Ready lift vs. Rough country confusion.

[shann1024]

Hey guys, I searched and searched with regards to lifts and levels for the rebel. I have a 2022 myself that I've been prepping to lift up a little bit. I got a rough country 3.5" kit for almost nothing however was missing the upper control arms. Then happened across a set of ready lift ucas nearly new and upper strut spacers. I didn't realize that was part of a 3.5 kit at the time. As a freak fluke, oddly enough the guy I got the rc kit from had included 2 sets of pre load spacers. One rc and one looks to be the missing part of the ready lift kit. Here's where the confusion comes in. Both kits claim 3.5" lift....however the top hat spacer from rc are 11/16" thick and preload is 1 3/8" while ready lift top hat 1 1/8" and preload is same as the rc @ 1 3/8". Now obviously the math doesn't make sense for both kits to equal the same lift. (I know I'm not supposed to run 3.5" kit on the rebel because of the 1" factory lift and bad angles etc etc..) just trying to figure out why the 2 kits claim the same lift but are not mathematically similar. 3 nights of reading everything I can possibly find and nothing.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Dont run pre-liad spacers and you won't have to worry. Get a proper lift with adjustable struts

 

[shann1024]

Hey guys, I searched and searched with regards to lifts and levels for the rebel. I have a 2022 myself that I've been prepping to lift up a little bit. I got a rough country 3.5" kit for almost nothing however was missing the upper control arms. Then happened across a set of ready lift ucas nearly new and upper strut spacers. I didn't realize that was part of a 3.5 kit at the time. As a freak fluke, oddly enough the guy I got the rc kit from had included 2 sets of pre load spacers. One rc and one looks to be the missing part of the ready lift kit. Here's where the confusion comes in. Both kits claim 3.5" lift....however the top hat spacer from rc are 11/16" thick and preload is 1 3/8" while ready lift top hat 1 1/8" and preload is same as the rc @ 1 3/8". Now obviously the math doesn't make sense for both kits to equal the same lift. (I know I'm not supposed to run 3.5" kit on the rebel because of the 1" factory lift and bad angles etc etc..) just trying to figure out why the 2 kits claim the same lift but are not mathematically similar. 3 nights of reading everything I can possibly find and nothing

Dont run pre-liad spacers and you won't have to worry. Get a proper lift with adjustable struts

After all the reading I've done, I've decided just to level for now. I forgot to mention that but the questions surrounding the major differences between the 2 kits is still burning in my ocd adhd brain.

 

[H2OMAN]

Don't use pucks. Don't use Rough Country, and don't use Ready Lift. That should solve about 95% of your issues.