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First a bit of review of our $3K JK Project and where we have been. We installed a lift, wheel spacers, and 35″ tires on the Jeep and our next step is getting the 35″ spare mounted properly to the back of the Jeep. A 35″ may fit on the stock carrier depending on the wheel but without …
Just for a nice Friday picture here is a 1971 Jeep CJ-5 Renegade II. Equipped with the loved aluminum slots running 33×10.50 BFG Mud Terrains and a 225 V6. This was the last year a removable top Jeep would see a V6 until the 2007 Wrangler. In addition this was the last year of the …
Well on the road to completion of our $3K JK Project our next step was tires. To recap, we installed a Teraflex 2.5″ Budget Boost lift and a set of Teraflex 1.25″ wheel spacers now it’s officially time to squeeze a set of 35’s on the stock Rubicon wheels. We’ve used the Duratrac on other jeepfan.com …
Parked next to an old beater TJ this morning. The pic says it all. Someone please rescue this TJ and give it the lift and tires it deserves! The Wrangler TJ was built from 1997 until 2006. It was the first Wrangler to run front a rear coil springs instead of leaf springs. This new …
The next step in the $3K JK Project is to install a set of wheel spacers to prepare for the larger tires. We have decided to use the 315/70R17 (35″) Goodyear Duratrac tires on our JK with the beautiful stock Hard Rock wheels. Side note, heard these wheels called the Rubicon snow flake? The JK …
In the Teraflex 2.5″ Budget Boost Install we did as part of the $3K JK Project we decided to add to the lift by adding a set of Teraflex Forged Adjustable Track Bars to the front and rear of our JK. Teraflex says they are 230% stronger than stock and just handling them you can feel the …
If you have a 2011 to 2016 Jeep Wrangler JK and plan on lifting it you will need to deal with the front brake lines. In 2011 Jeep added a bracket that attaches to the bottom of the spring perch just in front of the bottom shock mount. This bracket is useful to keep the …
Continuing on from Page 2. At this point it’s time to start putting things back together. Push the Teraflex spacer up onto the bumpstop tube then push on the original spring isolator. It should hold itself in place while you install the bumpstop extension. Put some grease on the top of the extension and use …
Continuing from Page 1 in the rear after the springs have been installed. Jack up the rear slowly observing for anything that may bind. When the axle is near ride height install the shock extensions, like when they were removed install one bolt to help hold the shock in place, install the shock then the …
The first major upgrade to the jeepfan.com 2016 JKU Rubicon Hard Rock is the installation of a lift. Like we described in our introduction article we indicated that we would use the Teraflex 2.5″ Budget Boost system. This system is simple but yet very comprehensive and provides all you need to get your Jeep some …
