Ta-Da! Daystar 2.5 complete. Pics on pg 2.

KJ in CO · **Joined:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:06 pm **Posts:** 346

it looks like you got a fair amount of lift out of it. is the stock shocks,struts & springs as well? i am at 83k right now and wonder how many miles to expect to get out of her... the problems seem to never end with this one. and I aint even been wheelin it too often.

501 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:33 pm

Looks great Geojeeper!

I liked my Daystar kit too, it rides nice & looks great, but when my coils went I switched to OME.

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:21 pm

What the heck is Daystar?

GeoJeeper · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:42 pm

KJ in CO wrote:

it looks like you got a fair amount of lift out of it. is the stock shocks,struts & springs as well? i am at 83k right now and wonder how many miles to expect to get out of her... the problems seem to never end with this one. and I aint even been wheelin it too often.

Yep, still stock springs, struts, shocks, oil.. Oh, wait... not the oil. :lol:

We've been very lucky with our Jeep. There have been a couple re-call items that we had replaced even though we didn't experience the reported problems.

Other than that, we had to have the water pump replaced under warranty at around 40K if I remember correctly, and just recently we had the A/C quit. (Having that looked at tomorrow) But we've been incredibly happy with our Jeep. When I tease the wife about trading it in, she says, "I don't think so. We're driving it 'til the wheels fall off."

501 wrote:

Looks great Geojeeper!

Thanks 501. I'm pretty stoked about it.

GeoJeeper · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:54 pm

CRD Joe wrote:

What the heck is Daystar?

Daystar is the brand name, he's referring to the 2.5" lift kit.

DryBones · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:54 pm

looks good! if that front doesn't seettle down to level you might want to add a upper rear isolator pad to each side to bring the back up a smidge. like $12 a piece from a dealer.

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:03 pm

GeoJeeper wrote:

CRD Joe wrote:

What the heck is Daystar?

Daystar is the brand name, he's referring to the 2.5" lift kit.

I figured that. I just never heard of them before.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:06 pm

they're pretty common in the spacer lift, they make some poly bushing replacements and stuff too

TruLiberty · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:53 pm

is it just me or does the before picture show a ton of sag in the springs? sits soooo low. i hope not or else it'd be a waste of a spacer lift

looks better with the lift tho bro...and the house down the block thru the drivers window changed colors.

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:18 am

Best KJ color ever

Ain't it great to CLIMB INTO a MAN JEEP now?

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:24 am

TruLiberty wrote:

is it just me or does the before picture show a ton of sag in the springs? sits soooo low. i hope not or else it'd be a waste of a spacer lift

looks better with the lift tho bro...and the house down the block thru the drivers window changed colors.

with 117000 miles on it has to be a lot of sag to the stock springs. Like to see how close they are sitting together now with the spacers thrown in there

GeoJeeper · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:24 am

ThunderbirdJunkie wrote:

Best KJ color ever

Ain't it great to CLIMB INTO a MAN JEEP now?

It does feel good. My wife has to get used to it though. She's only about 5'3" and about fell getting out the first time. She forgot that it's higher. :lol:

jhblackwell · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:05 pm

long_tall_texan wrote:

jhblackwell wrote:

DOH!!!

That's exactly the kit I got from Superior 4X4...the KJ09115BK. It came with 4 "stem cushions". Would that be the "bumpstops" you refer to?

These are the bumpstops: http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/vie ... 904#421904

Thank you, very much. Those are in the kit. Now I need to ask another dumb-a## newbie question. I quess you don't need bump stops on the rear? :oops:

jhblackwell · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:45 pm

tommudd wrote:

jhblackwell wrote:

This is a great site and someday I too hope I can have a bad a##, kick a## Libby that I can do some serious off roading in.........someday :lol:

From your avatar it looks like you're there. :wink:

I have another question. It is suggested that a brake line extension be used on the left rear brake line of the '06-'07 KJ's. I called All-J products and they faxed me the installation instructions for the bracket extension and it apears they want you to bend the hard line. I DON'T THINK SO!!! I think I can fab an extension with a couple of 90 degree fittings and some hard line. The problem is I can't find what size the male fitting of the manifold is. Is there anyone that can help me with this? Below is a picture of my brake line showing that it is one unit that is crimped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
John

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:49 pm

no more then what you need to bend the line there will be no problem

jhblackwell · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:36 pm

tommudd wrote:

no more then what you need to bend the line there will be no problem

Are you suggesting I bend the line? If so, how do I do this without crimping? Also, there is not enough slack on my line to drop 3". I'm sorry I don't understand, but I really don't want to bend the hard line. :!:

jhblackwell · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:33 pm

tommudd wrote:

no more then what you need to bend the line there will be no problem

O.K., tommud, I give. I can't find a longer brake hose for my left rear lift so I'm going to bend the hard line. I read here not to use your hand but use your foot. Obviously that's impossible. Some coworkers have suggested using a glass Coke bottle or bourbon bottle (it's a southern thing :wink:

) depending on the amount of bend. What would you suggest? Will it hurt to bend down the up-bend in the steel line? The picture of my brake line is attached with the up-bend circled. Again, thanks for all the help.

LostEddie · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:40 pm

You don’t “bend” the line … it’s more like you swing the line down. Unbolt the block/fitting, you will find that it easily drops down enough to insert a “bracket” that is then bolted to the frame and also to the block.

jhblackwell · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:28 am

LostEddie wrote:

You don’t “bend” the line … it’s more like you swing the line down. Unbolt the block/fitting, you will find that it easily drops down enough to insert a “bracket” that is then bolted to the frame and also to the block.

Well, alrighty then. That's what I'll do. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks for the info.

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:30 am

OK so maybe bend was not the right word :roll:

but you do move it down from its current location and bend it to fit the bracket, so technical :roll:

Ta-Da! Daystar 2.5 complete. Pics on pg 2.

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