speaking of shocks. Serious, will there ever be another 10% off bilsteins discount??
I didnt install my lift in time to order last month

 

I have nothing but good to say about RC. I have a series 2, 3" aal kit. Works rad. No sag. Rides smooth. Its no escalade but....... Smooth nonetheless. Its very capable as well.

Its not always "you get what you pay for" if you know what you are doing.

My neighbor would be a pro golfer if not for his love of teaching. Dude builds his own clubs. Last driver he built cost him $50. Drops a ball off the tee 350 yds out. In sandals. Although he prefers barefoot.

 

looks like it takes you where you want to go. how long have you had it? and how does it handle on the rocks eh

 

Rig-20 months. Lift-14 months. No boulders like out west. Its not a crawler. Its a trail rig. So i havnt really felt the need for sliders. I hit enough i would like a tank and tc skid though. Have some good rash on the tc i just noticed. Most of what we do is creek beds and dirt trails. Some mud holes.

Although, my rocker panels are cherry. Be nice to keep them that way. I smell sliders in my future. Not white castle either.

Best thing i guess is to know what you want to do with it and buy a suitable lift for what you wanna do. If you are trail riding with me in Ohio, my $500 rig w/ $2000 of add-ons will be sufficient. If you are wheelin Moab, you will probably have more in your lift than I do my entire rig.

OP- figure out what you wanna do, and do some asking about how certain rigs perform on thier set ups. Do some lookin at the build threads prob be best bet. Check the lift/tire set up thread. Filter through and find what you like, ask some dudes with the set up how it acts.

 

ah yeah see I wanna know how RC performs on the rocks^^
seems like a great kit for mud and trails. but when I think jeep, I assume rocks.
and when I think rocks, RC doesnt really come to mind. glad you're liking it though. have you had to replace any parts?

 

Here is a video of my XJ. It has a 4.5" RC X Series with full leaf packs. The picture is my old XJ 4.5" RE super flex. The RE rode so much better. The biggest problem I have with the RC kit is the johnny joints in the arms are junk and the tracbar makes alot of noise when flexing. The tracbar has a TRE on it and I'm not a fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNl...e_gdata_player

 

I'm a rc fan the ride is a bit rough but my buddy has a sky jacker 4.5 and its just as bad and bought a JEEP! NOT A CAR!

 

dude. there's somethin trippy going on with your camera. it's all warpy.

no one has to buy a brand new kit. no one has to spend a ton of money to put together a good suspension. you can piece one together through craigslist, CF chapters, and naxja chapters.
people sell great used performance parts all the time. that's the first place you should look for everything. I mean I picked up my RE 4.5" super flex for $400 brand new...
it's just missing discos but I wont need sway bars anyway

 

I dont know what you mean by trippy. The video looks fine to me. It wasn't my camera.

 

just watched it again. watch at like 4:38 it starts warping

 

I have to agree i just picked up a 4.5 inch rc lift for 80 bucks (minus control arms and track bar) but that doesnt matter because i saved enough on my lift to do a long arm add on. So i suggest wait your time and save up and you never know what you may stumble on

 

I agree with this guy ^^

If I had loads of money, I'd run different shocks. But I sure as hell won't run the cheap **** no matter how broke I am.. I did that when I was a teenager. It SUCKS!

 

Nope.

 

The guy running the camera was smoking a ciggarette so you probably see the smoke.

 

Someday.....