At this point I needed a fix, as I could not drive my car around without damaging it.
Thoughts and experience thus farmaybe someone else will find it useful: Any pictures of the RC kit installed? Factory Ride Quality: By retaining the stock coil springs, struts, and shocks, the Rough Country 2in Leveling Kit has factory style handling.
Also two Tuff Country strut spacers which are supposed to be 1/4" thick (I actually have the RRO Trim Packers bc I didn't know about the Tuff Country product at the time) But they are very similar, TC is also cheaper at about $26 + Shipping and I like the design better. I found it annoying when I was off-roading through difficult obstacles that required Off-Road 2 mode, but after as my car hit 20 mph my suspension would lower down to Off-Road 1 Mode.
Then whenever your OE tires are at end of life, at that point you can go bigger if you want. The welds on the RRO go all the way around the spacers and are finished and powder coated really nice. While our lift will create the vertical height you need, you will have to watch the width and backspacing carefully for tire clearance.
My tires as the stock size, 265/60/18 with an 18x9 +20 offset and fits perfectly no issues. I did the complete kit front and rear and love it on my 2017 limited.
To reiterate if you buy those kits to save $10-20 for Chinese made parts, you WILL end up spending $1-200 more for the installation over a Rocky Road kit.
I think I'm about to splash for the RRO leveling kit. Why mess with the ride quality of the nicest Jeep ever made? I did buy a 5th matching tire and put it in the spare well, but the cargo bed sits up about 2" now. The ride quality is almost identical to stock with the RRO kit installed. The Airlinks Lift Kit simply adjusts the link length to trick the system to sit at a higher ride height while in Standard Mode.
I'm currently waiting for the rough country leveling kit to come into the shop! Looks awesome! It allowed me to get 275/55 R20 Continental TerrainContacts on with 0 rubbing. We HIGHLY recommend having your lift installed BEFORE you go shopping for tires. That looks really good.
JavaScript is disabled. I was able to bolt it back on after everything else was done.
So far so good, but I'll update you all after a few thousand kms are put on it!
Love how it looks! I went with a larger more aggressive A/T tire which has a slightly larger diameter and stiffer side wall so makes the ride a little stiffer. This article is a review of the Airlinks Lift Kit, which I used to lift the standard air suspension ride height on my 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk. Rocky Road to the rescue! Their kit uses an INTERNAL strut spacer which only lifts because it is compressing the front springs before the Jeep is even set back on the ground.
Your item(s) will NOT ship without communication from our CSR agents. Thanks for the info, I'll keep that in mind! Our leveling kit involves installing heavy duty metal spacers OUTSIDE of your strut assembly. You'll need a helper. I have the RRO kit installed and can say the fit and finish and fitment is top notch.
I'm actually surprised it fit at all, When I bought the tires, I had been planning to just stick it in a roof rack. Email us if you have any questions on this. Any other issues (steering radius, noise, etc.)? Looks great.
We thank you for shopping "American Made". All other kits, those by "US Companies" even, are made in China. The inch-rating for a lift kit is determined solely by the kit itself if I'm not mistaken, correct? I want to note that since you have increased the standard ride height to a level comparable to Off-road 1 Mode, the Off-Road 1 Mode in your Grand Cherokee is now at a comparable level to Off-road 2 mode before the install. Driver side front required pulling the CV out of the differential, it was impossible to get the strut out otherwise. In a nutshell the Rocky Road Leveling kit will save you hundreds in installation costs and will simply ride MUCHbetter than the competition's kit. OK, that is what I thought. Vehicle Specific Design: The Rough Country 2in Leveling Kit is engineered to fit the Grand Cherokee WK2. You can find the product below for 2011-2015 models, 2016-2018 models, and 2019-2021 models: 2011-2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee (airlinksgc.com), 2016-2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee (airlinksgc.com), 2019-2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee (airlinksgc.com). Note: Rocky Road lift kits are currently THE ONLY (non spring) lift kit NOT made in China. To install, simply remove your stock links that are visible on your air coil. is this leveling kit worth it?
If any of you guys have either kits and wanna post some side view pics of your rides that'd be awesome! With the spacer kit it should be obvious if I'm missing one of the six nuts from the get go, I just didn't want to plan to start a project and come up short.
And that's exactly what the Rocky Road 2.5 to 1 lift/leveling kit has done. I've been trying to find side-by-side photos of before and after for each lift with the same tires. If you have the Quadra-lift airbag suspension, unfortunately nothing can be done to level or to lift your vehicle, sorry :^(.
About a year ago I upgraded my Grand Cherokee with larger, more aggressive tires. I have a 2020 GC Trailhawk and want to put that exact tire and size on instead of the oem 265/60/18. I just had the lift delivered for my wife's WK2 Durango, I'm dreading it, but glad to hear you got it done in a weekend. Kit also fits 2011 and newer Dodge Durango.
The front driver's side took me (and my helper) the entire Saturday to do. Although I only tried to fit 265/60R18s which are 32 inches in diameter you could fit even larger tires. I would then have to readjust my ride height before the next obstacle, which became quite a hassle. No need to remove axles, brakes, or to go through the dangerous procedure of removing the coil springs. We apologize for any inconveniences. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, '19 Limited 4x4, RRO Lift + sliders, 32" Duratracs, X20 winch. However, the air suspension automatically lowers to the standard ride height at any speeds above 40 mph.
Also, make sure you have a good set of metric ratcheting-wrenches, and both deep and short socket sets. However I tried doing the install myself but we tried every cot picked thing to get the front coils suppressed enough to install the preload spacer couldnt get it. At this point you replace them with the provided Airlinks. Also I'll add pics in a little bit! Just looking over the pics from the Amazon site I can see that it may be metal but looks much cheaper in quality compared to the RRO plus the RRO kit has the optional 1" rear spacers to bring up the rear as well. Please Note: Rocky Road lift kits are currently THE ONLY (non spring) lift kit NOT made in China.
today I almost purchased new tires until I started to sign up on Facebook Jeep forums and came across someone telling me to purchase airlinks.
We are very proud to be manufacturing in the USA and you should be proud too! Rough country is usually budget quality stuff. Press the space key then arrow keys to make a selection.
Rocky Road has the solution to turn your 'standard issue' SUV into a real head turning on and offroad machine A true namesake to the Jeep heritage! That has always meant something to me but is an entirely diffrent discussion. I have the QL air suspension.
How does post-install ride quality compare to stock? It helps if you have 2 floor jacks, as there were a few times where it was helpful to be able to lift/lower the car and the lower control arms separately at the same time. My Grand Cherokee has an adjustable air suspension, and I noticed that I was not experiencing any rubbing at Off-Road 1 Mode. I would say it probably took me 15-20 hours of work, but a lot of that was time spent figuring out how to do certain things, and/or correcting mistakes that I made.
Press J to jump to the feed. Please note, comments must be approved before they are published, 2022, Pioneer Overland CoPowered by Shopify. Time to be the guanine pig! Buy spring compressors. They are most likely made of polycarbonate not metal like the RRO kit.
Or perhaps if you have added a heavy front bumper system.
I went from a tire size of 265/60R18 to a 275/65R18. WANTTOSAVEMONEY?? Scroll Down For Important Shipping Information. I have the RC kit running duratracs 275/65/18 had it for a little over a year now no issues.
Your thoughts? The Rocky Road system in no way modifies or affects the ride quality. So it was a pleasant surprise that I was able to make it work. We apologize for any inconveniences.*. If that's the case, how did they manage to sell you a kit that's ~27.2% short on height? All other kits, those by "US Companies" even, are made in China. The hard part is getting to the nuts in the engine bay - a ratcheting wrench and/or socket will be your best friend here. I would say they added maybe 1 hour of work. My wife loves how the front of her Grand Cherokee sits. This means that if you try to go into Off-Road 2 Mode the ride height will not be able to increase anymore. I used the RC on my RAM that is a very similar design and was not impressed with the quality.
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I originally went with the RRO as it was the only option. I have 275-55-R20 Cooper AT3s currently and thats big enough for this Jeep. Installation of the other leveling kits requires disassembly of the strut which means specialized equipment. My alignment seemed OK, and I drove it for about 60 miles before the alignment.
Another benefit of this is that you can now stay in Off-Road 2 height up to 40 mph without the suspension automatically lowering. Those other kits also require a huge increase installation time and cost as a result when compared to the Rocky Road Leveling kit. It was unfamiliar territory; hah yeah to each his own I guess, the racks are very expensive and I've seen some cheaper but I'm weary of the quality of going cheaper.also I may end up making the rear spare compartment some sort of storage compartment for essentials when I move the spare to the roof..just thinking of ideas, can anyone confirm the Teraflex TJ FRONT 0.5" spacer will fit in the rear and it'll be closer to 1", I can't tell if I have a lean or not, and I feel like the weight distribution is thrown off a little bit lifting the front only, Your best bet is probably to get Bilstein 5100s for the front and set them at 1.75" of lift(about $325). They're duratracs, not ko2, but I'm sure sizing is close to the same either way. I just got the RRO 2.5"/1" kit. After that, I did the rears (by myself) which took like 3 hours total. This is a great option for anyone who wants to fit larger tires on their vehicle when they have air suspension. They fit well before the lift, had a tiny bit of rubbing on the felt liner in the rear, but nothing major and probably easy to solve. Be careful, the WK2 uses a 14mm lug nut so JK Wrangler wheel spacers are not a direct fit (can be used with some changes). Do it once and do it right. It wasn't in the instructions, but I had to completely unbolt the anti-sway bar from the front end, I couldn't get the suspension apart and back together without doing that. The GC came with 20-inch rims and tire size 275/55R20. It has been good to me and I know where it was made. Is that a 32 tire? Sweet I just lifted my WJ, only took my 15 minutes.
For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Wheel size and backspace can make as much or more of a difference as tire size. The Rocky Road WK2 leveling kit brings the front of your Jeep up 1.75 inches for a proper level looking stance really how Jeep should have had the vehicle sitting right from the factory.
*Many products will require the use of a direct shipping quote from one of our CSR agents due to new DIM weights and measure changes as of Jan 10th, 2018 from major carriers. Packages greater than a square cubic foot are now required to use a volumetric weight based upon length, width, height of a package from most carriers which alters actual weights.
Hopefully, I'll be able to schedule an installation with a local shop in a few weeks. I specifically needed 10mm, 13mm, 15mm, 18mm, and 27mm, in addition to a 32mm socket for the axle.
Since installing my Airlinks, I have been very satisfied with the final product.
A forum community dedicated to all jeep owners and enthusiasts. I read a few reviews where folks were missing nuts/bolts etc from RRO when they ordered stuff so that's what started me looking elsewhere. Wheel spacers can help with the fit of larger tires to this Jeep. But glad to have it finished! They aren't terribly difficult to install, since you've already got the suspension taken apart. Honestly, it felt exactly the same before and after the alignment was done, so I don't think it was that far off. Wellthe bug got to meI ordered a RRO front leveling kit today. We do this by combining our standard front lift kit with a 1" rear lift.
No longer will you have to grumble about a stock Subaru having better clearance than your Jeep. I'm considering that size, or 275/65R18 for a little more width without spacers.
Thoughts and experience thus farmaybe someone else will find it useful: Any pictures of the RC kit installed? Factory Ride Quality: By retaining the stock coil springs, struts, and shocks, the Rough Country 2in Leveling Kit has factory style handling.
Also two Tuff Country strut spacers which are supposed to be 1/4" thick (I actually have the RRO Trim Packers bc I didn't know about the Tuff Country product at the time) But they are very similar, TC is also cheaper at about $26 + Shipping and I like the design better. I found it annoying when I was off-roading through difficult obstacles that required Off-Road 2 mode, but after as my car hit 20 mph my suspension would lower down to Off-Road 1 Mode.
Then whenever your OE tires are at end of life, at that point you can go bigger if you want. The welds on the RRO go all the way around the spacers and are finished and powder coated really nice. While our lift will create the vertical height you need, you will have to watch the width and backspacing carefully for tire clearance.
My tires as the stock size, 265/60/18 with an 18x9 +20 offset and fits perfectly no issues. I did the complete kit front and rear and love it on my 2017 limited.
To reiterate if you buy those kits to save $10-20 for Chinese made parts, you WILL end up spending $1-200 more for the installation over a Rocky Road kit.
I think I'm about to splash for the RRO leveling kit. Why mess with the ride quality of the nicest Jeep ever made? I did buy a 5th matching tire and put it in the spare well, but the cargo bed sits up about 2" now. The ride quality is almost identical to stock with the RRO kit installed. The Airlinks Lift Kit simply adjusts the link length to trick the system to sit at a higher ride height while in Standard Mode. I'm currently waiting for the rough country leveling kit to come into the shop! Looks awesome! It allowed me to get 275/55 R20 Continental TerrainContacts on with 0 rubbing. We HIGHLY recommend having your lift installed BEFORE you go shopping for tires. That looks really good.
JavaScript is disabled. I was able to bolt it back on after everything else was done.
So far so good, but I'll update you all after a few thousand kms are put on it!
Love how it looks! I went with a larger more aggressive A/T tire which has a slightly larger diameter and stiffer side wall so makes the ride a little stiffer. This article is a review of the Airlinks Lift Kit, which I used to lift the standard air suspension ride height on my 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk. Rocky Road to the rescue! Their kit uses an INTERNAL strut spacer which only lifts because it is compressing the front springs before the Jeep is even set back on the ground.
Your item(s) will NOT ship without communication from our CSR agents. Thanks for the info, I'll keep that in mind! Our leveling kit involves installing heavy duty metal spacers OUTSIDE of your strut assembly. You'll need a helper. I have the RRO kit installed and can say the fit and finish and fitment is top notch.
I'm actually surprised it fit at all, When I bought the tires, I had been planning to just stick it in a roof rack. Email us if you have any questions on this. Any other issues (steering radius, noise, etc.)? Looks great.
We thank you for shopping "American Made". All other kits, those by "US Companies" even, are made in China. The inch-rating for a lift kit is determined solely by the kit itself if I'm not mistaken, correct? I want to note that since you have increased the standard ride height to a level comparable to Off-road 1 Mode, the Off-Road 1 Mode in your Grand Cherokee is now at a comparable level to Off-road 2 mode before the install. Driver side front required pulling the CV out of the differential, it was impossible to get the strut out otherwise. In a nutshell the Rocky Road Leveling kit will save you hundreds in installation costs and will simply ride MUCHbetter than the competition's kit. OK, that is what I thought. Vehicle Specific Design: The Rough Country 2in Leveling Kit is engineered to fit the Grand Cherokee WK2. You can find the product below for 2011-2015 models, 2016-2018 models, and 2019-2021 models: 2011-2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee (airlinksgc.com), 2016-2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee (airlinksgc.com), 2019-2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee (airlinksgc.com). Note: Rocky Road lift kits are currently THE ONLY (non spring) lift kit NOT made in China. To install, simply remove your stock links that are visible on your air coil. is this leveling kit worth it?
If any of you guys have either kits and wanna post some side view pics of your rides that'd be awesome! With the spacer kit it should be obvious if I'm missing one of the six nuts from the get go, I just didn't want to plan to start a project and come up short.
And that's exactly what the Rocky Road 2.5 to 1 lift/leveling kit has done. I've been trying to find side-by-side photos of before and after for each lift with the same tires. If you have the Quadra-lift airbag suspension, unfortunately nothing can be done to level or to lift your vehicle, sorry :^(.
About a year ago I upgraded my Grand Cherokee with larger, more aggressive tires. I have a 2020 GC Trailhawk and want to put that exact tire and size on instead of the oem 265/60/18. I just had the lift delivered for my wife's WK2 Durango, I'm dreading it, but glad to hear you got it done in a weekend. Kit also fits 2011 and newer Dodge Durango.
The front driver's side took me (and my helper) the entire Saturday to do. Although I only tried to fit 265/60R18s which are 32 inches in diameter you could fit even larger tires. I would then have to readjust my ride height before the next obstacle, which became quite a hassle. No need to remove axles, brakes, or to go through the dangerous procedure of removing the coil springs. We apologize for any inconveniences. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, '19 Limited 4x4, RRO Lift + sliders, 32" Duratracs, X20 winch. However, the air suspension automatically lowers to the standard ride height at any speeds above 40 mph.
Also, make sure you have a good set of metric ratcheting-wrenches, and both deep and short socket sets. However I tried doing the install myself but we tried every cot picked thing to get the front coils suppressed enough to install the preload spacer couldnt get it. At this point you replace them with the provided Airlinks. Also I'll add pics in a little bit! Just looking over the pics from the Amazon site I can see that it may be metal but looks much cheaper in quality compared to the RRO plus the RRO kit has the optional 1" rear spacers to bring up the rear as well. Please Note: Rocky Road lift kits are currently THE ONLY (non spring) lift kit NOT made in China.
today I almost purchased new tires until I started to sign up on Facebook Jeep forums and came across someone telling me to purchase airlinks.
We are very proud to be manufacturing in the USA and you should be proud too! Rough country is usually budget quality stuff. Press the space key then arrow keys to make a selection.
Rocky Road has the solution to turn your 'standard issue' SUV into a real head turning on and offroad machine A true namesake to the Jeep heritage! That has always meant something to me but is an entirely diffrent discussion. I have the QL air suspension.
How does post-install ride quality compare to stock? It helps if you have 2 floor jacks, as there were a few times where it was helpful to be able to lift/lower the car and the lower control arms separately at the same time. My Grand Cherokee has an adjustable air suspension, and I noticed that I was not experiencing any rubbing at Off-Road 1 Mode. I would say it probably took me 15-20 hours of work, but a lot of that was time spent figuring out how to do certain things, and/or correcting mistakes that I made.
Press J to jump to the feed. Please note, comments must be approved before they are published, 2022, Pioneer Overland CoPowered by Shopify. Time to be the guanine pig! Buy spring compressors. They are most likely made of polycarbonate not metal like the RRO kit.
Or perhaps if you have added a heavy front bumper system.
I went from a tire size of 265/60R18 to a 275/65R18. WANTTOSAVEMONEY?? Scroll Down For Important Shipping Information. I have the RC kit running duratracs 275/65/18 had it for a little over a year now no issues.
Your thoughts? The Rocky Road system in no way modifies or affects the ride quality. So it was a pleasant surprise that I was able to make it work. We apologize for any inconveniences.*. If that's the case, how did they manage to sell you a kit that's ~27.2% short on height? All other kits, those by "US Companies" even, are made in China. The hard part is getting to the nuts in the engine bay - a ratcheting wrench and/or socket will be your best friend here. I would say they added maybe 1 hour of work. My wife loves how the front of her Grand Cherokee sits. This means that if you try to go into Off-Road 2 Mode the ride height will not be able to increase anymore. I used the RC on my RAM that is a very similar design and was not impressed with the quality.
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I originally went with the RRO as it was the only option. I have 275-55-R20 Cooper AT3s currently and thats big enough for this Jeep. Installation of the other leveling kits requires disassembly of the strut which means specialized equipment. My alignment seemed OK, and I drove it for about 60 miles before the alignment.
Another benefit of this is that you can now stay in Off-Road 2 height up to 40 mph without the suspension automatically lowering. Those other kits also require a huge increase installation time and cost as a result when compared to the Rocky Road Leveling kit. It was unfamiliar territory; hah yeah to each his own I guess, the racks are very expensive and I've seen some cheaper but I'm weary of the quality of going cheaper.also I may end up making the rear spare compartment some sort of storage compartment for essentials when I move the spare to the roof..just thinking of ideas, can anyone confirm the Teraflex TJ FRONT 0.5" spacer will fit in the rear and it'll be closer to 1", I can't tell if I have a lean or not, and I feel like the weight distribution is thrown off a little bit lifting the front only, Your best bet is probably to get Bilstein 5100s for the front and set them at 1.75" of lift(about $325). They're duratracs, not ko2, but I'm sure sizing is close to the same either way. I just got the RRO 2.5"/1" kit. After that, I did the rears (by myself) which took like 3 hours total. This is a great option for anyone who wants to fit larger tires on their vehicle when they have air suspension. They fit well before the lift, had a tiny bit of rubbing on the felt liner in the rear, but nothing major and probably easy to solve. Be careful, the WK2 uses a 14mm lug nut so JK Wrangler wheel spacers are not a direct fit (can be used with some changes). Do it once and do it right. It wasn't in the instructions, but I had to completely unbolt the anti-sway bar from the front end, I couldn't get the suspension apart and back together without doing that. The GC came with 20-inch rims and tire size 275/55R20. It has been good to me and I know where it was made. Is that a 32 tire? Sweet I just lifted my WJ, only took my 15 minutes.
For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Wheel size and backspace can make as much or more of a difference as tire size. The Rocky Road WK2 leveling kit brings the front of your Jeep up 1.75 inches for a proper level looking stance really how Jeep should have had the vehicle sitting right from the factory.
*Many products will require the use of a direct shipping quote from one of our CSR agents due to new DIM weights and measure changes as of Jan 10th, 2018 from major carriers. Packages greater than a square cubic foot are now required to use a volumetric weight based upon length, width, height of a package from most carriers which alters actual weights.
Hopefully, I'll be able to schedule an installation with a local shop in a few weeks. I specifically needed 10mm, 13mm, 15mm, 18mm, and 27mm, in addition to a 32mm socket for the axle.
Since installing my Airlinks, I have been very satisfied with the final product.
A forum community dedicated to all jeep owners and enthusiasts. I read a few reviews where folks were missing nuts/bolts etc from RRO when they ordered stuff so that's what started me looking elsewhere. Wheel spacers can help with the fit of larger tires to this Jeep. But glad to have it finished! They aren't terribly difficult to install, since you've already got the suspension taken apart. Honestly, it felt exactly the same before and after the alignment was done, so I don't think it was that far off. Wellthe bug got to meI ordered a RRO front leveling kit today. We do this by combining our standard front lift kit with a 1" rear lift.
No longer will you have to grumble about a stock Subaru having better clearance than your Jeep. I'm considering that size, or 275/65R18 for a little more width without spacers.