olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
Good luck with the other problems you'll encounter. It's nothing more than a marketing scheme they're selling, you bought into it. I'm running 37" tires, 3" lift and factory arms except front lowers.
Opinion on teraflex lift kits
- Thread starter Cavscout263
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Good luck with the other problems you'll encounter. It's nothing more than a marketing scheme they're selling, you bought into it. I'm running 37" tires, 3" lift and factory arms except front lowers.
Pyro1415
New member
Hmm good ride at speed and I'm guessing flex is no issue?
olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
Factory arms, rides great. Flex is determined by shock length. Factory arms can easily handle 10"-11" travel shocks no problem.
Arms don't increase flex, another fairy tale.
jedg
New member
Olram30 is giving it to you straight. Rubbing is an issue of bump stop and trimming. From your picture you need to trim your pinch seam and probably your Rubi rock rail. Moving your axle back one inch ( as you suggested) without four adjustable control arms in the back will change your pinion angle and could introduce vibration in the drive shaft. Trimming and proper bump stop is pretty cheap.
jedg
New member
Eyup. Same here. The only parts from my RK Max travel that's left is the tie rod and the rear track bar bracket.
olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
Trim your fenders, you can maximize articulation. You probably aren't using your up and down travel to the fullest. Arms won't do it for you or spending 1400 on a new lift. Just trimming or buying flat fenders adds 3" of clearance for up travel.
jedg
New member
This ^^^. He's absolutely giving you good advice. I think you could trim the pinch seam more as well. Mine's quite a bit shorter than that. Also, I think trimming the OEM fenders is a better solution than bushwhackers as they are flexible whereas the bushwhackers, when hit, will bend your fender panels. I run bushwhackers ( xmas gift and so it is) and am constantly watching for fender contact.
Most of your uptravel will come from trimming the fenders. Depending on your tire size, the next thing that determines bump is the compressed shock length.
Pyro1415
New member
Wanted the psc crushers but yeah not a fan of plastic but I dont want to chop them incase I go back to stock look.
olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
There's no going back. Trim yours and look for take offs if you ever want to go back to factory I guess.
Next option would be mce fenders and save yours, still plastic. Little over priced. But half the price of poison spider. Allows you to put your factory back on. No nutserts.
Last would be ps. Really heavy unless you get aluminum, 1200 is way too much imo. Not flexible and could cause body damage if hit hard enough. Plus you have to deal with nutserts.
I would trim the factory first, but that's one of the draw backs of running bigger tires.
Here's another way to look at it, even if you add taller springs, your bump stops haven't changed. Your tires will still stop at the same place. The moving the axle back has many problems associated with it. Let me look for this thread we had on it. If you're interested.
Pyro1415
New member
Yeah the thread would be great, I guess I'll be pulling out the jig saw here soon. Nut serts aren't a problem I use them often at work. Don't see the point in running aluminum armor, I like the strength of steel
MedixJK
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I cant back olrams advice enough on the Evo enforcer. Ideal kit with bulletproof quality, ride and flex.
olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
Yeah the thread would be great, I guess I'll be pulling out the jig saw here soon. Nut serts aren't a problem I use them often at work. Don't see the point in running aluminum armor, I like the strength of steel
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?t=25668
jkwebbie
New member
Yea man, I was in the same boat as you with wanting the rock krawler lift, but after reading into it, I really don't want it now. I'm gonna go with the EVO enforcer kit or maybe Currie...or maybe a combo of both lol. But you really don't want to push your axle back an inch, it messes with almost everything in the rear. And plus, I've never heard one bad thing about EVO lifts and haven't heard many bad things on Currie
Cavscout263
New member
How about Rancho lifts? What have yall heard about them?
piginajeep
The Original Smartass
They run a good soft coil. It's s good alternative IMO, they are often overlooked.
H8ROADS
Caught the Bug
Unlike 90% of the commenters so far in this thread, I've run a Teraflex lift. It was fine. It did it's job. I beat on it hard, and it never broke while I had it. Can't say that I would buy it again though. Was it awesome? No.
Rancho lifts are good as well. Are there better built lifts than both of them? Of course.
The ultimate answer to your question is it's really a you get what you pay for. How hard are you going to wheel and how are you going to drive your Jeep should be the factors that play into do you get an extremely well built and durable lift or do you just need something to clear some tires.
So ask yourself what you really need and use that as your starting place.
hinrichs
Caught the Bug
I had the tf 2.5" lift...was great for a while then I got tired of the coils. I now run the 3" evo plush ride coils. In the end I should have just saved up a little more and went evo from the beginning after adding a few parts to the tf kit when I could have just went with the enforcer and prolly saved some money in the long run. just my :twocents:
Utah_Jay
Member
I currently run the 2.5 teraflex coils paired with Bilstein shocks. I think the ride is great but I credit that more because of the shocks. I like the handling on and off road. The only reason I went with them is because I got all 4 for $190, otherwise I would have went a different route. The biggest complaint I have with any teraflex product is their pricing, I think they should provide better warranties for what they charge.