If i where to do the LA upgrade would i be able to do some hard trail riding with it, and thanks for looking for that write up. Look forward to reading it. i will be online all night haha

 

Yes, you can tackle some serious stuff on 33s with 4.5" and a long arm kit. What kinda trail riding are you talking?

 

I do rocks, mud just basic northwest trails. What in your own opion could i tackle with upgrading to the LA and not bigger lift. That write up shows a lot haha

 

with 4.5" a LA kit and some good bumpers, sliders and skid plates? you could tackle some nasty trails, you'll want to look into upgrading your axels too but that would get your Jeep to the point that you could take on some serious stuff in Moab.

 

Already on that, i am working on building my rear axle. i have a 8.25 sitting in the garage and next time i get paid 4:56 with an aussie locker are being ordered. then i will paint it and throw that bad boy under my rig.

 

is it a 29 spline 8.25?

 

Yes it.

 

Awesome, those are strong axels. not quite as beefy as a D44 but great for what they are

 

Yea and it's a direct swap i am pretty stoked about it. cant wait to get my rig up and running for this up coming season hope to be out every weekend.

 

sounds like you're gonna have tons of fun

 

Yea soon as i can figure out what i wanna do lift wise. Thanks for all the help i am really thinkin bout just doing a LA upgrade. save some money HAHA

 

personally id not go over anything past 4.5 to 5 inches of lift
i have the rustys 3 inch and some 33s and its been able to handle everything iv thrown at it and had all the flex i needed
6.5 is nice i bet you could run about 39s under there but thats just too high for me

all in all the rustys kit i had was cost effecient easy to install and works great
it just took about a week to settle

 

Mine ain't a mallcrawler either. The 3.5" w/ 32's is my girlfriends. My other jeep is stock with mad sag in the rear and a jacked coil spring on front passenger side. I put that thing in more places it shouldn't be than the lifted one.

I just REALLY like pushing things to the limit. This will be my first full summer with a jeep so hopefully I'll go w/ some groups that are Hardcore here in colorado.

BACK ON TOPIC-
Your questions now is what keeps me from lifting until I find out what I like/dislike.

 

Other than having lift shackles, I am actually impressed that Rough Crap was able to put together a fairly complete kit... They are well known for two things... A really awful stiff ride and horribly incomplete, half-assed kits. Also I am amazed that they don't use a factory style track-bar. That's one of the problems with the Rusty's kit shown...

But when you are scrounging around the bottom end of the lift market, you don't have many choices.

 

Thats what Rough Country used to be known for....in the past few years they've really turned things around and wheelers everywhere are singing their praises. Lift shackles aren't a bad thing, they actually help a leaf spring ride softer and flex better. I've heard more bad things on this forum about Rusty's stuff than RC's....just sayin