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Red Knight15

Red Knight15

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How well does the 3.5" Springs hold up to a heavy loaded JKU? When we go on vacation 90% of the time we are in the Jeep with at least 3 people, luggage , coolers, etc.


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3dpilot

3dpilot

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I've only had mine for a couple of months and the springs are holding up really well. I'm pretty loaded with metal bumper/winch, metal rear bumper, 37" on a carrier, etc. and the jeep sits level, no sag on the springs.

When I didn't have the bumper/tire carrier on, the rear was definitely higher.

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agr1144

agr1144

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I got mine on and just about finished up. Although I'm not real happy with the front brake lines as jks says they should be. Seem too short. I used the drop brackets and bent the hard lines away from the frame above the mount. I have not bent the larger hard line below the mount yet. Seems a little hard to bend by hand as they say, but maybe I'm a wuss, but I didn't want to f things up either. Did anyone do something different than what was provided with the kit? Or does it seem to work ok? I do see a front driveshaft in my near future though. IMG_0066.jpg


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GraniteCrystal

GraniteCrystal

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agr1144 said:
I got mine on and just about finished up. Although I'm not real happy with the front brake lines as jks says they should be. Seem too short. I used the drop brackets and bent the hard lines away from the frame above the mount. I have not bent the larger hard line below the mount yet. Seems a little hard to bend by hand as they say, but maybe I'm a wuss, but I didn't want to f things up either. Did anyone do something different than what was provided with the kit? Or does it seem to work ok? I do see a front driveshaft in my near future though. View attachment 256006


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Yeah, that brake line is a pain to bend by hand. It can be done though. I'll go grab a pic of mine later tonight and you can see how mine are routed. No tension at flex.
 
Speedy_RCW

Speedy_RCW

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agr1144 said:
I got mine on and just about finished up. Although I'm not real happy with the front brake lines as jks says they should be. Seem too short. I used the drop brackets and bent the hard lines away from the frame above the mount. I have not bent the larger hard line below the mount yet. Seems a little hard to bend by hand as they say, but maybe I'm a wuss, but I didn't want to f things up either. Did anyone do something different than what was provided with the kit? Or does it seem to work ok? I do see a front driveshaft in my near future though. View attachment 256006


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It'll bend and it'll be long enough on full flex but barely. But I just ditched those drop brackets and went to extended stainless lines.


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agr1144

agr1144

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GraniteCrystal said:
Yeah, that brake line is a pain to bend by hand. It can be done though. I'll go grab a pic of mine later tonight and you can see how mine are routed. No tension at flex.
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I feel like I've seen a brake line tool for making bends before but still, that lower line seems pretty stout. I would like to see what you did. Thanks


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GraniteCrystal

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agr1144 said:
I feel like I've seen a brake line tool for making bends before but still, that lower line seems pretty stout. I would like to see what you did. Thanks


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Here are a few pics

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Trail Jeeps does a lot of these and they said they usually just remove the brake line mount on the lower shock bracket to get enough extension so that's another option.
 
Speedy_RCW

Speedy_RCW

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GraniteCrystal said:
Here are a few pics

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Trail Jeeps does a lot of these and they said they usually just remove the brake line mount on the lower shock bracket to get enough extension so that's another option.
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I wonder how they do that? It seems like that line was in there pretty solid. But I also didn't spend much time looking at it since it was just getting removed.


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