Bbasso
NAXJA Forum User
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- South Carolina
Check in if you do and to what extent?
I do and am pleased.
3 inch with some extras.
I do and am pleased.
3 inch with some extras.
Long arm 4.5" with Fox 2.0, all flex joints.
Added 3/4" coil spacers and Currectlync steering to fix stink bug rake. Have Bushwhacker Flat flares and fits 33's real nice now.
Ride is taught but very plush offroad and great fast on super crappy pavement - no complaints - it WAS worth it to go long arms.
BDS appreciation thread?? Why?
I just did another one of these with the same rake issue. I came up with a theory and the boss agrees, we got a 4 1/2" spring but when you add the shackle they give you in, you're at 6". The boss had me put in a 1 3/4" coil spacer and now it sits right.
The only problem we've had with BDS is their track bars. They constantly evolve and change. My shop is a BDS distributor and installer.
.....Only thing i've ever had a problem with was their track bar. I had one of the first gens that basically had a standard 1-ton TRE on the frame side and I was snapping them weekly, even on the street. They replaced it a few times (which was nice) and eventually let me talk to one of their engineers (cause im one too and i wanted to geek out about why i thought it was failing) and we basically concluded that it was junk. I sold the next replacement I got before installing it and they redesigned the bar, a few times it seems, maybe they are still trying to get it right. Last revision I was of that was MUCH better. Basically like a rebuildable johnny joint with a tapered shaft welded on the frame end and a poly bushing on the frame end, adjustment via some 1"+ threads somewhere in the middle. I'd be ready to give that a go if/when my current setup wears out.
Right, they had suggested that, and that is tossing the OEM rubber iso right? I kept my rubber spring iso because it was in good shape and my XJ is a DD on crappy roads - thought i might want the mush of the rubber on top the coil. I have bumpers, sliders and spare so with that weight I'm sitting good now.
Kept the stock isolator in it. Had to upgrade the pitman arm, track bar and bracket to get the steering happy and not have bumpsteer because of the extra lift and those would be included in the 6 1/2" kit. It drives fine with zero bumpsteer.