Ride is great, super solid both on and off road. 37s will fit. Your only caution should be wheel back spacing, but they will fit under those fenders with this kit for sure.
Looking at 4.75 wheels and a 3.5 kit that won't destroy my fenders. Torn between teraflex and rough country but if this kit would play well with 37s off road, I'll probably spend a little more and go this route. It recommends 35s for sports.
Why not look at clayton 3.5?
Clayton looks quite large. I want to keep the truck as low as possible. I'd prob just look at doing a chop if the rubbing was that bad.
The Teraflex 3.5 is a stiff lift, you won’t get a lot of drop at all when it settles in. At full articulation you might get some fender rub but surely not driving or most over landing. But you do always have the option of changing our the fenders. There are some nice options out there.
I would always spend a little more to buy things over rough country… I bought from them once…never again. The bushings failed within 6 months and 2 off-road trips.
thats great they did that, obviously listening to things like this where customers are giving real feedback.
The arms are great. I’ve seen so many community people going to this lift with their gladiator. So obviously it’s getting traction. The stock are built cheap, they are lightweight and not adjustable. When you lift the jeep all your components tuck, as the designed factory stance cannot be maintained. So obviously adjustable arms are not a must, but would definitely recommend. I have these arms on both my JL Rubicon and my gladiator. I’ve had zero issues with them or need to adjust them, no noises, been super solid.
Thanks for the info! I have heard now from a couple other folks how good they consider the Alpine arms. Have you banged them up pretty good on rocks and such? The no noise is a big selling point for me. Too many of these other kits, which I won't name, sound like they are falling apart after one or two winters. So I know my ride quality will suffer a bit going to 4.5" lift with stock short arms partly for reasons you mention. My plan is to keep the stock arms with the ST4 kit until the bolt on long arm kit announced at SEMA is actually available. Should help a lot with ride quality seeing those will allow dialing in adjustment like the arms you are using. I guess if those long arms end up being a 6+ months out (like the falcon sp2 3.5s are right now) I may just throw on a set of your Alpine arms and swap em for the long ones when I can. Thank you again good to get owner feedback on this stuff.
No worries, I’ve had the alpines on my JL for about 2.5 years, haven’t touched them and they are still perfect. Haven’t beaten them up a ton, some rock crawling, but they are beefy, your main concern should be the bushings. They are solid!
