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Installing a 3.5” jks lift on my 21 Willy’s sport, looking for opinions on what’s the best optio, front control arms to drop down geometry brackets looking for opinions and anyone who’s tried both options to see which would be a better choic. Thanks for any feedback
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By the way it’s my daily driver and do not do any off road driving
 

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I have both geo brackets and control arms on a 4" lift.

If you don't off road. Just get the geo brackets. They will give you the best ride vs just the control arms.
 

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I prefer both i like the geometry part of the brackets and i prefer not to have Clevite bushing in lower front control arms and track bars along with a sector shaft track bar brace. I’m a bit of a stickler when it comes to steering
 

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Since you don't off-road the brackets will work well for you. If you did off-road I would say links since the brackets are potential rock anchors.
 

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Brackets for road manners/ride, control arms for flex and ground clearance.
 
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I have both geo brackets and control arms on a 4" lift.

If you don't off road. Just get the geo brackets. They will give you the best ride vs just the control arms.
Thanks for the info I appreciate that.
 

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Just go with the brackets. You are not going to hurt them off road. They really help with the ride and steering .
 

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I have both. And I do offroad. I dont slam my Gladiator on any boulders but have been thru some ruff stuff and have never hung up on them. If you never offroad I think your results will be better with the brackets.
 

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Just go with the brackets. You are not going to hurt them off road. They really help with the ride and steering .
Thanks, I’m going to do the Geo brackets and hope they are as good as they keep saying on all the videos I’ve watched
 
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I have both. And I do offroad. I dont slam my Gladiator on any boulders but have been thru some ruff stuff and have never hung up on them. If you never offroad I think your results will be better with the brackets.
I would imagine if I install the geometry brackets and install the JKS control arms. Those arms are gonna have to be set to factory length am I right? Thanks for your feedback. Greatly appreciated.
 

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I would imagine if I install the geometry brackets and install the JKS control arms. Those arms are gonna have to be set to factory length am I right? Thanks for your feedback. Greatly appreciated.
I have Rancho brackets and adjustable lower control arms. I have the arms set to the length of the arms that come with the mopar 2 inch lift. The lift on the truck is a combination of Rancho springs and teraflex spacers and measures 3 1/2 inches over stock. It rides and handles great, tires wear great.
 

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I slammed one of my MetalCloak brackets a lot on the Rubicon and it looks like this now (one side only, other side is untouched). Not concerned personally.
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