Flatout Suspension lift

[MontyPilot]

Have a question on the Flatout lift kit if anyone is familiar, was looking at buying and was curious what the Rear subframe spacers are and if they are necessary?

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[Meanderthal]

The blue cylindrical things are the subframe spacers and they are necessary to keep the geometry acceptable for the half-shafts.

 

[B5G4B]

I have it installed. You can adjust the rear perch to keep factory geometry, so the way I understand it there is no need to install anything else. Reach out to them with questions they are great to work with. And best of all it looks great.

 

[MontyPilot]

The blue cylindrical things are the subframe spacers and they are necessary to keep the geometry acceptable for the half-shafts.

Awesome appreciate the response

 

[MontyPilot]

I have it installed. You can adjust the rear perch to keep factory geometry, so the way I understand it there is no need to install anything else. Reach out to them with questions they are great to work with. And best of all it looks great.

Nice! So you are running it without them?

 

[B5G4B]

Yes. My shop installed everything pictured. I did not purchase the additional subframe spacers that Flatout sells. Very happy with it. I have had it and the KO2’s for about 10k miles w no issues. Totally transforms the vehicle.

 

[NMhunter]

How bad was the hit on your gas mileage?

 

[B5G4B]

How bad was the hit on your gas mileage?

The heavier tires cost me a couple miles a gallon. Lift changed nothing.

 

[Mark S.]

The heavier tires cost me a couple miles a gallon. Lift changed nothing.

How do you know it was one and not the other? I'm not disputing your claim, I'm just curious. Did you have enough time between installation of the two to get accurate fuel economy readings?

 

[B5G4B]

Yes I had the Ford upgrade Falkens on there for a while. KO2’s look great but are a super heavy tire.

 

[Mark S.]

Yes I had the Ford upgrade Falkens on there for a while. KO2’s look great but are a super heavy tire.

I'm still unclear: I'm specifically asking if you did before/after comparisons for both the tires and the lift separately. I THINK you are saying that you drove the car with just the KO2s installed long enough to get a baseline fuel economy reading before installing the lift. Is that the case?

 

[B5G4B]

I did the

I'm still unclear: I'm specifically asking if you did before/after comparisons for both the tires and the lift separately. I THINK you are saying that you drove the car with just the KO2s installed long enough to get a baseline fuel economy reading before installing the lift. Is that the case?

I did the lift first and tires second. No noticeable MPG loss w lift. A couple MPG with the tires.

 

[NMhunter]

I put the lift on my Jeep Liberty before the KO2's. Both hurt my mileage, but the heavy tires made the biggest difference.

I was putting on lots of miles driving fast on gravel roads, and had a flat tire every few weeks with passenger car tires. The only time I had a flat on the KO2s was on some sharp rocks after lowering my tire pressure to 25 psi. It cut the sidewall.

I'm gettig a lift next month, so I'll see how it goes for me.

 

[The Rinzler]

Looking for a 2"lift kit on the badlands.
I think this is the right choice for my budget.

Also I took about a 3 mpg hit when I switched to 245/65r17 BFG Ko2's.
No lift.

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