Nice one, I tought it was suppose to be mostly a bolt on kit.
Yep, all you do is bolt it in, after cutting off all the frame mounts for the control arms and welding new ones in a different location. But seriously, this suspension kit works as advertised.
This Jeep had a RK 2.5 max travel and Bilstien remote reservoir shocks for about 60K miles. That set up was okay, but the RK control arms had issues and eventually my control arm mounts had issues. I don't think Jeep stuff designed for rock crawling is the best solution for overland or any constant washboard use at speed.
By moving the control arm mounts towards the center of the Jeep and changing the angle between the body and the axle, the stress is taken away from the mount and the shock and spring can take more of the abuse, rather than sending those shock loads through the frame of the Jeep.
On a whooped out/ washboard road at 50 MPH this Jeep is now smooth and quiet. It also exhibits no bump steer and lands level and straight when the wheel leave the ground over rises.
With the sway bar unlocked, I can crawl over any obstacle I would consider crawling over in an overland type adventure.
Next project is finishing up interior stuff, and a control panel project I have some parts for that will have switches to operate the winch, lights, traction control override (as in all off regardless of what position the transfer case is in).
I have no rear seats, just space for stuff and dogs. I am building a flat floor with storage and a padded and contained dog area. I am keeping this Jeep as light as I can for day to day use. I prefer portable camping stuff since I have several options for travel and use this Jeep for a lot of work and local stuff where having a bunch of camping stuff permanently mounted would be a PITA and more wear and tear of my gear.