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We are already in some early development stages of KJ lifts with All J Products. In the beginning of February Quinn will be working on the 2nd full conversion using 75% Nth product and direct Nth help. We were very happy with his first conversion, but this one should be even better. If everything goes to plan this system would be what Nth Degree and All J Products would be offering to KJ owners for large lift heights. A very rough price on a system like this is $4000.00-$6,000.00 in parts, plus tires, gears, lockers and labor (unless you tackle it yourself).
Hmph! That coulda been me as I
Was 2nd in line for a SFA KJ w/ All J before changing my mind.
Darn! Oh well, I think in the end I will be happier in a modded JK. I could see myself still possibly doing a SFA KJ in the future if we end up keeping my blue KJ for one of my sons.
Rant on:
As for a larger IFS KJ, I don't think I would bother to go larger than 32's on it anyway so a simple IFS lift is all that is needed and i can see why Nth isn't interested in doing one. You have to know that if they did one they certainly wouldn't trust the front diff to bigger than 32's and hard wheeling so they would have to tackle adding a custom front IFS diff and long travel axles, etc. to the list and then the price would get out of control and probably surpass what a SFA "kit" would cost because you would NEED to replace the front diff if you were serious about wheeling hard and Surviving. (yeah sure a few would buy it but I'm going to bet very few would)
I am also betting we won't see any gear companies offering larger than 4.10's for the front diff so running over a 32" tire is just going to kill your gearing. (Oh and another thing while I'm on a roll....You can't run lower than a 4.56 in the 8.25 either so that is limited though decent w/ a 33" tire now.) If they didn't address the diff concerns and people bought their lift only to blow up the front diff, then we would constantly hear how They, Nth, screwed up and made a crappy lift that destoyed their Jeep. Look at past history around here with some of the rants we have had about vendors and you can see what I mean.
I hope they do nail down a KJ SFA "kit" as once they do I think some of the other Jeep model owners will take a more serious look at the KJ as a viable future off road vehicle for their family. I doubt most of them would consider an IFS "kit" in the same way since most know what you can do w/ a SFA equipped Jeep. ( I imagine the new JK Unlimited is going to satisfy many future 4 door wheelers needs though)
This isn't just
my opinion either, as i have talked to quite a few different Jeep owners that have expressed that they "wished" Jeep had done a SFA KJ instead of IFS. They also get excited about the prospect of a SFA modded KJ. If Jeep had made it SFA to begin with, I guarantee there would already be 6" lifts available for it and many more of them on the trail. Heck, you should see the crowds gather around allyrands when we stop on the trails. I would say about 98% of the comments are totally positive about it. BTW, I am not knocking IFS as my KJ was my first Jeep and I love both of the ones I own and my wifes KJ will stay IFS, this is just MY rant on what I hear and see.
Rant off.
BTW, Hey Nth!! Come on out to Moab 07 and see a bunch of IFS KJ's (and a couple SFA ones) tearing up Moab if you want to see a nice representation of what we, lost, are about.
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