Rock Krawler 3" X Factor JT System

[e36racer]

Came out awesome!!!! What an improvement over the stock suspension!!!

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[geochaf1]

Came out awesome!!!! What an improvement over the stock suspension!!!

That looks terrific, love the flex. Do you have a picture from the side with the new suspension and 35" tires? Also, what is your height now from the ground to the highest point of your hard top? Thanks.

 

[Jasonzj980]

Better to ask for roof height

I'm at approximately 78 inches at the tallest point in the rear of the hardtop. I'm also on 37 Ridge Grapplers on 17s.

 

[e36racer]

That looks terrific, love the flex. Do you have a picture from the side with the new suspension and 35" tires? Also, what is your height now from the ground to the highest point of your hard top? Thanks.

Here is a side shot. I’ll measure it tonight and post. After a 700+ mile ride home I can’t say enough about this kit. Nasty expansion joints are a joke, especially mid corner. Now I understand what RK means by the track bar cross talk. This kit really transforms the truck on the road. It’s rock solid!! It drives straight as an arrow with 2 fingers on the wheel even when I was intentionally hitting bumps in the road trying to upset it. I’m really excited to get it on the trails.

 

[e36racer]

And as a point of reference, the front tire is 35” off the ground measuring from the lowest spot of the tire between the fork lift arms and the rear gets to 33”. (35x12.50x17 KO2s). And it’s very stable with a tire all the way up. We shook the hell out of it and it didn’t budge at all.

 

[e36racer]

It’s 78-79” at the highest bar on the soft top. It fits in a standard garage door with a couple inches to spare.

 

[glad76]

I got my lift completed yesterday. Unfortunately I haven't driven it yet and still need to make sure front axle is centered and recenter my steering wheel. I had a slight emergency. My oldest son who is Army ROTC at Virginia Tech was sent home by the University as they continue to try and limit the campus population as much as possible. Anyway his Jeep Liberty's A/C compressor took a dump in West Virginia on his way home and I had to drive down and trailer him home last night. So before I left to get him I wanted to get my Gladiator done and off his lift. I figured I'll come back over this week and finish adjusting and tightening what I need to and bring it home.
The lift install went smoothly. My hats off to anyone who installed this kit on the ground. I originally planned to do it that way till my buddy said his lift was open all weekend. Took my youngest son and I about 10 hours total to install including installing new stainless brakelines and replacing my Draglink with a heavy duty Synergy. I have the Tie rod and stabilizer relocation kit as well but figured I'd install that at home right before I take it to be aligned. I have already sent a message to Rock Krawler because my kit was missing the rear bump stop pads. But no biggie, can install those easily enough later. Here are a bunch of pics of install, finished product, and my piece of roadkill....LOL

I'm new here. Have gladiator looking at the dana 44. Do you have dana axles front and rear?

 

[glad76]

I'm new here. Have gladiator looking at the dana 44. Do you have dana axles front and rear?

 

[glad76]

I'm new here. Have gladiator looking at the dana 44. Do you have dana axles front and rear?

I meant to say Dana/Spicer axles.

 

[Rock Krawler Suspension]

I'm new here. Have gladiator looking at the dana 44. Do you have dana axles front and rear?

All Gladiators have "Dana 44" front and rear axles. Rubicons have a wider version but still uses all the Dana 44 stuff.

 

[@californiajeeping]

Why is this lift kit with shocks like 5 grand

 

[Billet Wilson]

Why is this lift kit with shocks like 5 grand

It's not, it's around $3600 or lower depending where you purchase it.

 

[Billet Wilson]

Is anyone running steer smarts flipped drag link and relocation bracket with the Pro-X? Are they needed or is under the knuckle perfectly fine? I plan to run the Yeti tie rod, drag link with griffin, and track bar along with the relocation bracket accordingly.

 

[Rock Krawler Suspension]

Why is this lift kit with shocks like 5 grand

You're looking at the price on the Pro X coilover system which adds 2.625" RR coilovers up front and 2.625" RR shocks in the rear. It also comes with the associated brackets to make those big coilovers fit.

On a real note, we add up all the material cost, labor cost and associated business operations cost; multiply by the margin that we need to make to stay in business and that becomes MSRP. Its the same thing that all businesses do when selling a product.

The differences you will see from us VS most other options out there would be things like using only American sourced materials, steel, aluminum, everything. The ONLY thing that is not American made material is our springs. The Material we use for our springs does not have an American supplier and it is purchased from Germany. The springs are still made in the US but the material is not. Otherwise, everything from steel for control arms, to raceways in joints, to a hitch pin for a sway bar disconnect, made in America. We have a lot of pride in what we do here.

 

[Rock Krawler Suspension]

Is anyone running steer smarts flipped drag link and relocation bracket with the Pro-X? Are they needed or is under the knuckle perfectly fine? I plan to run the Yeti tie rod, drag link with griffin, and track bar along with the relocation bracket accordingly.

I prefer to stay under the knuckle as the high steer will generally limit uptravel, unless you're running a tire that is large enough to need that much bump stop already.

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