KK 2" Daystar lift

nick1990 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:20 pm **Posts:** 12

Hi guys before everyone starts going on about not doing the daystar lift its only temporary getting the jba lift next year but tires are bald and whats the sense of buying two sets of new tires so with that being said i just wanna know from the people who do have the daystar lift how it rides and looks and what size tires youre running

pictures would be helpful

Ted15 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:17 am

Where are you located?
You'd be much better off with a Teraflex over the Daystar. The Daystar rides like a skateboard and the Teraflex uses the stock suspension.

nick1990 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:20 pm **Posts:** 12

im in Connecticut

i dont really mind the sitffness i used to have low cars with extremely high spring rates im used to it lol but im not sure if i can fit a 245/75/16 tire without rubbing on the 2" lift

Ted15 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:18 pm

I think we had this conversation before lol

nick1990 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:20 pm **Posts:** 12

lol we might have im basically jsut makin sure i can fit that tire in without having to do any modifications

Ted15 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:22 pm

nick1990 wrote:

lol we might have im basically jsut makin sure i can fit that tire in without having to do any modifications

245/75-16 should fit, I've seen where people have done it. That's one rough riding lift though. You're going to need longer rear shocks too.

nick1990 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:20 pm **Posts:** 12

yea i was gunna pick up some shocks as well

i might just play it safe and go with a 245/70 or soemthing

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:18 pm

Run the 245-70-16s now unlifted, and then when you have the funds go for the JBA lift, leave the spacer lifts alone .

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:21 pm

245/75-16 will fit with the Daystar. A lot of people have done it. Depending on how much your springs have sagged you may rub a tad, but you can always pound the pinch weld if that's the case. I'm also assuming you have the stock rims or atleast stock specs.

nick1990 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:20 pm **Posts:** 12

yea i still have the stock wheels/specs on the jeep

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:04 pm

correct, the 245/75/16 wheels will for with the daystar. longer shocks as stated above are going to be needed. the spacers kill ride quality and your shocks pretty fast. fronts kill over quicker then the rear.

a full spring lift is recommended though :2cents:

nick1990 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:20 pm **Posts:** 12

Yea I'm going full spring lift as soon as I possibly can only reason for the spacer lift right now is because I desperately need new tires and I figured I might as well go bigger since I'm buying new tires so the spacer lift is just to hold me over for a year or less till I can get a full spring lift

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:07 pm

nick1990 wrote:

Yea I'm going full spring lift as soon as I possibly can only reason for the spacer lift right now is because I desperately need new tires and I figured I might as well go bigger since I'm buying new tires so the spacer lift is just to hold me over for a year or less till I can get a full spring lift

As long as you know that the spacer rides like crap. I have a Skyjacker spacer kit. Basically the same as daystar. Its been almost a year and the spacers have taken a toll on everything drive line based.

Just once you get the opportunity to get the spacers out of there, do so! :2cents:

Bilstien HD shocks from JBA will be nice to have. :2cents:

Those front shocks will be worthless within a few months of lifting.

By the way, spacers are spacers. No difference between teraflex, daystar, and skyjacker. Price and height are the only difference.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:40 pm

PALiftedKK wrote:

nick1990 wrote:

Yea I'm going full spring lift as soon as I possibly can only reason for the spacer lift right now is because I desperately need new tires and I figured I might as well go bigger since I'm buying new tires so the spacer lift is just to hold me over for a year or less till I can get a full spring lift

As long as you know that the spacer rides like crap. I have a Skyjacker spacer kit. Basically the same as daystar. Its been almost a year and the spacers have taken a toll on everything drive line based.

Just once you get the opportunity to get the spacers out of there, do so! :2cents:

Bilstien HD shocks from JBA will be nice to have. :2cents:

Those front shocks will be worthless within a few months of lifting.

By the way, spacers are spacers. No difference between teraflex, daystar, and skyjacker. Price and height are the only difference.

There's a few different types of spacer lifts. You have the over the top similar to RRO's, then there is the regular Daystar style, and the clevis style like Rock Krawler's (uses a longer than stock clevis).

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:02 pm

Bmxer524 wrote:

There's a few different types of spacer lifts. You have the over the top similar to RRO's, then there is the regular Daystar style, and the clevis style like Rock Krawler's (uses a longer than stock clevis).

we all know about RR quality and customer support though.

the big ones though are daystar and a few skyjacker. I don't ever recall seeing anyone on here or over on the jeep forum side with TeraFlex or another makeshift type spacers.

as long as the spacer buyer knows the major issues of spacers and plan on upgrading to a full spring lift. the main issue with people lifting with a spacer is the lack of knowledge of the spacer lift and the terrible rep it has.

I know we all try to sway people from spacers, but there are a few people that had the spacers as a first lift, look at where their KK is at now!

just plan on tossing those spacers ASAP :5SHOTS:

Ted15 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:06 pm

PALiftedKK wrote:

Bmxer524 wrote:

There's a few different types of spacer lifts. You have the over the top similar to RRO's, then there is the regular Daystar style, and the clevis style like Rock Krawler's (uses a longer than stock clevis).

we all know about RR quality and customer support though.

the big ones though are daystar and a few skyjacker. I don't ever recall seeing anyone on here or over on the jeep forum side with TeraFlex or another makeshift type spacers.

as long as the spacer buyer knows the major issues of spacers and plan on upgrading to a full spring lift. the main issue with people lifting with a spacer is the lack of knowledge of the spacer lift and the terrible rep it has.

I know we all try to sway people from spacers, but there are a few people that had the spacers as a first lift, look at where their KK is at now!

just plan on tossing those spacers ASAP :5SHOTS:

Guilty as charged, I was rockin RRO over the top, basically it's a loose copy of the one Teraflex makes.

PALiftedKK · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:15 pm

Ted15 wrote:

Guilty as charged, I was rockin RRO over the top, basically it's a loose copy of the one Teraflex makes.

cough cough... my signature...

Ted15 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:17 pm

PALiftedKK wrote:

Ted15 wrote:

Guilty as charged, I was rockin RRO over the top, basically it's a loose copy of the one Teraflex makes.

cough cough... my signature...

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:38 pm

I personally think that Rock Krawler would be the best "spacer" style. Only problem is you'd have to swap out ALL the hardware with the kit. There was more than a few kits that went out with less than grade 8 hardware.....that's a risk I'm not willing to take...

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