Rocky Road Budget Lift Pics

Rankin · **Joined:** Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:53 pm **Posts:** 17

http://www.rocky-road.com/kjbudget.html

Budget lift with the OME stiff struts.

I have had this lift for over a year now. Performance off road is a lot better. I would bottom my front skid plate out on rocks a lot before the lift. Doesn't happen anymore. Just need to get some bigger tires eventually. I also plan to get their insane upper control arms.

The lift was easy to put on. Took an afternoon. I did end up snapping the C ring on my intermediate axle climbing some rocks when the spring unloaded too fast. Replaced the hub and cv axle before I realized it was the C clip. Ahh well.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:58 pm

I would really look at JBAs UCAs been issues with the RRO junk. Also make sure you have extended bumpstops if not already

Rankin · **Joined:** Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:53 pm **Posts:** 17

I was waiting to put the bump stops on after I found some new UCA's. Got a link to the ones you mentioned?

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:35 pm

Teraflex bumpstops can get them from JeepinByAl

Rankin · **Joined:** Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:53 pm **Posts:** 17

Sorry, I meant a link to the UCA's you were talking about. The ones from Rocky Road are no good eh?

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:11 pm

Rankin wrote:

Sorry, I meant a link to the UCA's you were talking about. The ones from Rocky Road are no good eh?

jeepinbyal also
he has the UCAs and Teraflex bumpstops
great customer service and if you ever have a problem he is there to help you out.
RROs have had fitment issues and hard to deal with if problems come up

JMSMN · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:47 pm

The extra money spent on JBA's uca are worth every penny. Perfect fit. Aligned perfect afterwards.

Rankin · **Joined:** Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:53 pm **Posts:** 17

JBA's are a lot more expensive and don't look any different. Why are they so much better than the ones that Rocky Road offers? Does anyone have any examples of this? The ones from Rocky Road don't require alignment either and the ball joint can be switched. Do they fail? Any proof? I have come to like that company.

"Rocky Road Control arms have a lifetime guarantee never to bend or dent. If they do, send it back and we will replace the arm for you. This is important since we have had people who have purchased our competition's control arms and broken them, only to find out the company will not stand behind the product."

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:59 am

Rankin wrote:

JBA's are a lot more expensive and dont look any different. Why are they so much better than the ones that Rocky Road offers? Does anyone have any examples of this? The ones from Rocky Road dont require alignment either and the ball joint can be switched. Do they fail? Any proof? I have come to like that company.

RRO copied the JBA's,made them out of cheaper material and less care taken to make sure they fit correctly.You will require a alignment after putting those arms on,no way around it unless you already had a set of there arms installed.If you order from RRO they will try and sell you a "knock out" tool so you can get it aligned better.Problem is there are no "knock outs" in a KJ as all KJ's already have cam bolts installed and that tool is made for '89-'96 GM full size pickups/SUV's.

Yes the balljoints are replaceable,yes they do fail even though they are greaseable.It's going to happen no matter what.

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:01 pm

Also look up Stumpjumpers issues he had with their UCAs he finally went to JBAs and no more issues .
RRO if you look on any 4x4 site you'll find a lot of issues with them. best just to stay away

Rankin · **Joined:** Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:53 pm **Posts:** 17

Thank you. I appreciate the explanations. An ounce of prevention is certainly worth a pound of cure.

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