Desert Rat

Sweet pics Cliff!

Cliff

Thanks!
Awesome! Yeah I did Kane a few weeks ago as well. When you ran Hells did you do Hell's Gate? I want to but have yet to try. You will really enjoy Poison Spider and Gold Bar... they both have a wide variety of obstacles for all sized rigs. Now that I have ran them both the only thing left to do is the Poison Spider / Golden Spike / Gold Bar Rim combo! I think I may have some trouble on the Golden Crack though if I attempt it with my current setup. Ohh and if you guys are going to do Little Moab again let me know.... I may just have to make the drive up there and join ya. That place looks fun!

builtnotbought89'

Ya I don't know when we will hit lil moab again, but we'll make sure u know about it! I didn't take hells gate, cause there was a huge group waiting to go up it! I think u will be fine with the golden spike I've seen youtube vids of a stock tj going over it!?!?

Cliff

Hmm alright I guess I will have to try it. Although I think its going to have to wait till spring because it takes so long and it gets dark so d@mn early these days. Of course by then I may have my new lift and tires on so it wont be a problem at all

builtnotbought89'

Nice what lift/ tire combo r u going for???

Cliff

Well I have narrowed it down to a few choices but I keep coming back to this even though the price is pretty high.
http://www.rubiconexpress.com/Suspen...px?part=RE6200

As far as tires I am not sure other than there going to be 33s. I figure what I will do is go for around 5.5" now with 33s since I am still going to be using the Cherokee for a DD for a while. Then when it gets up higher in miles I will get another DD and turn the Cherokee into mostly a trail rig. When that happens I might try to put 35s on. What do you think... is 5.5" a good height? I have been looking at RE, Rough Country and Rusty's. It just seems that everyone loves the RE kits from all the reviews I have read. The only thing is between the lift, shocks, SYE and drive shaft + shipping its just over two grand.

builtnotbought89'

I'm sitting on 5" RE 3" & 2" teraflex puck/shackle I like RE & all, but I wish I looked around more! Bang for my buck kinda thing!!!
If I was u I'd get the RC's 4.5" for like $700 & then 2" puck/shackle like $90! I don't like how that RE kit is 3" leaf, RC has a full 4.5" leaf pack!
That's what a good friend of mine is running & he loves it!!!

Cliff

Hmm that's definitely something to think about. You say that the 5.5" RE Kit has 3.5" leafs? I was reading through the component list and it says 4.5" leafs and 1.25" shackles. Am I reading something wrong?

builtnotbought89'

Ya my bad it is a 4.5" leaf, but for $1500 I'd be lookin into a long arm kit!!! Compare the RE & RC kits! I've installed & wheeled both brands & RC makes more sence IMO, but in the end its ur rig so do what ever makes u feel good!
I was gonna upgrade to a 6.5" lift, tell I started thinking rear coils! I'm gonna put a 8.8 axle in & I have some 8" coils for the front & then move my front coils to the rear! That's way down the road though but its not my DD

Cliff

Gotcha... well thanks for the input! Like I said I still am not sure what I am going get so it's great to hear some other suggestions. I think I am going to stay away from long arms for now since it's my DD. I definitely like RC's price a lot more and that's for 1.5" more lift. I just wanted to make sure I didn't regret going with the cheaper one. You said you have installed and ran a RC kit and liked it... that's good to hear. Also if I got the RC kit I should probably get it with the control arm drop brackets right? Hmmm rear coils... that's something I haven't heard of before. Sounds like a cool project... keep me updated when you do it!

builtnotbought89'

Ya I've install the RC kit on my buddys truck & he never wheels without me, so I'm not behind the wheel but always spoting him I know what is capable of! Desertrat seen my buddys XJ go threw some knar obsticals in lil moab!

builtnotbought89'

What the hell happened to aaron is he too cool to be part of our little group!?!? Lol

X1994J

Cant wait to get mine done so I can join you guys on some local wheelin trips! I should be done mid January for sure. The last main part to the puzzle is the spool for the 9", it should be here tomorrow. Then it's time to put it all together.

builtnotbought89'

It will be nice to have a rig with a winch in our group, just in case! I'm planning on getting the backbone & XRC8 winch this summer spring!
Ya I think we need to start planning a winter snow run either late dec. or in jan.!

Desert Rat

Crazy flex!