{"id":24,"date":"2009-08-21T20:23:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T20:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.danplanet.com\/wordpress\/?p=24"},"modified":"2012-02-09T16:14:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T16:14:26","slug":"the-view-is-better-from-up-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danplanet.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/21\/the-view-is-better-from-up-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The view is better from up here&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since our recent trip to the Tillamook State Forest OHV area with the Jolly Jeepers, a suspension lift for my Jeep has been on my mind.\u00a0 Wednesday of this week, I dropped it off at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardsoffroad.com\">Leonard&#8217;s Off-Road<\/a> and got it back later that evening.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a picture of what it used to look like (from the back):<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.danplanet.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=10699&amp;g2_serialNumber=2\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;and here is what it looks like now:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.danplanet.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=12020&amp;g2_serialNumber=2\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have a good side-front picture of the before, but you should be able to get an idea of the change.\u00a0 Leonard did the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Installed a Rubicon Express RE7000 4.5&#8243; suspension lift<\/li>\n<li>Mounted BF Goodrich LT305\/70R16 M\/T KM2 tires on AEV 16&#8243; Bridger wheels<\/li>\n<li>Installed a custom-made CV rear driveshaft<\/li>\n<li>Installed a spare tire relocation mount<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Jeep is significantly higher now, but handles surprisingly well given the change.\u00a0 You can definitely tell the difference when you hit a bump at road speeds, but it&#8217;s much more rigid than I would have expected.\u00a0 Hopefully we&#8217;ll have time this weekend to go try it out in the dirt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since our recent trip to the Tillamook State Forest OHV area with the Jolly Jeepers, a suspension lift for my Jeep has been on my mind.\u00a0 Wednesday of this week, I dropped it off at Leonard&#8217;s Off-Road and got it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danplanet.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/21\/the-view-is-better-from-up-here\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-jeep"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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