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TF 2.5" coil spring lift with shock adapters

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#1 ·
Had the TF leveling kit which I liked. I added the 1.5" Spidertrax wheel spacers also. Watched CPO video a number of times and had no problems. So familiar with dropping the acles and pulling coils.

Took me 9 hours to do the 2.5" lift. That's with breaks thrown in there.

My impressions. Nice kit, great quality but instructions were a hodge-podge of various lifts. Watched the TF videos which are much better on doing this lift. Two videos as there is not one for the kit with shock adapters (have to watch a Budget Boost with shock adapters and then one for the coil spring lift) but not an issue if you know this.

I personally had three issues while installing (not saying a TF kit issue):

1. The paper template for the for the trackbar relocation was not quite wide enough. After carefully cutting it out and the holes for the bolt and installing it over the bracket with the bolt through it, the template was not wide enough to wrap around stock mount without ripping the bottom of the template up about 1/2". This put the center punch spot for drilling actually 1/4" off. I had too ream out the drilled hole to get the bracket to line up. This took about 30 min.

2. I did NOT have a big enough pair of channel locks to completely easily (as in the videos) remove the stock yellow front bumpers. That took an extra 15 mins to figure how to get them out.

3. The new rear axle mounted bumpers are not made to be installed by people with fat fingers. It too another 30 mins for me to figure out how to get the washers and nuts started in the Very Small amount of room you have.

Oh. Trying to torq lower control arm bolts to 125 foot lbs by yourself while laying under the jeep took almost 2 with breaks right there.

Overall I am so glad I went with the TF kit. With only 5K miles on the jeep I went with the shock adapters with my stock rubicon shocks on the Willys.

I will say the jeep rides better than stock now and better than with the leveling kit which I also thought was better riding than stock.

For the nominal cost this is a great lift and am very pleased. I have no desire to go to a higher lift now.

So thank you Teraflex, CPO, and everyone who discussed this particular lift on this website.

Oh. I have a Griffen steering attenuator to install next. But the Willys is really handling the road very well right now.
 
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#3 ·
I just did this same lift not long ago, had the same issue with the template. The Teraflex video says to wrap it around and stick the bolt through but it would not work. I just lined up the "u" shaped cut and my bolt hole worked out perfect.
I went with the Teraflex sport arms to and I put the rear bump stops on before I decided to swap the rear lowers, not realizing the bumps top had to come off to change the lca. And this bump stops are a pain to install so doing it twice sucked. Great kit over all though I'm very satisfied, I'm a Teraflex customer for life. And I agree with the video being far more helpful then the actual instructions.
 
#5 ·
I just did this same lift not long ago, had the same issue with the template. The Teraflex video says to wrap it around and stick the bolt through but it would not work. I just lined up the "u" shaped cut and my bolt hole worked out perfect. I went with the Teraflex sport arms to and I put the rear bump stops on before I decided to swap the rear lowers, not realizing the bumps top had to come off to change the lca. And this bump stops are a pain to install so doing it twice sucked. Great kit over all though I'm very satisfied, I'm a Teraflex customer for life. And I agree with the video being far more helpful then the actual instructions.
I think if the bolt holes on the trackbar template were both 1/8" further towards the ends of the template it would have fit without ripping and been spot on. Wish I thought about lining up the U shaped cutout. Hah! Great tip!
 
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ANOTHER TIP FOR IDIOTS LIKE ME.

I was trying to hold a box end wrench on one side of the bolt while torquing the other side and contorting my body to hold the box end with my foot. With 2 bolts to go it dawned on me I had a long 1/2" drive breaker bar. Slapped a 21mm socket on that and used it instead of the box end. The breaker bar was long enough to hit the garage floor to keep the bolt from turning while torqing. Duh......
 
#9 ·
ANOTHER TIP FOR IDIOTS LIKE ME. I was trying to hold a box end wrench on one side of the bolt while torquing the other side and contorting my body to hold the box end with my foot. With 2 bolts to go it dawned on me I had a long 1/2" drive breaker bar. Slapped a 21mm socket on that and used it instead of the box end. The breaker bar was long enough to hit the garage floor to keep the bolt from turning while torqing. Duh......
Ive been saying this for years :)
 

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#10 ·
Oh....I also decided to take the front brake line braket off the brake hose. Didn't like the idea of that metal mount maybe hit the coils or banging the shocks. That added say another hour at least. Glad I did it. Putting on Crying Bob JK Brake Line kit tomorrow.

If I knew what I know now I could have done the whole job in 6-hrs including breaks. Really a simple kit to install....really....uh....really. Just don't be stupid like me....LOL.
 
#13 ·
Awesome, thank you houstonpdlt!
 
#15 ·
Are you still running stock tires? If so, does it look good? Planning on doing the same lift. I want to do it sooner than later, but if the stock tires look too small I'm not gonna so do it until I buy new ones.... But the wife won't let me get new tires until the current ones wear out.
 
#19 ·
Hey all. I am planning on installing this kit, it is in the mail from extreme terrain. I am curious about spacers. After reading several hours about this kit, this is the first I have come across an issues with spacers. I have aftermarket 17 inch rims with 285/70R17 tires. I am wondering if spacers will be an issue for me. Any insights?
 
#21 ·
I assume you mean wheel spacers? It all depends on how large of an offset your rims have. Folks say you need 4.5" back spacing. I think stock is something like 6.5 or 6.75". I ended up with something around 5" and it has been fine with 285/70/17's. I do see some faint evidence of rubbing on the frame but that is it.
 
#22 ·
TF 2.5 - Rancho 9000XL shocks

I also recently installed the "no drill" (i.e., no shocks includrd) kit and got the Rancho adjustablr shocks, separately.

Tip: I was working totally alone. So when the instructions said to have a friend bounce the suspension while I was threading the bolt through the Sway Bar and other points, I instead pre-installed (finger-tight) the sway bar bolt & nut BEFORE putting the bracket onto the axle and attaching the U-clamp onto the axle tube.

TIP #2: On the Fronts, if you've disconnected the brake line bracket, but the brake lines still are inhibiting the axle from drooping enough to get the new springs into their pockets, you can remove the small silver plate at the caliper (1 Torx screw, each side) and gain some more droop. I needed to do that on the passenger's side, after the driver's side spring was in-place.
 
#23 ·
I recieved my kit yesterday. I was surprised to see there is no place to insert a grease zerk into the new sway bars links. Is this normal? In reviewing resources online for installing this kit I have seen others grease this bushing; which is not possible for my kit.

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