TrialByFire's Garage

[Matt]

Awesome, thanks man.

And by "spacer" I meant a coil body spacer for the front and coil spring spacer for the rear for an extra 1" of lift. This would give us 1" more clearance when fully compressed in addition to the ride height. (Edit: even a 1/2" or 3/4" may do the trick)

My wheels are 8.5" wide with +18mm offset, so my stance would be almost identical to yours.

I'm fairly certain that because of you, Ill either get the ATZs or Xtreme ATs in the 285s.

Looking forward to seeing some suspension pics!

[Sal-XK]

I would think the drive shaft can handle the increased angle a lot better then the CV's could. How much did the SL drop your diff?

[TrialByFire]

I would think the drive shaft can handle the increased angle a lot better then the CV's could. How much did the SL drop your diff?

The SL dropped the diff by 4 inches. A side note: when I had the SL installed, they discovered the front drive shaft was bad (both the CV and U-joint) so I had them replace it. The vehicle had 72K miles on it (58K when I bought it) and because the RR lift had been on only 6 months and hadn't increased any angles, we didn't think it was lift-related so the extended warranty covered it.

[Matt]

You don't happen to have a part number for that driveshaft do you?

[Sal-XK]

I've priced out the CV's already I'm just waiting for them to go. I haven't priced out the front drive shaft out though I figured that would be good for a long time but maybe not.

[Matt]

Yeah, CV's are relatively cheap and easy to replace. Make sure you get one with a "lifetime" warranty... then you only need to buy it once

Driveshafts do normally last longer; but i can see these full time 4x4 systems being tough on it

[Sal-XK]

I've found the front drive shaft used for around $100 scared myself to death when I saw what a front axle costs LOL

[TrialByFire]

You don't happen to have a part number for that driveshaft do you?

Mopar 52105728AE $305

[TrialByFire]

Here are the suspension pics. I remembered also that both the upper and lower ball joints were bad also. Because I had new JBA UCAs, they only needed to change the lower ball joints.
Crown MEVMK80629 $43 each







From the angle of the front CVs, there shouldn't be a problem with adding another inch of body spacer.

I posted on that "other" forum that the JKS quick disconnects would not fit with the 4" SL. The SL swaybar links are 13" long and the most the JKS discos are rated for is 11.5". I extended the JKS to 11.5" and put them on and I can see no problems. The sway bar has plenty of travel in either direction.

[Sal-XK]

Wow bro you might as well just do my front bumper mod on that jeep bro

All the angles look good bro I like