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Old May 31, 2012 | 11:26 AM
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I will be going to about 4 inchs, and i will need a trackbar, is the rustys one good? also is there a need for a replacemnt tie rod?

http://www.rustysoffroad.com/jeep-st...-xj-tj-zj.html tie rod

http://www.rustysoffroad.com/jeep-su...-tj-xj-zj.html track bar
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Old May 31, 2012 | 11:30 AM
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Don't get the rustys trackbar it will break if you wheel alot, go with a ironrock offroad or rough country trackbar there adjustable and close to the same price. Also yes I would replace the tie rod with a bigger one iron rock offroad or rough country also has them and stronger IMO
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Old May 31, 2012 | 11:43 AM
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yea i will be going iron rock offroad. do i need a new draglink too?
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Old May 31, 2012 | 12:20 PM
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You need to be sure the drag link and trac bar are parallel.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 12:42 PM
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are the rough country trac bars good?
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Old May 31, 2012 | 12:45 PM
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There is no real need to replace the tie rod, just that stock tie rods are weak. I'd suggest a zj tie rod upgrade if you're on a budget.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by skierman99
are the rough country trac bars good?
I have one haven't had any problem yet
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Old May 31, 2012 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeepxj1234
There is no real need to replace the tie rod, just that stock tie rods are weak. I'd suggest a zj tie rod upgrade if you're on a budget.
That is a good upgrade but for 79.95 the rough country looks beefier to me
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Old May 31, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MudMann94
yea i will be going iron rock offroad. do i need a new draglink too?
You shouldn't need a draglink unless your is worn out but the steering wheel will be off when you lift it and get the trackbar on just adjust the drag link till its center again
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Old May 31, 2012 | 02:12 PM
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Any trackbar that has a double-shear end on the frame side (which usually includes a new mounting bracket) is what you will want to go with. The single-shear (factory style) variants, no matter who manufactures it, is a ****-poor design. Just my $.02.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by nickxj94

That is a good upgrade but for 79.95 the rough country looks beefier to me
Until you realize that it uses stock tre's. The zj tre's are much beefier.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DeftwillP
Until you realize that it uses stock tre's. The zj tre's are much beefier.
I'm not knocking the upgrade, I just never had a tre break just bend the **** out of the sleeve lol
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Old May 31, 2012 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DeftwillP

Until you realize that it uses stock tre's. The zj tre's are much beefier.
They use the same tie rod ends as our XJ's. The actual rod is much more stout but the rod ends are the same.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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I have the RC adjustable track bar but upgraded the stock TRE to a 1 ton Chevy unit from MOOG.
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Old May 31, 2012 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by gpXJ

They use the same tie rod ends as our XJ's. The actual rod is much more stout but the rod ends are the same.
Nope. Try again.
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