Hi all. New to this site, and my first post. Decided it was time for some lift on the KK so here is my . Its composed of OME shocks and struts, Rusty's coils up front, JBA 2.5" coils in the rear with extra ISO's, Rusty's strut plates, which are pieces of doo doo ( holes do not line up-had to drill one larger hole at one point on each plate to slide in, DO NOT BUY THESE, use JBA or RRO), but in the end they worked out, and clevis lift with three conduits on each side. So far after four weeks, this lift is awesome. I know some of the members here will rip on the Rusty's coils, and call me an idiot for not going with OME, but from what people have told me, the Rusty's actually give you more of a lift than OME. Some might agree, but I'm sure most won't, but so far they ride awesome and has not sagged at all from initial install. If I have to learn the hard way, OME it is . All in all this is a great lift, and I would recommend this route. The post lift alignment was a piece of cake, and the guy told me I have even more room to go more before UCA/spring contact occurs, not much more, but maybe an extra conduit ring or something. However the options are limited as we all know here . Here are some pictures, and If any of you have any questions, feel free to ask, did the lift myself and it was easy as hell to do. With basic tools anybody can do it. All you really need to do is find a spring compressor and your golden, or you can compress the springs by hand with a cheapo hand cranked one and loose your mind

WELCOME TO LOST!!!!!
First of all, the reason for no one running the Rustys coils is that they are the same as stock (310 lb spring rate) compared to OME 927s at 400 lb which translates that Rustys will sag in no time at all. Out of over 20 lifts only did one with Rustys springs and that was under protest
So I'm Sorry
Also a Frankenlift has spacers in them, not just a top plate and clevis. So what you have is a typical lift since thats what most use, OME springs / 1/4 inch top plate and 3/8 inch clevis or we do on KJs

Not busting your chomps just making sure everyone knows the pros and cons and what you have
Yes Rustys top plates are junk, haven't been drilled right since day one and people keep buying them

But congrats on the lift and doing it yourself

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03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

I hear ya man. I got brainwashed so to say to get the Rusty's because a lot of my friends with xj's, jk's and tj's who run Rusty's lifts love them and their springs have sagged only about a 1/4" since install, and some of them have had them on for years, so they kind of sold me on the quality side. But i do know of the bad side of what people have said about them. Well hopefully they will hold out for a while, and when they get bad Ill have an excuse to wrench it again

Welcome ... Nice setup! Any plans for wheels and tires?

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Out - 2008 Jeep Liberty Limited 4x4
In - 2011 Jeep Liberty Carbon Edition http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3972889/2 ... ed-edition

Welcome

and IMO i would go to OME Springs as they are a nice setup

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2012 KK Cherokee * Arctic by Musclez * Mineral Gray
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I came across these tires

A company called Greenball makes these, they are called the Kanati Mud Hog. They just came out and a local tire shop has a bunch in stock, really cheap in the 245/75/16 size. A popular size which most people here run so i'm going to give them a try. He quoted me $550 out the door for all 4. Want to go bigger but 265/75/16 would be the biggest I think you could go before major trimming and re-gear. Ill post pictures once they get on.

That will look really good with some aggresive rubber on it.

Oh, not struts either, these things have shocks all the way around. Sorry, just a big debate that goes on constantly.

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'99 Tahoe, 3" BL, 285/75/16's , MT II's.
'05 Liberty Sport, -wifey's
'98 Poncho Fireturd, 3.8L, .....the purple pig!

More of a constant ribbing I think. I hope everyone knows by now that they're coil over shocks lol. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
I saw a set of those on an FJ Cruiser, very sharp.

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2010 KK Deep Water Blue,OME Liftplus 1",JBA 5.5 UCA ,Dynaflow cat back exhaust, Weathertech VV & mats,Mopar skids,Atthehelm front bumper, Smittybilt XRC 10, Rigid LED's,RL Skink Supersliders,Gecko Safari Basket Detroit Truetrac rear, E-Locker front, G2, Dana 4.10's