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So I spent the day installing the RRO lift. Making this thread incase anyone has questions about install and what would make it easier.

I started in the front like RRO said. And it was pretty easy. First one took about and hour, second one took maybe 40 min.

The rear was what killed me, specifically the rear upper control arms, and the nuts that bolt the strut to the jeep.

The RUCA on the drivers side I couldn't even get off I could only get a wrench on it, no breaker bar and it was rust welded. Even with penetrating fluid it wouldn't budge. The passage side was a lot easier to get to and came right off. So I only have one RUCA replaced and I'm gonna have the shop do that for the drivers side. Honestly I would have had to sawzall the control arm and bolt to try and get it out. Then u would have had to go find a bolt, and some how torque that thing down when I couldn't reach it.

I started around 10:20 and finished around 7:20. With and hour going to get a grease gun that I thought I had but didnt.

Any questions feel free to ask
 
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I literally just spent my ENTIRE day installing the RRO lift on my 2016 Patriot. The instructions make it seem so simple but it was quite the opposite. Front end took about two hours total. Back side..... Don't even want to talk about it. I literally had to disassemble the entire rear passenger side suspension to get the strut out. Getting it back together with the spacer was nearly impossible. When I switched sides I used ratchet straps to compress the spring which made a HUGE difference. I popped the spacer on and it went right back in. I also had a pretty difficult time with the rear sway bar. It was a pain in the butt to get it put back together but I got it done. I drove it a little and so far it feels good. I'm getting 30" BFG AT2's and new wheels put on tomorrow as soon as I finish the PWM so I'll be sure to update.

Overall, in my opinion, if you're going to install the RRO lift, you better have plenty of tools and time. And don't rely on the instructions, they're useless. I almost would have rather spent the $400-$600 to have a shop install it.

-Chris
 
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Oh also forgot to mention the zerks in the RUCA's... Huge pain. Had to take a grinder to the bracket to get them to fit.... Still not to excited with the design. I feel like with any articulation they will rub and snap off.. We'll see. Funny you mentioned having to buy a grease gun.... I had the exact same problem lol
 
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Yea we had to disassemble everything to get the strut back in and still had to pry it in with a pry bar. A spring compressor would have been good to have. To get all the bolts back in we pretty much had to jack up under each bolt hole till it was lined up.
 
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Nice man. I'm having problems with mine. The shop I went to was able to get the camber in spec but not toe or caster. Thwy said I needed to get rear toe links, reading up some people got them and it made allignment easier. Not sure why some are needed though. I got them on the way bit they said my total was so far off (1.58 with upper range 0.4 in front and -.58 with range -.05-.45 rear) that I shouldn't drive it. Kind of a pain
 
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squatnoat said:
Nice man. I'm having problems with mine. The shop I went to was able to get the camber in spec but not toe or caster. Thwy said I needed to get rear toe links, reading up some people got them and it made allignment easier. Not sure why some are needed though. I got them on the way bit they said my total was so far off (1.58 with upper range 0.4 in front and -.58 with range -.05-.45 rear) that I shouldn't drive it. Kind of a pain
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Mine is a little off too. I took it to Meineke today which was probably a mistake. They told me the rear camber was still off a little and it was adjusted as far as they could go. I made a second appointment for next week at a 4x4 shop to see what they say. I figure they deal with lifts more so they might be able to get it perfect.
 
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squatnoat said:
Yea we had to disassemble everything to get the strut back in and still had to pry it in with a pry bar. A spring compressor would have been good to have. To get all the bolts back in we pretty much had to jack up under each bolt hole till it was lined up.
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Autozone will rent spring compressors for free. I own both strut spring compressors and the internal compressors and wouldn't work on struts or springs without them.
 
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Yes I should have picked some up. Rro said they weren't becessary, and for the front that was true. The rear was a different story....my moog adjustable toe links came in from jc Whitney in 2 days with free shipping so that's a plus. Tried to install them and I couldn't get to one of the nuts. Really ticked that I'm gonna need the shop to install them but I guess since they came early I'm saving money by not missing work to drop the car off anyways.
 
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Fwiw I think it's worth it. My problem was I took it to a regular tire shop. If I would have taken it to a place that regularly does 4x4s and lifts I would bet I wouldn't need the toe links. I also wasted some money cause I was unable to finish installing the lift or toe links, not being able to reach the bolt with the tools I had. If you have the tools to reach some obscure bolts and break them both would have been easier to install, and saved a couple hundred. I spent just under 800, including the lift, some tools, toe links, shop installation fee and alignment fee.
 
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Just got the new tires and rims on. Method double standards 16x8 with 0mm offset. Goodyear wrangler tires 245/70r/16. My buddy had them and really liked them

I modified the pinch weld but I was quick and sloppy about it since all I had was a framing hammer and an exact knife. Eventually I'm going to hammer it down better, take off the plastic completely and put chassis saver on it.

The method double standards come with a brass like color similar to grade 8 bolts. I thought they were stainless, I might change those eventually depending on the price, there's 24 bolts per wheel!

Was driving around town and for some reason my tpms hasn't gone off yet. I don't remember ordering one from discount tire either...
 

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I put one on my 2008, Took about 5 hours. Wasn't that hard. Only problem I had was when I got an alignment done the shop made my camber in the back worse and it started to get bad tire wear. I ended up adjusting the rear arms myself about 3 times to get the camber right.

Still waiting to purchase the lift kit for my 2015.
 
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Installed the RRO on my 2016 last week. Took about an hour, note worthy is the garage set up and air impacts. Most annoying part was pulling half the trim in the rear end to get to the top of the rear struts everything else was a breeze.
 
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Just got my white 'Riot about two weeks ago. Soccer dad, getting used to not buildin' on my XJ. :(
It's ok, still have Jeep in my blood. Took about 2 hours to staart deciding what to do with this one!!
Thanks to all for info available here.
Sorry to repeat question Chris, but what size/ type tires and rims are you showing on your fine ride?
Thx in advance.
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