Reed
New Member
New to me Rubicon 2003. Trying to get the setup right. I did the Rough Country high lift skid plate, 1.25" body lift, and 1.25" motor mount lift and compressor relocation bracket. I ended up with about 2.5" additional clearance at the lowest parts of the skid plate and 1.25 at the body. Biggest difficulty came in with getting the rear pinion angle dialed in. I already had an appropriate double cardan rear drive shaft so needed to get the rear pitched up. Unfortunately the rear shocks no longer cleared the rear edge of the spring perch. I ended up deciding to remove a notch from each perch to allow clearance for the shocks. Did not require much trimming as they move away as the rear travels up. The new skid plate is way beefy but smaller with nice design, tapered angles at the edges and hidden hardware. All done for under $ 500 from Morris 4X4.