My resume is pretty diverse with a 14 year history of owning different vehicles from different car cultures. To me, ride quality should be responsive, firm, spirited and not fatiguing during long trips. I’m regularly disturbed with minor road irregularities on the stock setup…I'm not saying its really bad, but its noticeable. You can feel the disturbance through the steering wheel as well as unneccessary body motion. I really want to minimize that. The level of confidence of taking the sharp turns on freeway onramps/offramps should also drastically improve. I usually find myself in the passenger seat when taking 35mph easy 45 degree turns. My comfort zone for that with the stock suspension is 20-25mph. I know that i can't make my jeep perform like my Mercedes SL600 but i should feel confident in evasive maneuvers like i do in my Benz. Jeep engineers did great, but like most vehicles, theres a lot of room for improvement. Take it for what it is… the suspension is either
Without any further ado,
Here's my current setup. Fuel Offroad Mavericks 17x9, 4.5 backspacing wrapped in the lightest p285/70/17. Its my dd so i wanted great looking wheels/tires without the noise, and to attain great mpg. And I Did. High 19's, Low 20's!! AEV Procal adjusted. All thanks to the great archives from the WF community.
I initially purchased a different kit during a local 4wp truckfest event, however, after a few hours of contemplating, I switched my decision and managed to change everything couple of hours before the discount deadline and here’s why…
1, the initial kit is NOT upgradeable.
2, the lack of information the rep had regarding the kit (he said that 35’s tires wouldn’t fit, but they in fact do)
3, the lack of encouragement provided to me (see part 1, … he also stated and I quote “its not for offroad use” even though many of our wf enthusiasts use em offroad)
Now back to RE customer service.
RE representative informed me that the kit is fully upgradeable. He told me that my 2012 will have issues with the driveline w/out the need of exhaust spacers, y pipe, or an aftermarket driveshaft… just the lil things like this tells me that RE reps are well versed in our JK’s. Best part of all, his phone started ringing and didn’t even bother to pick it up as he was talking to me. His attention to detail without having to look into his bible for resources and the attention he gave me …. from a consumer standpoint, that’s a win.
Now for the goodies… I ordered the RE 2.5 kit w/ “monostein” shocks, JKS quick disco’s, Teraflex Exhaust Spacer, and courtesy of wf member Kjeeper10’s review…. I went with the AEV LCA Geometry bracket.
Shocks – I call the monotubes Monosteins because during the 4wp event, RE rep told me that the monotubes were in fact tuned bilsteins. We already know about all the reviews regarding bilstein. +1
Rear Shocks come pre-assembled with the PTMEG Bushing. "Bushings are made from PTMEG or Polytetramethylene Ether Glycol. This material has a 88A durometer rating and is the toughest most durable bushing material available commercially"
Up Close of PTMEG bushing
Front Shocks
Without any further ado,
Here's my current setup. Fuel Offroad Mavericks 17x9, 4.5 backspacing wrapped in the lightest p285/70/17. Its my dd so i wanted great looking wheels/tires without the noise, and to attain great mpg. And I Did. High 19's, Low 20's!! AEV Procal adjusted. All thanks to the great archives from the WF community.
I initially purchased a different kit during a local 4wp truckfest event, however, after a few hours of contemplating, I switched my decision and managed to change everything couple of hours before the discount deadline and here’s why…
1, the initial kit is NOT upgradeable.
2, the lack of information the rep had regarding the kit (he said that 35’s tires wouldn’t fit, but they in fact do)
3, the lack of encouragement provided to me (see part 1, … he also stated and I quote “its not for offroad use” even though many of our wf enthusiasts use em offroad)
Now back to RE customer service.
RE representative informed me that the kit is fully upgradeable. He told me that my 2012 will have issues with the driveline w/out the need of exhaust spacers, y pipe, or an aftermarket driveshaft… just the lil things like this tells me that RE reps are well versed in our JK’s. Best part of all, his phone started ringing and didn’t even bother to pick it up as he was talking to me. His attention to detail without having to look into his bible for resources and the attention he gave me …. from a consumer standpoint, that’s a win.
Now for the goodies… I ordered the RE 2.5 kit w/ “monostein” shocks, JKS quick disco’s, Teraflex Exhaust Spacer, and courtesy of wf member Kjeeper10’s review…. I went with the AEV LCA Geometry bracket.
Shocks – I call the monotubes Monosteins because during the 4wp event, RE rep told me that the monotubes were in fact tuned bilsteins. We already know about all the reviews regarding bilstein. +1
Rear Shocks come pre-assembled with the PTMEG Bushing. "Bushings are made from PTMEG or Polytetramethylene Ether Glycol. This material has a 88A durometer rating and is the toughest most durable bushing material available commercially"
Up Close of PTMEG bushing
Front Shocks