What Dale said. All of the shocks that EVO sells with their lift are valved for their coils.
Yes, there is a bit of bowing on the passenger side front coil but not enough to be a problem or at least, not in my opinion. What I can tell you is that I did install the factory upper spring perch isolator just as it was from the factory and that's most likely the problem. Being that it is a wedge, it will influence the spring. I will most likely cut off the guide pins and rotate the isolator so that it mitigates this bow.
So, the 4.5" lift comes with carrier bearing spacers and so long as you set your pinion to be in line with the drive shaft (this is because of how the Gladiator control arms do weird things with the pinion at a full droop), you should be fine with the factory rear shaft for a while. Up front, FAD will keep the shaft from spinning and so long as you don't do a lot of big flex type wheeling, the front shaft should be good for a while too.
Mainly to try something different. Rancho makes great kits but we've already installed their stuff a bunch. Also, the EVO kit sits a bit taller and comes with more parts that I wanted like adjustable front lower and rear upper arms and extended stainless steel brake lines. And, with a lift this tall and with the flex it offers, the rear brake lines are NECESSARY.
So burn out vids in the future.
Ha Ha.
I could rock crawl it for you if it's just sitting around, let me know
Ahh, I hadn’t even thought of the upper spring perch isolator causing that! Thanks Eddie! I know what you mean as far as the bow not being too bad. I was able to adjust the axle enough to really help minimize it. At its worst, the coil spring was about a 1/2” from making contact with my shock. I’d be very interested to see how you correct that if you need to.
I’m far from an expert, but with my limited knowledge of researching for my JL, this is also the case with the JL EVO stage 3 lift. One of the reasons I went with EVO was not “having” to replace driveshafts with my stage 3. What I didn’t understand was why this is the case so thanks for the above.
Did they actually change out the type of bushings they were using? My original EVO set went out after a couple thousand miles and some hard wheeling. I need to get a new track bar and considering theirs or synergy’s at the moment.
I agree, the original EVO track bar was nothing to write home about. Unfortunately, I don't know for sure if the bushings are the same, all I know is that the overall design of the whole track bar(s) is much beefier. That said, I've run Synergy and Currie and can tell you that both have held up well for me.
Damn you manSoooooo, the EVO Enforcer Stage 3 Lift has been installed along with 37x12.50 Nitto Trail Grapplers mounted on KMC Tank Beadlock Wheels in an Anthracite and Black finish and.... this is what BANDIT looks like now.
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