3rd gen Rough country lift?

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All it's doing is using factory front coilovers and stretching them you can get the Daystar lift new for 160 that does the same thing. But it does give you new coils and shocks in the rear. I don't know about the quality of that setup but I'd go with a different lift. But, just depends on why your lifting. This is a cheap setup if you just want it for looks. I don't know how it would do offroad but the front is still factory. If you want a cheap lift get lc coils for the rear. The front is expensive but you can't go wrong with toytec. The ss 1.2 system is also very good but expensive. Again, depends on why you lift. If you don't offroad and just want it for looks this lift will work well.
 
That kind of front spacer changes the geometry of your suspension. When you just bolt a spacer to the top like that it is essentially extending the length of your shock and really gives you way too much down-travel. That will cause your ball joints to wear out really fast. And I'm sure most people on here have seen the threads with people who have broken ball joints (not fun). A coil spring spacer like toytec sells is actually much safer. It compresses the spring to give you the lift which doesn't change the geometry of the suspension.
 
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I figured the toytec lift would be the better route but i will admit i prob offroad 20% while the other 80% is Pavement pounding/ DD duties. Just wanted thoughts and better answers lol
 
You would be better off spending the $250 on bilstein 5100s for the front and getting a spacer for the rear. Wheelers has a rough country rear shock for a little over $70 for the pair. Atleast then you would have something to build on. Later you could find a decent front spring and use your bilsteins with it.

I just recommend not getting that front spacer for the reasons others mentioned above.
 
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My father had a .2000 jeep wj , i installed a 4 inch rough country lift on it and 2 months after install i would not trust putting my daughter in it and driving down the road, the bushings dont last at all the shocks are junk, i dont recommend rc, go toytec or ome
 
I only have a few thousand miles on my rough countries but they are holding up well so far.
 
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Basically everybody in this thread has hit the nail on the head. People share different opinions about it, but for the price of the Rough Country lift, a little bit more money and you'll be able to do a proper lift setup. Instead of stretching what you've got, you could source down replacements for the front and rear shocks and springs.
 
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