a Cadillac. TL;DR: I think its one of the best "bang for your buck" lift kits around.
It cost me $609.99 w/ tax. I think its worth it to spend the extra $$$ to get the control arms and sway bar drop brackets. Made alignment much easier. Also, without the sway bar brackets, you would have to get new links, which adds to the list. Control arms seem pretty beefy.The kit also comes with 2 sets of u bolts. One for C8.25 rear end and one set for D35/D44 I think. So far I'm happy with my lift. Although one of my shocks has gone bad. I think I may have bottomed it out though. As said before it rides pretty rough, but its a f***ing Jeep, not a Cadillac. TL;DR: I think its one of the best "bang for your buck" lift kits around.
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Honestly, I would probably worry about finding the source of the death wobble before you lift? If you stay around here for any amount of time, people will tell you that steering stabilizers only mask the problem.
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You're going to mangle your stock steering. I'd put some money aside for that too. Also why not piece together a kit? I don't know about those shocks but RC ones are trash money. I would suggest getting Rubicon express and a good steering set up. Especially if you already have wobble.
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This isn't my only car. My car I care about is a bagged VW. This is just a daily that I can drive and save some abuse on the VW. So why spend 1000's for a kit ya know?
My death wobble isn't terrible. Its random and I have to be going fast like over 50. And it only happens if I hit a bump really well. But honestly it doesn't bother me enough. I figured changing the steering stabilizer. The coils the shocks and possibly a new track bar and I figured it be gone. I guess not?
Why am I going to mangle my stock steering? I'm not offloading. I could piece togather a kit. But I figured they are cheaper when bundled. I don't wanna spend a lot
I'm basically looking to lift my jeep 3" with full rear leafs for UNDER $550. So it anyone has any genius ideas or kits that I could buy that won't crumble on me in a year please suggest it.
I was looking at rockyroad kits as well but I really wanna spend as little as possible as I'm not even gonna be mudding. Just snow and bad roads.
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What if i did a zone kit with rough country rear leaf's? maybe this would be better?
You're going to mangle your stock steering. I'd put some money aside for that too. Also why not piece together a kit? I don't know about those shocks but RC ones are trash money. I would suggest getting Rubicon express and a good steering set up. Especially if you already have wobble.
I'm basically looking to lift my jeep 3" with full rear leafs for UNDER $550. So it anyone has any genius ideas or kits that I could buy that won't crumble on me in a year please suggest it.
I was looking at rockyroad kits as well but I really wanna spend as little as possible as I'm not even gonna be mudding. Just snow and bad roads.
last thing!
What if i did a zone kit with rough country rear leaf's? maybe this would be better?
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http://www.rocky-road.com/xj-budget-lift.html
The problem is i need full rear leaf's cause mine are sagging beyond belief.
The problem is i need full rear leaf's cause mine are sagging beyond belief.
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Go with zone 3" and upgraded shocks. as far as wobble make sure your tires have even tread and are balanced. jack up the Jeep and check all the tie rod ends for play.
At 3" a track bar bracket will be fine as long as your track bar is good.
At 3" a track bar bracket will be fine as long as your track bar is good.