IXNAYXJ said:
Yeah, WTF? I know a lot of folks with DBs who do great off road; it's undoubtedly one of the better budget mods out there.
-----Matt-----
I'm sure they work fine - flatten out the arm and you get a better ride for sure and more down travel.. but what I mean is why goof around with a bracket that now needs to handle lateral motion as well as front to back motion when you are just going to chop it off when you realize you should have done it right in the first place?
85xj4dr said:
I saw this guy this weekend that lifted his fullsize chevy 3/4 ton with lift springs in front, but stock springs and 4 2'' blocks.:wow::wow::wow:
I thought that was more of a southern thing..
When I said 2 inch blocks were ok, I meant only one per side.
pSYChedXJ said:
Yep, plenty of rigs up here running DBs and almost all reviews have been positive. Sure, if you have the $1K to do LAs then rock on but for those with a tighter budget, I've always heard DBs are a great alternative.
- Jay
If you can't afford a grand for long arms you really shouldn't be lifting your truck past the limitations of the stock lower control arm mounts - the larger tires you can fit are going to blow up your D30 and you wont be able to afford parts for that either.
swbooking said:
Really? huh, id beg to differ that, Ive seen MANY capable rigs with RE drop brackets.
and drop brackets are not just pieces of welded metal. Have you ever actually seen them before?
Take a peep at Ken's (4xSantas) rig, or Cal's (Cal) rig. Im pretty sure they do the most hardcore trails in California with their drop brackets...
I'm sure with enough metal and fabrication you can make anything work.. Yeah i've seen them and they look rediculous. Have you seen or wheeled an xj with a long arm?
bcmaxx said:
With 3" blocks: bent and s shaped leafs, kept breaking add a leafs
With 2" on a buddies rig: really bent leafs, broken secondary, spontaneous loss and pretzeling of rear driveshaft.
If I notice any deformation in my drop brackets I'll make corrections. They are pretty thick and mount securely. I had so much into my short arm lift I couldn't go back and do it long arm. I and others are very impressed the flex it has now for short arms. We are going to do up the Mrs xj with longarms when the time comes, It is the way to go.
What BRAND of leafs? I have Rubicon Express 3 inch leafs with 2 inch blocks, and have run them for a year with no issues whatsoever. How much could you possibly have into a short arm kit that you couldn't recoup? 400 bucks tops for uppers and lowers..everything else works with a long arm kit..
Try doing this with a shortarm: (that's a 36 inch TSL, and those are 7.5inch RE coils falling out there..)
Not saying that shortarms are shit but when you get over 6 inches don't even bother with them..and adding a drop bracket is just prolonging the pain. a grand for a longarm kit is cheap compared to 400 for control arms and then however much more for these brackets, I don't know the price but if it's from Rubicon Express it sure as shit ain't cheap!