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First post here.....

I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on 2" AEV spacer and the geometry correction brackets.
Just wondering if anyone was running this with 35's or 37's and wanted to chime in with the
good, bad and the ugly.

I'll be doing Light off-roading and overlanding.

Thanks in advance for any info.
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You don’t need the brackets with that kit. The differences are negligible at 2” and below. Your control arms will still be nearly flat. It should drive just like factory.
 
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That being said, as soon as this post gets traction you’ll receive dozens of posts claiming that you do.

I’d take that money and put it in the tire budget.
 

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With a 2" spacer I would skip the brackets.

Buuuut that said.

If you're overlanding, or going to load your rig up. I would just go right to the DualSport 2.5" kit.

https://www.aev-conversions.com/product/jt-2-5-dualsport-rt-suspension/

I get it, it's more $ than the spacers and brackets, but it's the same work (basically) to put the kit in vs the spacers. You're spending close to $900 for the spacer and brackets anyway.... You'll gain more lift, BETTER load capacity better (ok arguably) shocks.

Annnd lets face it in 9 months when you want more lift or are dealing with rear end sag you're going to want to do it then any way.
 

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With a 2" spacer I would skip the brackets.

Buuuut that said.

If you're overlanding, or going to load your rig up. I would just go right to the DualSport 2.5" kit.

https://www.aev-conversions.com/product/jt-2-5-dualsport-rt-suspension/

I get it, it's more $ than the spacers and brackets, but it's the same work (basically) to put the kit in vs the spacers. You're spending close to $900 for the spacer and brackets anyway.... You'll gain more lift, BETTER load capacity better (ok arguably) shocks.

Annnd lets face it in 9 months when you want more lift or are dealing with rear end sag you're going to want to do it then any way.
Very good points!
 
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With a 2" spacer I would skip the brackets.

Buuuut that said.

If you're overlanding, or going to load your rig up. I would just go right to the DualSport 2.5" kit.

https://www.aev-conversions.com/product/jt-2-5-dualsport-rt-suspension/

I get it, it's more $ than the spacers and brackets, but it's the same work (basically) to put the kit in vs the spacers. You're spending close to $900 for the spacer and brackets anyway.... You'll gain more lift, BETTER load capacity better (ok arguably) shocks.

Annnd lets face it in 9 months when you want more lift or are dealing with rear end sag you're going to want to do it then any way.

What else is needed with this particular kit?
 

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What else is needed with this particular kit?
The DualSport kit? Nothing, it's a solid stand alone kit. With the geometry brackets you don't need control arms etc.

It's the kit I have in my rig.

There are other kits, Clayton offers a 2.5", Metalclaok offers a kit as well.

I like the AEV for load, and over all drivability.
 
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The DualSport kit? Nothing, it's a solid stand alone kit. With the geometry brackets you don't need control arms etc.

It's the kit I have in my rig.

There are other kits, Clayton offers a 2.5", Metalclaok offers a kit as well.

I like the AEV for load, and over all drivability.
Thanks Much for the info. Looks like this is what I'll go with!
 

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Self-ordered 2022 Mojave. First Jeep. Far from new to 4x4 pickups and the like.

I have AEV 2” & GCBs. GCBs utilize the top hole. It drives absolutely incredible. As smooth as anyone would expect/want it to.

I run either 35x10.5x17 on 17x8.5” and 0 offset Methods during the warm weather months and 255/85R17 on stock Mojave wheels during the cold weather months. S.E. Michigan. I would upload a video of driving 85 mph on the freeway (pretty normal for me - hah!), but I am not able to.

Actually… I had already had it here:


Call the guys at Unlimited Offroad in Fenton, MI. They are a Jeep specialty shop. I inquired about GCBs vs. LCAs. I admittedly do not know a lot to stand on any soapbox, but they explained to me about the differences between the two and what was said made perfect sense (to me). Why one and not the other & vice versa. Also said how using to GCBs’ top hole has just been what has “worked out best.”

Jeep Gladiator 2" AEV spacer and Geometry brackets IMG_0559
 
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At the very least you should add the Mopar lower control arms. As for the comment about adjusting caster, there is NO adjustment option on our Jeeps to adjust that. The brackets will greatly improve the hwy driving feel, the Mopar lowers are 2nd place to the brackets in that way but don't reduce ground clearance and are less money. The reality is if you're doing a lot of miles you want more caster. I have used brackets on Jeeps that I've wheeled and they've always been great. On my current Mojave I use the Mopar lowers paired with the 1.5 inch spacers and other bits.
 

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Geometry correction brackets aren't bad. I've been wheeling long enough to see them get invented, be universally panned, become the villian, and then become accepted.

But they're not needed most of the time. I'd choose higher ground clearance behind the wheel over "more perfect" geometry every time.

In my opinion, buy the Mopar extended lower control arms first. They're dirt cheap. Then if the wheel feels too light and floaty to you or you're getting a bit of wobble when you hit bumps, consider the geo correction brackets.

There's a lot of information carried through the years from word of mouth of previous generation Jeeps and the control arms on those Jeeps were less than half the length they are now. The angle of your front control arms has a much lesser affect than it used to in the past, and it used to be (and still is) totally acceptable to run 4" coils with roughly stock length control arms on the TJ platform. Arms half as long.

To reiterate what I said, though. Geometry brackets aren't bad. They do what they set out to do well. But the minimal and likely undetectable tradeoff of keeping stock mounting points to have some extra ground clearance is the way I go. Literally. I've been running AEV high capacity coils plus a 1" spacer in the front on lower extended Mopar arms for 30k miles now and a lot of trails. Works great.
 

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I have the AEV 2.5 inch overland kit sitting on 37’s with.1.5 inch spacers up front to level the rig. . Super smooth. Love it. Does well off and on road.
 

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I also skipped the brackets and instead installed the Mopar LCAs from their 2" lift. It drives great and tracks perfectly on the freeway with 35s.
 

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People that say you don't need anything other than the spacers are the same ones posting why is my Jeep driving like shit? It's very simple, you lift, you change geometry of the axle components. A 2" spacer lift will change caster and will shit the axle to the side. There is no doubt about that. If you can live with a JT with an axle poking more to one side and with darty steering, have at it. The truth is that in order to bring back geometry back to factory tolerances you either need longer LCAs or Geo Brackets and an adjustable track bar. Do it right once.
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