It’s not pushing it once, it’s keeping it permanently twisted.
The bushing has no twist when at normal ride height. It’s relaxed.
Now think of pushing the entire front end down and inch and half. Therubber in the bushings will twist while the suspension drops.
Not loosening the LCAs during...
Depends on how much up/down travel you’ve been getting. If you’re mainly on the road, not much movement and therefore not much stressing of the bushings.
If you off road and trail ride a lot where you get a ton of suspension travel, then likely some. It’s not like they’ll just fall out, but...
The directions call for it. Reason being, if you don’t, it is actually binding the bushing while at rest.
Think of it like this.....
While at normal ride height, the bushings are in a neutral or relaxed position. As the suspension travels up and down, the bushings twist with the movement.
If...
Dealer may or may not do it. I’d imagine they would try and tell you your warranty would be void because it’s not the Mopar lift kit.
It’s reportedly about 2 hours of work for a shop with the lift setup and all the good tools. One local to me said $270 to do the level and LCAs.
Ive seen some...
And you’d be perfectly fine to do just that. My personal opinion though is that for the $60 the Mopar lift LCAs make a big improvement and since you’ve already got the stock ones loose to install the level kit, may as well take the extra 20 minutes to install them. Time and money well spent
Not necessary at all. It’s just an improvement and since you’re supposed to loosen the lower control arms to install the level kit, may as well replace them while you’re there.
Your Jeep will still drive fine if you don’t replace them, no worries there. Nothing will be “wrong” or “messed up” if...
General consensus is lift 2” and below do not need an adjustable track bar. As mentioned above, you can easily adjust the drag link yourself and realign the steering wheel.
One thing that will improve handling but is not a must is the lower control arms from the Mopar lift kit. They are...
I have to agree with this. There must be some type of equalization or built in crossover with the Alpine.
The front speakers I pulled out of the wife’s non alpine JLU have a small capacitor soldered onto the speaker connector.
The speakers pulled from my Alpine equipped JT have no capacitors...
Same here. Speedo matches gps, the radar stations near the school show same as speedo.
I measured the tire right between 33.25 and 33.5 inches and ended up with 33.75 in Jscan to get it accurate.
Discount Tire shows rim width of 7.5-11 for the Nitto Ridge Grappler in 315/70R17.
https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/nitto-ridge-grappler
Personally, I wouldn’t want it done, but Discount says it can.
This.
It took me multiple attempts at changing the tire size to a number that made the speedo match the gps, but once done it still accelerates fine and I see 8th gear with my 34 inch tires. That’s with the 3.73 gear. Many underestimate the difference having an 8 speed gearbox makes in “picking...
Thanks!
No lift, though I will be installing the Teraflex 1.5” level in the front. No rubbing on full left or right turn. I’d imagine the front would run the inner flare under full articulation.
The wheels are 18x9 with a +12 offset.
New wheels and tires installed today. Vision Se7en 18x9 with 295/70R18 Falken Wildpeak AT3W. Sidewall says 34x11.50, I measured just shy of 33.5 installed height.
Completely changed the look of my JT.
Maybe mine isn’t as far off as I thought then. Just looks a hell of a lot more slanted then the others I’ve seen at dealers and on the road. Thanks.
Edit—-forgot I had pics.