travisk
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- Fullerton, CA
For what it's worth, I have this kit and the frame sits exactly 12" above the top of the rear axle tube with the jeep unloaded.
For what it's worth, I have this kit and the frame sits exactly 12" above the top of the rear axle tube with the jeep unloaded.
You are running the lift shackles from the kit and not the stock units right?
@blistovmhz
Because of you, I didn't get my lift this week. Yes, It YOUR fault.
I was all set to order my 6.5 short arm kit and then,
You wrote such an honest and in-depth review of the long arm kit I was forced to cancel my plans. Now I have to wait 2 more weeks to shell out the coin for the long arm kit.
I really appreciate the time you took to tell everyone about your experience.
RC should send you a commission check
My buddy has the RC 4.5 Long arm kit and it has been phenomenal. He has had it for about a year and done a ton of wheeling with it and nothing has bent or broken. I will sell installing it was a pain in the ass and the hardware they supply, for the most part, is lacking but ive read its that way with most lift kits. I highly recommend them as well.
Yea, RC had issues with their leafs back in 2010 IIRC as well, and I know they got it fixed. My buddies rig is still movin' strong with his now 3 year old kit that he's beaten to hell.
I think they just have supply chain issues. I get the feeling they change manufacturers a lot.
That said, last time I talked to them, I asked if they could test fit a set of their leafs to a stock XJ to verify the springs were correct. Turns out they don't have an XJ anymore. I get the feeling they've got a bad run of leafs and just don't know it yet. Always a bad idea to change manufacturers without doing some serious QC and at least one test fit.
Forgot to mention that I measured the thickness of both the RC's and my old RE packs. The RC's are a bit over 1/16 thinner each. Multiply that by the 6 leafs in the pack and you're 3/8 thinner and I'll bet that's where the lift problem came from. Makes a huge difference in weight and spring rate. Maybe their manufacturer cheaped out on them? I dunno.
Hopefully they'll read this and take note. They're generally pretty good about feedback.
One more comment about the leafs....I installed the kit for a friend of mine and while it does perform good my one complaint is with the leafs. When I was installing them I thought no way were they gonna bolt up due to how far off the holes were. I had to bend them with an almost 10 ft piece of pipe and use a jack to apply pressure to get the eyelets to line up. I called RC on this and they werent aware of any issues. If you had a lift shackle this wouldnt of been an issue. On a second note, when he is in the driveway he is basically maxed out on up travel and if he hits a bump hard the shackles slam against the frame, but he has down travel for days.
All right so I ordered my lift today
6.5 long arm /w the shackle relocation brackets.
I wont get it in tell the end of next week.
Wish me luck and we shall see how it goes.