Lookie here...another Houston Jeeper

Hey all, just thought I'd pop in and say I made it! :nahnahna2:

welcome and :nahnahna2: :rasberry: back at ya

hey you finally made it here!

Glad to see ya buddy!!!! :babymonkey2:

Welcome aboard matey!

welcome to our cozy corner of the net

Welcome to the forum.

and just fyi, here is my ride:


and yes I know it needs BIGGER tires...lol

That damn uncle of mine, just cleaned me out (took hellava lot more than I wanted him too)..so any new mods will be "the freebies"

oops, looks like i need posting lessons for this forum

welcome

BTW i followed that link. nice rig. are those skyjacker control arms?

Yea you, glad you made it over to "the dark side" hehe.

Welcome

jkx0778 wrote:

BTW i followed that link. nice rig. are those skyjacker control arms?

no thats the Rancho 4.5 Long Arm

TxRubiRig wrote:

jkx0778 wrote:

BTW i followed that link. nice rig. are those skyjacker control arms?

no thats the Rancho 4.5 Long Arm

how's that working out for you? best priced long arm kit on the market. does it come with everything needed though? how's the ride? flex? quality of components.... well, you might as well write a review about it

come on man. we need details...

OK, I promise I will write a review...but right now, I'm still not too happy with it...just pm'ed George to see if he would be able to drive it around and tell me his thoughts before it goes back to the shop again.

Before the lift my Jeep had NO probs (well expect for still needing to take it back to the dealer to get the crickets out of my clutch...lol). As the Jeep stands now...well this is what I posted on that other forum, with no help or thoughts:

"Last Thursday, I got my Jeep back from the shop after the Rancho LA suspension was installed along with 1350 front and rear RE Reel driveshafts. FYI, the Jeep is an '07 2dr Rubi with the stock tires on in it still (I know but thats the next mod). And also just another fyi, I also put on the Rancho Rockgear protection.

Lift looks great!

However, the 1st thing I noticed was the ride. The Jeep vibrates now. Shifting from 2nd to 3rd is the worst. The exhaust is a little louder/deeper and those points too. Very annoying. The Jeep is going back to the shop. I was told some of it maybe due to the driveshafts not at the correct angle or something.

The handling of the Jeep is better than stock.

But it rides alot stiffer (esp in the back). FYI, the shocks are the Rancho RS9000XL and they are set to 3 all the way around. The tires have 31psi. Is this what I really should expect.

Lastly, it appears my gas mileage has gone down too.

On a side note, the front diff skip plate works great. Being the past weekend my 1st time really off road with it, it saved me more than once...lol

So before it goes back to the local shop, I just wanted to ask you fellow Jeepers about my issues."

As it is right now..its squeaking more too and making other noises


But these should hopefully hold you over:

Rancho lift pics

pics I lifted from other of me from Longs...lol

N2Rock's brief vid of me

sorry to hear that. are the driveshafts you got longer? they shld be with any lift over 3" on a two door. if the control arms are adjustable, the shop shld be able to correct the pinion angle. every lift (and lowering kit) i've ever installed has always changed the ride. it's always been stiffer.

with the lift, it also got "bouncier" and got bumpsteer.
with drop kits, got stiffer but handling got better.

with the stiffer ride always came more squeeks and rattles.
just my $0.02

may want to grease bushings a little better and torque everything down good. how did you like the performance offroad?

[quote="jonsjeep"]...how did you like the performance offroad?[/quote

Unfornatly Long's was the 1st time its been offroad..REALLY want to change that!

But while out there, I like it alot...was very surprised...I just have to train myself more to have trust in the Jeep

jkx0778 wrote:

sorry to hear that. are the driveshafts you got longer? they shld be with any lift over 3" on a two door. if the control arms are adjustable, the shop shld be able to correct the pinion angle. every lift (and lowering kit) i've ever installed has always changed the ride. it's always been stiffer.

with the lift, it also got "bouncier" and got bumpsteer.
with drop kits, got stiffer but handling got better.

with the stiffer ride always came more squeeks and rattles.
just my $0.02

Thanks for the input...the driveshafts are the JE Reel 1350's...only had 1 length given...hope they are not the prob..control arms, I don't think they can be adjusted..but don't take my word on that

if they drive shafts are stock legnth and not longer with the adapters at the ends that could be your prob. the overall length (with adapters) needs to be longer than stock. thats what i've read.

If you don`t have adjustable upper & lower control arms and adjustable front/rear track bars, that`s probably your reason for the vibes.your castor/pinion angles need to be adjusted even with a long arm kit. Also just my .02

CRUX wrote:

If you don`t have adjustable upper & lower control arms and adjustable front/rear track bars, that`s probably your reason for the vibes.your castor/pinion angles need to be adjusted even with a long arm kit. Also just my .02

yea. he brought it over to the shop today and i drove it and took a look at it,

the rancho long arm kit has no obvious adjustment in the rear end, fixed length lower arms and a fixed length upper wishbone.

the problem is classic vibrations from a cv stle driveshaft with a bad pinion angle

he is going to try to get the guys who installed it to fix it, the truss for the rear end needs to be rotated to adjust pinion angle and the welded to the housing, trust me on this , that rear suspension looks like nothing you have ever seen, the rear wishbone is where the stock muffler is

in addition i notticed the front trackbar hits the diff cover because of the relocate braket.......kinda cheasey on a lift that expensive, should have an adjustable trackbar.......they also used a 4" drop pitman arm that needs to go

Yeah, what G said...lol

haha, hope they get it fixed and it works right! you pay good money for a product you expect it to work.