COILOVERS vs SHOCKS! Rock Krawler Long Arm is Complete! 

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You knew I needed my Jelly segment!! Excited to see the Stepchild off-road! ❤️

I completely agree with the assessment of coilovers. When I built my JKUR everyone expected me to go coilovers because I went longarm directly from stock and my off-road background but coilovers are not the end all be all as they still have drawbacks and my Jeep is my daily driver/weekend wheeler. A lot of misconceptions out there as well as the whole LCG trend. Mike

Hey guys Rebel Off road already has a lift kit that puts coil overs up front and shocks in the back. For the JT and JL. Best of both worlds.

The Stepchild looks like a total Beast! It was so great meeting Jelly and you guys in NY . I hope you guys come back to hangout like we talked about that night .Safe travels throughout the New Year !! CDJW loves you guys !!!

Great video, that suspension is off the charts. Waiting for the next video to see how amazing it will be in use. Thanks, have a safe and fantastic NEW YEAR.

Great video guys. 👍 If y’all get to cold common back to Texas, it’s ball sweating hot over here.

It's funny seeing it bouncing like that because it has no shocks. I wanted to replace my trucks shocks with some much better offroad shocks, so I called my local 4x4 parts store and they had a set of the ones I wanted, so I went outside and took my shocks off and then called my other half to get her to pick the new set up on her way home, to find out that she had 3 more real estate showings so she wouldn't be home for at least 3more hours, and I needed my truck because I was going to have people waiting on me at the trailhead in one hour, so I said I'll just drive it to town without shocks on it, and the roads were nice and smooth so I didn't think anything was even much different, so I was running 60mph when I hit a spot where they had removed old RXR tracks, and they were at an angle so it wasn't even a straight-on hit, and I about wrecked my truck when I hit it! lol. My truck was bouncing really bad, and it was bouncing like corner to corner, I felt like I was riding an angry out of control bull. lol. I got it slowed down and drove very slow from there on, and I put the shocks on my truck in the parking lot of the store because they were closing as I was paying for the shocks, so I couldn't have them install them on their lift. lol. Never drive fast when you have no shocks on your vehicle. lol.

Happy New Year Kevin, Brittany, Jelly, and The Step Child! This is looking so great. I look forward to meeting youse guys in person some day and seeing both Jelly and The Step Child in person. Thank you for such great and informative videos.

I know absolutely nothing about mechanics and cars but i still find these entertaining and i love that you guys try your best to explain what is occurring and why 💜. Also happy new year i hope this will be the year i get to meet yall.

I've been planning on putting an RK lift on my Jeep next spring. I'm interested in seeing how the RK triple rate springs perform not only off-road but also on- road. The Stepchild is an awesome build it's only missing one thing "Atlas"

What is important to supporting the sprung mass is the wheel rate. If the wheel rate is low, adding x pounds will compress the suspension more than if the wheel rate was high. The springs you have now appear to be dual rate. The area with the coils close together is the lower rate and the area with the coils farther apart is the high rate. Why couldn't you design a spring configuration for coil overs that would have the same wheel rate? It shouldn't matter what position the springs are in. You would at least need a double, maybe triple, spring setup, but the wheel rate at ride height should be the same. That said, you've made lots of changes here and if you liked your springs before there is no real reason to use coil overs instead of just using the existing spring with a smooth body shock like you have. Test it out and go from there. I am a bit confused on why there wasn't more test fitting before final welding if you wanted to use the six packs. Maybe time? If you decide coil overs are something you want, ask around about suspension frequency. If the guys you are talking with can't talk intelligently about suspension frequency, you probably shouldn't deal with them. You want something that will perform well on and off road. Have you read Billavista's coil over bible? www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/coilovers/Part_1/ If consistent ride height with different payloads is a top priority, maybe airbags would be a good choice in the rear. I can't wait to see this thing offroad! Looking forward to future trail videos.

Super rad "Rock Monster" Stepchild! Happy New Year LiteBright Nation 🎉

I'm not quite sure, but I think you may have voided your factory warranty on that Jeep, maybe, ..I'm just guessing.

Will Kevin be allowed to complete a sentence in 2020?

Wow! A Happy New Rear ! Amazing to see all that work, and good competent help. This is going to be a Jeep to behold! Thanks for the clear explanation on coilovers vs springs - Articulating minds want to know! Kudos to all the people helping on StepChild; so many things to get right but it only takes one thing wrong to mess everything up - like tooshortshocks and that oil filter location. "You got to move it - Move It!" Love and best wishes to all in LiteBriteNation for a wonderful, fun and SAFE New Year! (...BTW, its 70 and sunny in San Diego...just sayin'...!)

Can’t wait for the end of the year upgrade breakdown. This has to be one of the most expensive wrangler on the road. Any upgrades you wish you hadn’t have done besides the turbo.

You should have installed the MetalCloak 5.5 long arm lock n load or 4 link lift and you could have reused the 6 pack shocks! I'm surprised you went with the Rock Krawler lift and as a result, it took alot of extra time and labor to modify your rig!

"Maybe 42's are the answer, but Brittney can't hear me say that...…." as SHE edits the video LMAO, love the channel guys keep it up!

Going to be NASTY! Soooo many things I could say!! Have a great new year guys.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thanks for the great videos.

You've created a Monster! And i love it!! Happy New Year, stay safe!! Hi Jelly.....

Happy New Year LBN.... happy to see the new video for the last day of the year....but we need another video to welcome in the New Year... Oh and least we get to hear about a new shock... It was a real eye opener on how great those 6 packs are, but now we get to see a different type of shock..I hope you change these in about 6 months and try something else... Thanks for the real world testing

Very worthwhile suspension system I love this

I appreciate the info on the coil over setup; the pluses and minuses; and why. Happy 2020 Litebrite, can't wait to see that new setup put to the test and if those killer 6pak shocks find a loving home. Cheers!

Shock mounts shouldn't have been welded on until the suspension was cycled. You could have easily increased the ground clearance by raising the rear lower shock mounts to accommodate the 6pak shocks. This seems like an excuse to swap out MC suspension for RK suspension. Both companies are great but I feel this is just becoming a commercial. The longer bodied shocks you installed actually have less travel and a longer compressed length than the 6paks.

Great video guys! The folks at Rock Krawler must be amazing at what they do!!!! Happy New Year everyone!!!!!!

Thanks for another great video guys , cant wait for another wheeling video to see all this high tech shenanigans at work lol..

Cant wait for the jumping video

Kevin & Brittany charging the GNAR 2020!!!

Brittany your smile is so contagious 🖤

Happy New year!

Now you need a ramp for Jelly. Did Kevin say 42's ?

Are you guys going to race KOH this year? You should!! Especially the way Kevin walked up the backdoor

Come a long way from the video of the trip to Texas to get the 37” tires so f)(& cool

Totally awesome build! Happy New Year and see you next year. Can't wait until you guys hit the trails again💗👌👍🤙

NC MOUNTAIN. :).. looking forward to... 👍🏞

Wow, very nice mid. Need to see it in action. Are you drawing out the 6packs?

Brit, I like the song you played. You use it frequently and I know you don't have time to pick new music. Ask for suggestions also! Greasy, slide blues is always good for many reasons. Gary Clark Jr, and many others you guys would like and work great with what you're doing. \m/ As always you rock. And I like the fact you have more freedom. Can you dig it?

Have a happy and dirty new year!!!

When you get this upgrade all finished, you guys need to go back to that last "trail" you drove on the "Road to SEMA", the boulder chute thing, and see how the Stepchild holds up. To me, that would be the Gold Standard as it's not really a trail that can be driven, it's a pile of boulders, that did a LOT of damage to all the participants' vehicles in that event. It seemed to be designed to do the most damage right before they got to Las Vegas, where they could place their vehicles in the sponsors' booths and brag about how well they held up (or did not). As SEMA is a show that is not open to the general public, to have your after-market products run through that boulder chute and come out unscathed would be a real boon to sales.

How much travel did you gain/lose over the 6 packs? It appeared you guys weren’t really utilizing all the up travel once you went to 4Ds anyway.

gonna need king coilovers now

Kev Brit and Jelly, I wish you and your families a very happy and healthy 2020 you've come really far in 2019 and I hope you progress as much and more in 2020 be safe and enjoy your New Year's Eve. -Rob

Super impressive

Great videos for the last few. Your builds and mod vids are always great. I also think it's funny how Brittany always finishes Kevin's sandwiches (sentences) 😂🎊🎉

Happy New Year from your “extended” Williams family in New Mexico!👍🏻👍🏻😁

Put some cool sticker on that shock, that'll add at least 5 inch of travel lol.

Sorry Kevin "It looks so good and I bet it's going to perform even better" is what I think when watching Brit. Kevin my man, you are one lucky guy...

About time kids !🤙😁

Happy new year With All these arsenals stepchild might b crawling vertical walls in 2020.

By the way, HAPPY NEW YEAAAAAAAAR FROM COLOMBIA🇪🇨👍🤗

6:20 if the boats a rockin' don't come a knockin' 🤣🤣🤣

It would have been really grate if you had gotten before and after numbers to compare.

I kn this question has be asked before but what song is that?

Nice!!

Love that jeep. hope to meet you some day

I’m a little worried about the rear reservoir being damaged.

Dibs on the 6-pack shocks?

@litebrite let's talk on buying your 6pak shocks off of you.

Once again another awesome video! just got my Metal Cloak Game Changer 3.5 lift. Those 6 Pak shocks would look awesome in my Jeep. Hook me up!

Lololol i love that"WAIT WHAT!!?" Lololololololol......jelly jelly squeeky squeeky.

Happy new year.. can you tell me where you had your vinyl stickers or bought from ? I want to badge my gladiator ..thanks guys

Daaaaaang

This Jeep built for wheeling cost you well over $100K. 2018 Jeep: 45-50K Hemi swap: $35K Dynatrack 80s: $20-25K Long arms: $5-6K Plus a bunch of other shit... I imagine you guys got a boat load of that stuff sponsored because nobody in their right mind would spend that kind of money on a Jeep. I dunno maybe people do but that's just nuts. Badass truck regardless.

👍🔥 Happy New Year 🔥

Brit has Jazz Hands. I don't hold that against you. 42s! Hey Brit, when I asked you if you had hit crossing the line into "custom' thing? Guess what. You're there. Cutting the frame makes you now into that territory. Waiting for the tube frame replacement. ;-) Chilly? Trying working a Salmon warehouse in Ketchickan, Alaska where we worked -30 degree temps. No lie. Best time of my life. When we quit and partied.

Smart people

Selling the shocks?

Why is the tire marked "LF" on the "RR"?

Gostei 😀 ( HAPPY NEW YEAR 🧖‍♀️🧖‍♂️💖😁🍾🥂🍸🍹🍷) 😍👍🇧🇷

How does your insurance work for modifications?

Uffff CONGRATULATIOOOOONSSSSSSSS🤪, I WANT TO SEE THIS ON THE ROCK👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍...... X 50000000..000 X 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Where do you find the music you use? Great choices!

Are you worrying about armouring your lines that I see in the wheel well ?

Shakes and wooddles like a water bed

What with the hat on the skirt in the shop. What she hiding under under there?

Can't wait for the test jump, I mean drive!! Happy New Year!!!!

😅 6:25 If the Stepchild's a-rockin'... Happy New Year Kev, Brit, Jelly and all of LBN!

Feliz año nuevo a LITE BRITE y a toda la familia off road 4x4✌😉✌🎆🎇🎉🎆🎇

I am literally shopping for a lift on my bronco and theres a nice lift with a coil and shocks that has alot of travel but for $2600 i can do a coilovers but im having trouble justifying the extra cost so this video was perfect lol

That does look like a nice three link kit and install. Though it also shows just how much the Jeep has been modified by now All for the sake of a better ride, so *_Jelly doesn't get jostled_* while you drive across 'murica ! 😁

Hey, if you don't need the 6paks, I'll gladly take them off y'alls hands ;). Love y'all! Killer set up - definitely my dream suspension setup.

Happy New Year you guys. A great way to JUMP into the new year Kevin! Fantastic series, very knowledgeable and a great team there at RK! Keep living the dream you guys!

That's the most affection I have ever seen her give you. Nice build Kevin

Hey look at my rig, look what my wallet built. I guess money can buy anything.

When you said you were going to create a hybrid setup with the 6 packs, I thought that meant you were going to make custom brackets to work with the extended and compressed length of your existing shocks.

I ripped off the upper control arm mount on my front axle from too much flexing on the stock bushings so I went ahead and put a truss on with an integrated upper control arm mount. I went ahead and got some currie Johnny Joints to relieve some stress and get some more flex! Through all of this I realized that I like a true 4 link, but I can't figure out why. I just don't like the idea of a 3 link in the front. Since you guys kept your 4 link up front, maybe you can tell me why you wanted to keep it and not go to a 3 link in the front as well....?

It’s friggen wikcked cold out! 1/2 New Yawk 1/2 New England.... tell hah (her) wicked kool kah (car/truck)😉 only thing better than this video of long arm build will be wheelin it!💪😉😎🇺🇸

Very disappointed in your handling of the shock and wheel travel issues. The 6Pak shocks have 15" of travel. The shocks you put on don't. To get 15 on a JL you would have needed the equivalent of a bed cage. All RK had to do is fabricated and weld in little brackets to the upper shock mount to lower the mounting point 3"-4", or raise the lower mounting point, or both. They could have done in an hour or two. And you would have had more travel. The 6Pak length issue should have been obvious before the car was in the shop. I asked about in a post after I saw the first video in the RK install series. Moving the oil filter should have been a no brainer. Moving the A/C compressor, a bit more. But it is the middle of winter, the AC could have been disconnected and moved out of the way until a new bracket could have been built. That would have kept the CG down and left the long arm at a better point in its geometry. The other option would have been to cut off the upper arm bracket (there is only one) and weld it on an inch or so further away from the object. Total misunderstanding of coil-overs. The big thing the coil-overs do is keep the spring straight. The OE style spring has to go in an ark. Dual rate coil-overs also allow you to change the point the rates change where the wound dual/triple rate springs it is baked in...when the tight coils coil bind. On a coil over the dual rates can be adjusted by swapping one or both of the individual single-rate springs. There are no advantages to big springs and you won't see big springs on any serious race vehicle from Indy to Monaco to Baja or Paris-Dakar. If anything, the big reason for Lite Brite to say with big springs was to use the 6Pak shocks! The 6Pak, which is basically two shocks put together, is a very clever design, on a par with the Ohlins TTR/TTX/ILX.

Kevin & Brit- Fantastic build! This will take you anywhere you dare to go. Please paint the inside rear wheel well black- The red is bothering me. Also- where can I meet you to pick up your old lift and shocks?

OMG you guys built the Stepchild so awesomely. Love the videos it looks awesome and love what you do. Can't wait to see what she will do. Happy New year to you all.

as I move along.....Fox or King for 2020? King reservoir in back and king w/ coilovers in front and same rates at all four corners...

Your coilover argument is a bit weird. Running a separate spring versus a coilover is really no different loaded and unloaded if you chang nothing. Without adjustment they’ll both be wrong for one, loaded or unloaded. A coilover spring preload can be adjusted to better accommodate loading and unloading the Jeep than a standard coil spring. The coilover has far better adjustability and tune-ability compared to a standard lift spring. You can spring in the middle ground of what would allow more preload when loaded and then adjust when unloaded as needed or wanted. The coil spring in most cases is designed to meet the wide majority of needs which means it isn’t outstanding at anything. Can you build a good coil and shock machine? Absolutely. Budget allowing, coilovers can benefit everyone but may not be necessary. I don’t see loading and unloading a Jeep as a reason not to get coilovers honestly. It’s your preference and shouldn’t be spread as fact about coilovers.

Looks Great !! Very nice build. Stepchild will be even more of a Beast off-road. Do you have any idea of how much money it would cost to build a Jeep set up the way you have the Stepchild? I'm talking Jeep , motor ,axles, etc I'm guessing $100,000 +. If ya don't want to say anything that's okay. Best of luck in 2020 !!! Happy New Year 🎉🎉

The suspension looks amazing! Everything came together, at least what we are seeing. I'm sure there were all kinds of challenges. The amount of "beef" in these parts, oh my. You need the Hemi more than ever now to push all that down the road! LOL. Can't wait to see it off road now. Stay warm!

Pretty sure when I started watching you guys the statement was...were going to try to chronicle with this channel how much you can do with a “stock” Jeep with no modifications.... 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Coilovers offer the best off road performance especially going fast on and off road. that being said I agree with you as far as the back goes you would have to get a custom-built coilover for your setup in fact probably front-wise too off the shelf coilovers at this point with everything you have probably wouldn't work but I have coil overs on mine I don't have a hemi or nothing like that and let me tell you something there's no body roll on the street and I get all kinds of crazy travel and you get true travel to where when you're when your wheel goes down and it actually pushes against the ground to give you grip so that's another good thing about coilovers and the adjustability. the negatives on coilovers the adjustability you can go crazy for long time with coilovers adjusting ride height and also the maintenance at least every 20,000 miles you got to take them off and have them you know the oil changed and maintained but other than that to me they're the ultimate in performance.

Great Video!! Make sure you won,t rub a line or a hose with the new pivots. the starter cables looked close!

How is it that you made the worlds most capable JL even better every time you do something. You’ve accomplished so much this year! Enjoy your New Years!!!