long arm ideas!
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Buy the long arm you want, decide if you want radius or 3 link ($7-800 shipped)
Figure out height you want now so you're not redoing everything in a year, I would suggest for a solid DD/off-road rig you stay around 4.5":
-buy the coils and leafs you want. Best quality FOR THE MONEY, I have found to be Rubicon Express coils and leafs. I didn't say best quality period, so don't flame me. Buy them on Amazon or a site like Morris (usually has a 10% code floating around too) with free shipping.
-consider shackle relocators, don't even bother with RC, get HD Engineering ones, either Lift or No Lift ones.
-get an extended shackle and account for it in overall lift height. So for example, a 1.5" shackle, with HD No Lift relocators, get a 3" leaf pack.
-brake lines, from my experience, are all the same unless you buy high end, so I went with and recommend RC extended fronts and rear. Again buy from a RC vendor and you can get them cheaper than right from RC.
-track bar, figure what you want long term as far as steering/front axle, even if you plan to keep stock for now. If you plan to just stay with the the lp30, and stock style steering (like a Serious bolt on upgrade which is a solid product) then get the IRO double shear track bar, or Iron Man, and there might be another I'm forgetting.
If you stay around 4.5", then it can be done for around, if not less, than a one size kit, and I truly believe if you shop smart all that can be done for around $2k. Also if you stay around 4.5", you can run stock steering until you figure out what you want.
Figure out height you want now so you're not redoing everything in a year, I would suggest for a solid DD/off-road rig you stay around 4.5":
-buy the coils and leafs you want. Best quality FOR THE MONEY, I have found to be Rubicon Express coils and leafs. I didn't say best quality period, so don't flame me. Buy them on Amazon or a site like Morris (usually has a 10% code floating around too) with free shipping.
-consider shackle relocators, don't even bother with RC, get HD Engineering ones, either Lift or No Lift ones.
-get an extended shackle and account for it in overall lift height. So for example, a 1.5" shackle, with HD No Lift relocators, get a 3" leaf pack.
-brake lines, from my experience, are all the same unless you buy high end, so I went with and recommend RC extended fronts and rear. Again buy from a RC vendor and you can get them cheaper than right from RC.
-track bar, figure what you want long term as far as steering/front axle, even if you plan to keep stock for now. If you plan to just stay with the the lp30, and stock style steering (like a Serious bolt on upgrade which is a solid product) then get the IRO double shear track bar, or Iron Man, and there might be another I'm forgetting.
If you stay around 4.5", then it can be done for around, if not less, than a one size kit, and I truly believe if you shop smart all that can be done for around $2k. Also if you stay around 4.5", you can run stock steering until you figure out what you want.
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Forgot to add SYE kit to the list. Also for rear driveshaft, at 4.5", you can get away with a OEM front CV shaft and use that in the rear. Then you can carry one spare for both front and rear haha!
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