Not sure who all Fox Factory works with, but my Rocky Ridge was bulit in Trussville, AL at the Fox Factory building. Rocky Ridge, Black Widow, ect, are all trade marks of Fox.
On the weekends she lets me drive it when we go somewhere. The other day while I was driving us to a restaurant, she looks over at me says "Stop driving it like it's yours"! What the hell does that even mean!!!???
I'm not sure this was good idea. We came home from work today and pulled into the garage together. She rolled down her window and said "mine is bigger". The last time I heard that from a female, I ran like hell and never went back to that bar....
I thought I was out of the Wrangler market,,, my wife informed me otherwise.
It is a very nice Wrangler tho, and she loves it. Anyways, the point is, she,,,,,, awe the hell with trying to explain it, you married guys already know.
It's crazy that the dealerships shoot for an $8000 win when buying our cars/trucks. They give you $31,000 and sell for $39,000. Seems like a bit much to me. If they have to do that to make money, their overhead is way too high!
I always used a tool I made. Think of a telescopic leg on a camera tripod. Use something like that to extend from right to left on the front of the rim, lock it in place, and then move to the rear and check the difference. Like stated above, you should be around 1/8 or less.
Lift manufactures can't accurately predict the finished amount of lift. Every vehicle will be slightly different based on many things (motor option, accessories, ect.) That's why they leave it up to the installer to adjust.
I have used it many times. Works great after you understand it. BUT,,, some cheaper gear sets don't have the mating measurements on them. In those cases, the tool is worthless. But you shouldn't be buying the cheap stuff anyway!
I have done many regears over the years, and have accumulated all the right tools including the bearing set pinion depth tool (save a ton of time). Personally I have had a couple of sets that were acceptable with stock shims, but not many. I will also say this, unless you are extremely tight...
On my Wrangler/Rubicon I don't think I ever had a set of tires on that thing that didn't have at least 4-5 safety seals in it, most of them sidewalls. I would run that thing on the trails, and then 75mph on the freeways home. I have always heard that it is dangerous to fix a sidewall, but...
Looks good to me also! I like that trackbar. Wish you knew who made it. Last thing I would do is check the actual caster. You can down load an app that you can use to check this from the flat point on the bottom of the ball joint mounts. There are tons of videos on this, so watch a few to...
No, making the trackbar longer will push the axle towards the passenger side. Bar is mounted to frame on the driver side and on the axle on passenger side.
Track bar adjustments will not drastically affect alignment (there will b some that disagree), but, control arm changes will if the measurements are not precise and meant for your exact set-up. I personally don't take these vehicles for alignments, I just do it myself,,, but then again, my wife...
Just a little help with the trackbar. I do these all the time. I just drive up on the hook end of a ratchet strap with the tire that sticking out the most, then go up over (thru the center of the tire) the tire and hook the other end to the jeep frame. Unbolt the track bar and start...