Jeep Lift Kits You Can Buy At A Dealership

[NoDak]

interesting ....

Jeep sure took their sweet time to realize they should sell OEM lift kits, but as of now you can finally buy 2" and 4" lifts at the same place you bought your new Wrangler, along with a pretty solid list of other off-road upgrades.

Mopar will offer a 2" lift for 2012-and-newer JK Wranglers for about $1,500, and one for the '07 to 2011 vehicles for about $900. Setups for older vehicles with the bigger, crappier 3.8 V6 cost less because they don't need to include a new driveshaft.

Jeep says 2"-up is enough to fit 35" tires, which is a pretty popular setup in the off-road Wrangler scene right now. But they'll also offer a 4" lift for those who want even more clearance, that's $2,250.

Kits are a lot more comprehensive than a set of spacers; you get "springs, brake lines and control arms, four specially tuned remote reservoir shocks, all necessary brackets, a double cardan driveshaft and yoke, a steering damper and a high-steer conversion kit."

Jeep's also bringing big brake kits ($795) plus "Master Cylinder and Booster" upgrades ($245) to their catalog. That should help reel in your newly-upsized tires.

Also awesome; Dana 60 crate axles can now be purchased from your Jeep dealer. These include "standard one-ton truck disc brakes with dual-piston calipers, 1550 size u-joints, premium locking hubs and heavy-duty mounting brackets." They're are engineered to work with standard steering and braking systems. A Dana 60 can handle more weight, power, and abuse than current Wrangler offerings and will cost $4,000 to $7,000 depending on your application.

Flat-top fender flares, true beadlock wheels, rock sliders (for the Wrangler, Grand Cherokee, and even the regular Cherokee) plus Mopar "door checks" will soon be options as well.

This is a great move by Mopar's product planning office. People buy a Wrangler because they love the idea of adventure, not because they want cheap or practical transportation (the Wrangler is of course neither)... so off-road upgrades for these things market themselves.

Having parts like this available at the dealership negates warranty-voiding concerns for folks who want to modify their new JK right away, and will hopefully inspire more of the Jeep-buying public to use their Wranglers for what they were born to do. Just to be clear, "drive from a condo to an office park" is not what your Wrangler was born to do.

I was about to say "I can't believe it took Jeep so long to start marketing their own lifts" but then I remembered it took them, what, forty(?) years to figure out a four-door Wrangler would sell. So they're not exactly running a fast market-reacting operation over there.

original article : Jeep Is Finally Making Their Own Lift Kits You Can Buy At A Dealership

 

[bofa]

I'm sure they are. Take a $500 kit and turn it into $1500 is a pretty sweet deal for them. I wonder if they will be covered under warranty (not all Mopar upgrades are).

This dude down the street bought a basic JKU Sport 2 years ago and put a bunch of Mopar crap on it from the stealership. He ended up spending $52K. :lol: And he didn't even keep the take-offs to sell.

 

[mxer]

Sounds like it's for the mall crawler crowd with too much money to spend. Too many Jeeps rolling around with $20K+ in modifications w/o one scratch on the paint as it is.

 

[OL0033]

I work in the parts department of a Chrysler dealer and these new kits sell like hotcakes (2" kits). I've had a guy drop $30k into a new Wrangler, total mall crawler. We've only had one guy come through that actually wheels his JK, but 99% are mall crawlers. But hey, it's their money so they can do whatever they want. The more they spend, the more I make :bounce:

 

[snivilous]

Yea, what everyone else said I guess I just lost a little more respect for JKs since people don't even have to do research into where to take their JK for someone to build it for them now.

I guess it's similar with TRD Pro's or Raptors or the majority of "offroad-orineted" vehicles which cost a fortune for all the "goodies" that most people won't ever use, and people who would use them would end up spending far less and building it themselves with the base/cheaper versions.

 

[slotoyo]

When working at Toyota and seeing all these "aftermarket" packages for Tundras and Tacomas, it was ridiculous to see how much people spent on things they would probably never use. I remember seeing that pin stripping on the 2014 campus was like 125 extra! But hey if jeep owners rather spend that cash than do it their self or price a better deal OL0033 says it's their money :noidea:

 

[85straight]

Sounds like a sweet deal for someone going for the "cool" factor that has no knowledge of offroading....one of us will end up yanking them out of a ditch anyways( happened to me multiple times)

 

[bofa]

Let's not pretend this is just jeep owners. Dealerships have been dipping their toes in the aftermarket realm for years now. TRD anyone?

 

[85straight]

Let's not pretend this is just jeep owners. Dealerships have been dipping their toes in the aftermarket realm for years now. TRD anyone?

A little defensive over your new brand? Haha jk...all manufactures are guilty to some extent

 

[bofa]

A little defensive over your new brand? Haha jk...all manufactures are guilty to some extent

Haha.. no, not at all - just funny that it's frowned upon when Mopar does it and Toyota has been doing it for decades. I wouldn't recommend doing any of it through a stealership.

 

[Brique]

I think it's great. Mall guy want's to look "rugged" and harbor fantasies of one day hitting a gravel road. Babys the damn thing for 4 years, then sells it in cherry condition, already upgraded, to someone who actually wants to wheel it. And the depreciated value is half what the first owner paid for all that.

If it wasn't Jeep, I'd be ecstatic.