2020 Venture Eibach Pro Lift Stage 1

I ordered this lift from Wheelers and received it in 7 days. I took the springs to be powder coated (Lollypop Blue) and got them back a few days later. While in covid quarantine my wife and I installed the lift in about 9 hours which included many breaks (gimmie a break i'm an older guy). I would guess it took about 6 hours actual working time and my shop is not insulated and felt like an oven in the 99º heat. I still need to get it aligned and will be putting 285/70/17 Nitto Ridge Grapplers on the stock rims this week and maybe some after market rims in the future.


Below are a few pictures and an image showing stock heights and after lift heights and gains. The truck ride quality is much better in my opinion and the nose dive on breaking is gone. So far I am VERY happy with the lift.











BEFORE LIFT


AFTER LIFT

ANOTHER AFTER LIFT PICTURE

 

Are the upper control arms stock?

 

Sorry, I should have mentioned that...yes stock upper control arms.

 

Well done! Looks good!

See how far back in the wheel well your tires are in that last pic? 285's will probably rub there. You'll want to ask the alignment shop to push your caster forward as far as they can get it. However, they might not be able to get it up very far with your lift height and stock arms.

So if you put 285's on and you rub, you might consider aftermarket UCA's to get rid of the rub. The added benefit is that you'll be able to push your caster further forward with new UCA's and the steering will be tighter.

The other option is to leave the stock UCA's on and deal with mudflap trimming and/or a body mount chop.

 

Did the stage 1 on my 18 ORP with JBA UCAs and loving it. I highly recommend the JBA uppers.

 

How much are the JBA uppers?

 

$450ish

 

A few comparison pictures after installing 285/7017 Ridge Grapplers

 

Looks good, how are you liking the lift kit?

 

Looks good!

 

I think this lift rides better than stock. Just like most others have said, the nose dive on braking is gone. I noticed that when driving over in speed bumps the shocks seem to work much better. It's my wife's ride so I don't get to drive it much. I haven't and probably will not wheel this vehicle so I can not attest to its off-road ability. Overall I am very pleased with this lift kit and ease of installation. I will post some information later with the alignment print out, front tire rub and my solution, and measurements after the 285 tire installation.

 

Nice work, looks great!

 

You gotta take it out and get it dirty, at least once.

 

Nice! Looks like fun! I have had five jeeps, been through lots of mud, been stuck in lots of mud, had one of my jeeps roll over on both sides in the rocks. I'm getting to old for that.

 

Hello - Do you have your settings for your caster? Did you have any rubbing if so what did you trim? I'm installing the exact same lift and tires on my Venture this weekend. I'm curious what to get the caster set at to minimize the rubbing.

Thank you!