Well, after thinking and researching for months i've finally decided to order Rusty's full coil lift. I called before ordering to ask about spring rates and such... i talked to a real nice guy on the phone and he said that they have gone to one standard spring rate for the full coil lift and that the springs are 20 lbs. over stock on all 4 corners... he said it would still ride nice and provide a little more stability on road...

i decided on Rusty's kit because of several factors... price/perfomance ratio being a big factor. also, the stance is just right in my opinion... so, i went ahead and ordered online

i'll keep everyone posted about my Rusty's lift experiences along the way

Mark

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Good luck, and take lots of pics.

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-nate
LOST#NL068123 - 2005 Renegade 3.7L 4x4, Off-Road Package, Rock Rails, Skids, Command-Trac, Trac-Loc LSD, Light Bar, K&N Drop in Filter, AMSOIL LUBES, RRO's Diff Guard for 8.25", Frankenlift, & Goodyear MT/R's
Cardomain

it's here... sitting on my front porch in 2 boxes as i type this...

gotta wait for "backordered" lower ball joints from the dealership before i install... don't wanna mess with it with failing LBJ's

anyway.. i'm kinda excited to get this installed

Mark

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Talk with some of those Illini guys and see if they can help you out. A Lift party.

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New KJ Gear - Desert Armor Flak

2004 Renegade Light Khaki - 4" JBA Lift - Rock Lizard Products: Komodo Dragon Rear Bumper, Prototype Winch-mount Front Bumper, Super Skink Sliders - All J's Super Tranny Skid II - 31" Firestone Destination AT's on Moab wheels - Cobra 75W CB w/ stock Antenna mod

[b]Retired, US Military

You'll like the lift! I put mine on recently and enjoy it. I installed the MOOG lower ball joints when I put everything on.

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L.O.S.T #000234
2002 KJ Sport
245/75R16 Goodyear MTRs (And 245/75R16 Winter Duellers...)
Rustys Coil Lift, tiny clevis lift
Rock rails, All J Super II Skid, Poison Spyder ring
Some armor...and need some more!

argh... problem... missing part

one of the struts doesn't have the black plastic tube thingy (strut boot?) that covers over the strut rod... don't know what it's called...

does anyone have a full parts list for Rusty's coil lift so i can see if anything else is missing before i call them?

also, and i'm not sure if i should be concerned about this or not... while looking over the struts... (they are definately OME NS131 struts) when laying them side by side and lining up the part where they seat down into the top of the clevis bracket, the the top of the struts appear to be off each other by about 1/16"... it's really not much at all... i don't think it's as bad as the Rancho strut problem the All J's went through.. but i can't find that post that had pics of how far off those faulty ranchos were...

should i be concerned about this?

thanks

Mark

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i left both strut boots off of my rustys lift with no issues. it is really more of a cosmetic piece if you ask me. personally i like being able to see the strut piston sticking out above the wheel!

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2004.5 dodge qclb
smarty powered / isspros
2005 sivler lj
http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn13 ... ider_2008/

My lift (Frankenlift) came preassembled w/o the boot. You really don't need it. IMO, all it will do is hold moisture and crud in there...

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-nate
LOST#NL068123 - 2005 Renegade 3.7L 4x4, Off-Road Package, Rock Rails, Skids, Command-Trac, Trac-Loc LSD, Light Bar, K&N Drop in Filter, AMSOIL LUBES, RRO's Diff Guard for 8.25", Frankenlift, & Goodyear MT/R's
Cardomain

cool.. thanks guys... i'll probably just skip the boots then

got an appointment set up on wednesday with the dealership for my lower ball joint replacement... they finally came in

after that it's lift time

Mark

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