Teraflex 1355200 Budget Boost

A fairly simple and straight forward install. I cannot stress enough about having the right tools to get this done. Without the right tools it's a real nightmare. Otherwise pretty simple and it gives a lot of height without breaking the bank.

I literally just installed this lift today, so don't have much to say about long term experience, but wanted to write a review based on what I found during my install. The kit is good overall, especially for the price. All parts are high quality. I did have a few issues that weren't exactly "bolt on" and I had to get creative. I'm a pretty capable automotive guy, not your weekend warrior, and this took me about 10 hours to install. Several hours were spent coming up with a way to make things fit properly.I installed on a 2013 JK 2 door sport that also has 4 door rubicon springs (18/60 springs). I paired the kit with a set of procomp es9000 shocks (24.5" extended length). These shocks have an extended length shorter than required per teraflex's manual, but my front drive shaft still hits the exhaust crossover when fully extended. It's not really bad contact, but if the shaft were turning when contact was made, it would destroy the rubber boot on the driveshaft. I'm probably going to invest in an aftermarket driveshaft to fix this. This may not occur with a 4 door (longer wheel base), and might not even occur on mine with the stock springs (13s, not 18s). Regardless, I'd expect if someone with a stock 2 door rubicon used this kit they'd have contact as well.The front brake lines (rubber flex lines) also did not have enough slack when fully extended. I was able to lube up the bracket that the rubber line is crimped into near the shock and "slide" the line toward the center of the vehicle, picking up about 1/2"-1" of additional slack which allowed full extension without damaging the brake lines, but both sides of the line are under decent stress now when fully extended. I'm probably going to invest in aftermarket longer front lines now to correct this.The rear brake line relocation brackets caused the hard brake lines to rub on the frame rails, especially the passenger side due to the track bar bracket. I had to rebend (slightly) both the driver and passenger side hard brake lines to eliminate all rubbing, in addition to adding a stainless steel washer between the frame and relocation bracket. This cleared up all the issues with rubbing, and still allows clearance. Not a huge deal, but took a long time to get it right.I also had to bend the metal portion of the rear brake flex lines. The way they were oriented, the rubber line was pointed right at the shock, causing the rubber line to rub on the shock. Not a HUGE deal, but eventually the paint on the shock will wear off (not really a big deal), but the rubber line might wear as well. Overall, rubbing is just not good, especially on brake lines. I was able to carefully bend the lines to eliminate rubbing (I was not happy about bending these, they are very thick and I was worried about damaging them, although it turned out alright).The front springs were a ROYAL pain to get in, even with the track bar disconnected, the drive shaft jammed into the exhaust, and pushing down on the axle, I BARELY got them in. And I'm a pretty big/strong guy. Same with the front bump stops, I had to "press" them in with the axles and a jack (like the video). They make it look so simple in the video...lol. Someone without much auto experience would struggle getting these parts in for sure.My last complain is that the rear sway bar links were not what were shown or described in the instructions. Not a big deal to me as I know how to install them properly, but someone else may not. They also don't have grease fittings, which stinks.So I've listed all my issues with the kit, but here's what I'll say; It's a very cheap kit with high quality materials. The axles are visually centered as best I can tell (the rear track bar relocation bracket and mount worked great), it drives smooth and steers as good as stock (have taken it up to 75mph), it looks great, and at the end of the day I was able to make for a very clean install and would buy it again. Other than front brake lines, and if you actually off road a front driveshaft, there are no major complaints. I don't even really need to worry about the driveshaft as it's my wife's daily driver and she has never taken it offroad nor knows how to engage 4x4, but one day I'm sure I will test it out so I will probably get a driveshaft that doesn't make contact.Hope this was helpful to anyone!

Was everything I wanted.

When from 265/70/17 to 35/12.5/17 with a 2.5"lift on my 2011 wrangler. Lift and tires made a 4" difference. Only issue is the shocks fit but they are maxed out so I will have to replace them shortly.