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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
Spring Lift and New Shocks Question
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 430803" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>it’s true, none of it is really “required”, although I shared most of it for the best results afterward, especially for someone not doing the install work. Would hate to pay a shop to do stuff multiple times, such as going back and adding the shims for a transfer case drop later, etc.</p><p></p><p>I would definitely suggest the pitman arm for handling reasons. It just plain steers better with it. And for a dedicated road driver, there is almost no good reason to not spend the $30 for a track bar bracket to retain the front track bar. I absolutely would NOT suggest keeping the track bar without</p><p>The bracket, since it will pull the axle over and kill the bushings even </p><p></p><p>The rest of it is mainly tying up loose ends. Would hate for The bushings to die in a year and pay labor to change them. Knowing RC and my experience and others, those will probably not last all that long. Driveline may be perfectly fine without the drop or shims. I do highly recommend removing the 6° shims that come with the springs though, they will absolutely screw up the driveshaft angles, been there done that.</p><p></p><p>however, I can certainly see the irony of buying one of the lowest cost kits on the market and then spending another Kit’s worth or Money in add ons for all the other crap.</p><p></p><p>this mainly stems from me years ago as a kid, installed the lift, and had no clue why my Jeep felt so “off” in so many ways. Took a while for me to figure out the magic to fix mine up in all aspects. The first thing I should have done was pull the 6° shims, but I didn’t know any better back then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 430803, member: 18789"] it’s true, none of it is really “required”, although I shared most of it for the best results afterward, especially for someone not doing the install work. Would hate to pay a shop to do stuff multiple times, such as going back and adding the shims for a transfer case drop later, etc. I would definitely suggest the pitman arm for handling reasons. It just plain steers better with it. And for a dedicated road driver, there is almost no good reason to not spend the $30 for a track bar bracket to retain the front track bar. I absolutely would NOT suggest keeping the track bar without The bracket, since it will pull the axle over and kill the bushings even The rest of it is mainly tying up loose ends. Would hate for The bushings to die in a year and pay labor to change them. Knowing RC and my experience and others, those will probably not last all that long. Driveline may be perfectly fine without the drop or shims. I do highly recommend removing the 6° shims that come with the springs though, they will absolutely screw up the driveshaft angles, been there done that. however, I can certainly see the irony of buying one of the lowest cost kits on the market and then spending another Kit’s worth or Money in add ons for all the other crap. this mainly stems from me years ago as a kid, installed the lift, and had no clue why my Jeep felt so “off” in so many ways. Took a while for me to figure out the magic to fix mine up in all aspects. The first thing I should have done was pull the 6° shims, but I didn’t know any better back then. [/QUOTE]
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