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Thank you Harold! Placed my order.

Anyone else have any squeaking issues after the installation of the lift kit?

I‘m also trying to figure out how the heck do we access the grease fittings on the front of the rear control arms short of removing the attachment bolts to drop the arms and gain access. They’re buried up in there and even with the truck jacked up and axle at full droop I can’t get the grease gun in there. Would have been nice if RK used the 45 degree fittings instead. Scratching head.....
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Thank you Harold! Placed my order.

Anyone else have any squeaking issues after the installation of the lift kit?

I‘m also trying to figure out how the heck do we access the grease fittings on the front of the rear control arms short of removing the attachment bolts to drop the arms and gain access. They’re buried up in there and even with the truck jacked up and axle at full droop I can’t get the grease gun in there. Would have been nice if RK used the 45 degree fittings instead. Scratching head.....
I had posted in here at some point after installing my kit. I installed 45 degree and 90 degree fittings on several of my arms. Makes greasing much easier. In rear I think I did 90 degree on upper and 45 degree on lower. I have to double check. I only had to do it on the rear arms at the frame ends.
 

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Exactly what I’m thinking except I’ll probably have to drop ‘em to swap out the fittings OR another option is to buy a 90 that goes on the grease gun. Made for tight access like this.
 

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Exactly what I’m thinking except I’ll probably have to drop ‘em to swap out the fittings OR another option is to buy a 90 that goes on the grease gun. Made for tight access like this.
It was a tight fit but I was able to remove mine and install new ones without removing the arms.
 

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Went ahead and ordered this kit this morning. They said should be able to ship it out in two weeks or so. Keeping fingers crossed. Anything else I should get to go along with this system?? No need for a driveshaft correct??

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I installed this kit on my Rubicon and running 37" tires and a winch. I ended up adding 1.5" spacers to the front to level it out.
I used Teraflex as I forgot that Rockkrawler had the 1.5" correction pads for the front also so either should work.
 

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I installed this kit on my Rubicon and running 37" tires and a winch. I ended up adding 1.5" spacers to the front to level it out.
I used Teraflex as I forgot that Rockkrawler had the 1.5" correction pads for the front also so either should work.
Any pictures of the finished product yet? I installed the same kit on an overland and used a .5” Teraflex spacer in the front and I’m about 1” lower in the front than the back. I have RKs 1.5” front spring pad spacer on order but like everything else.... it’s back ordered.
 

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I just finished installing this kit topped off with some Falcon SP2 Shocks and 37s and she rides amazing. I will say getting the progressive springs Installed in my drive way was a little more work than I anticipated but we’ll worth the effort :note picture was taken at a tire shop while getting my 37s installed. Gears following in 2 weeks.
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Any pictures of the finished product yet? I installed the same kit on an overland and used a .5” Teraflex spacer in the front and I’m about 1” lower in the front than the back. I have RKs 1.5” front spring pad spacer on order but like everything else.... it’s back ordered.
This is all I got as of now. Driveway has a slight angle to it.

Back ordered, thats right. I remember now when I was looking at them and that is why I went with the Teraflex. Measuring the bottom of the doors I have about .5" lower in the front but to me that looks just fine even setting on level ground.

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I ordered mine coupla weeks ago and am only waiting on delivery for the front springs.
 

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No its not included... Mine was ordered from Clayton & installed at the same time. I made this spreadsheet when I was shopping for my lift. There was about 200 bucks more for Clayton then MetalCloak, including the quicker disconnects. Which put it just a little bit cheaper then the RocKrawler kits.

Prices may of changed since I put this together
I installed this kit on my Rubicon and running 37" tires and a winch. I ended up adding 1.5" spacers to the front to level it out.
I used Teraflex as I forgot that Rockkrawler had the 1.5" correction pads for the front also so either should work.
wow, 1.5 spacer to level out? That’s terrible. I dont want spacers on this lift. I thought they said it would be .5 difference.
 

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I ordered mine coupla weeks ago and am only waiting on delivery for the front springs.
I ordered the Springs off of eBay since they were in stock. Rethinking this kit now. Don’t want 4.5 inch lift up front to level.
 

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Yeah, not real happy about that 1.5" spacer either. Its all installed now so guess I will just have to deal with it.
Here is another pic on level ground. Still has some rake to it but livable.

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This is all I got as of now. Driveway has a slight angle to it.

Back ordered, thats right. I remember now when I was looking at them and that is why I went with the Teraflex. Measuring the bottom of the doors I have about .5" lower in the front but to me that looks just fine even setting on level ground.

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Thanks for this. I have the 3" Prox-X kit in my Rubicon. I love the kit and the ride. I'm living with the rake right now as it does allow you to maintain the vehicles payload and towing ability. But...after seeing this...really shows how much I'm missing out on....lol. I have a steel front bumper with a winch so even with the spacers I'll likely still have some rake.
 

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Yeah, not real happy about that 1.5" spacer either. Its all installed now so guess I will just have to deal with it.
Here is another pic on level ground. Still has some rake to it but livable.

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Looks like we are running same front bumper too. I think my sport fenders will help but running 35s right now. I’m at a loss what to do now. Yours looks super lifted compared to others.
 

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Looks like we are running same front bumper too. I think my sport fenders will help but running 35s right now. I’m at a loss what to do now. Yours looks super lifted compared to others.
I think it is the fenders. Most rubicons run 2"-2.5" but I wasnt going to pay the money the other lifts wanted. I do have to say the ride is awesome with the Rock Krawler.
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