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Doing Rubicon take off suspension

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I have a few questions before I start.
I got the parts today to do the rubicon takeoff suspension on my sport S max tow. I will be doing all the shocks and the front springs.
If I have read correctly the higher number front springs go on the passenger side for the extra weight of gas tank etc.

When doing the shocks is there a certain wait they face? I know they have the hard plastic shield that says fox on it but what way do they face

is there a certain side one Shock goes on vs the other?

what is the process I need to follow to swap all of this out? Are there torque specs for all the bolts and nuts? If so, where?

will doing the rubicon suspension require an alignment? What if I had a small spacer in the front on top of the rubicon stuff? Would it require an alignment or any other parts then?
Any help or tips I can get before starting would be appreciated.
I had thought about just doing the shocks first before doing the front springs.

do you have to drop any suspension or anything off to just swap shocks??
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Shock is on correctly. The block of wood on the floor jack looks a little sketchy. At least you have a jack stand under it.
Yeah, I caught that too.......hope the jackstand is placed properly just in case, or better yet, the weight is ON the stand and not the jack.
 

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If your springs still have the original parts tag on them, you can look them up as there is a left and right and front and back. Shock are only front and back different. Just did it last weekend not too hard
 

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Can this be done jacking up 1 corner at a time or do you need to jack up the whole front of the rig and drop the entire axle?
 

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Can this be done jacking up 1 corner at a time or do you need to jack up the whole front of the rig and drop the entire axle?
You can do one corner at a time. In fact the instructions for the Daystar spacers show doing one corner at a time, and removing the springs to install the spacers, I see no difference.
 

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I sandblast mine.

Jeep Gladiator Doing Rubicon take off suspension blast-cabinets
 
 



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