LowRiver2
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So, after owning the white JK for 4 days, the A/C blower unit went out and a bolt holding the AOE rear tire carrier fell off. The jeep was in the shop for a month, we took back our deposit, ended up with a stock 14' rubicon for $14K less than what we paid for the white 15'sport with goodies on it. The question was could we do the add ons ourselves for less (of course/lol).
Big thanks (like many others) to Cole Trickle for a lot of texts/calls on what we wanted to do with this jeep, what would work, and what would not. All of this in a 2 week time frame with me working most of it to boot. We (wifey and I) shopped around, and through friends, contacts, etc, saved from 15-50% on everything we put on it so far:thumbup: The wife thought it'd be good to put the lift on myself with her shop mechanic so I could have a better idea of what goes where when I break it/(she knows me well). Bro in law has a good friend at Currie, so went to the shop, took a tour, and ended up with a Rock Jock short arm 4" kit. I went with Rancho 9000's for shocks. I was apprehensive anything rancho would be close to decent but Currie has them adjusted to work well with their kits and I was surprised at how well they work so far. The install took my green horn (one prior pickup lift) experience two full days to install. I'd have rented/borrowed a shop with a lift if I ever did it again just to get off the damn ground/lol. I can say the instructions are pretty straight forward but putting the nuts on top of the rear coils was a major pain to do with adult size hands. There has to be a better way to get that part done. All in all, I'm glad I did do it myself and I'm impressed with the lift.
1 stock rubi
1 lift kit and shocks
the launch of the install
Big thanks (like many others) to Cole Trickle for a lot of texts/calls on what we wanted to do with this jeep, what would work, and what would not. All of this in a 2 week time frame with me working most of it to boot. We (wifey and I) shopped around, and through friends, contacts, etc, saved from 15-50% on everything we put on it so far:thumbup: The wife thought it'd be good to put the lift on myself with her shop mechanic so I could have a better idea of what goes where when I break it/(she knows me well). Bro in law has a good friend at Currie, so went to the shop, took a tour, and ended up with a Rock Jock short arm 4" kit. I went with Rancho 9000's for shocks. I was apprehensive anything rancho would be close to decent but Currie has them adjusted to work well with their kits and I was surprised at how well they work so far. The install took my green horn (one prior pickup lift) experience two full days to install. I'd have rented/borrowed a shop with a lift if I ever did it again just to get off the damn ground/lol. I can say the instructions are pretty straight forward but putting the nuts on top of the rear coils was a major pain to do with adult size hands. There has to be a better way to get that part done. All in all, I'm glad I did do it myself and I'm impressed with the lift.
1 stock rubi
1 lift kit and shocks
the launch of the install