Installing Rocky road Outfitters Lift Kit on a 2017 Jeep Patriot

[@leodominguez678]

Hi Brian..... I'm Leo from NYC...... I really enjoyed watching your video..... Truly informative...... I'm new to the Jeep Family...... I own a 2008 jeep patriot in mint condition., an am planning on doing the samething as you did...... Thank again..... 🖒🖒🖒Ride on bro......

[@TheLittlered1961]

Great post. This reminds me why I love my YJ so much. I love the solid axles. The universals are so much cheaper to replace over the CV joints. $12.00 verses $200.00. Just guessing on the price. About 20 years ago it cost $170.00 to replace the CV joint on the wife's car. That was part, no labor. May I make a suggestion. Double check the clearance on all parts with no load on the vehicle. IE, in the air. A good friend of mine bought a Dodge Ram truck that was jacked. It too had the independent front suspension. The boot on the CV joint was rubbing on flat ground. It cut the boot. I am not familiar with strut suspension on 4x4's. I did see the strut shoot down when you removed the bolt. I am afraid that when you get good articulation, you could run into problems. Articulation, one wheel spring fully compressed and opposite wheel is free floating. I have been in that position. I have had my Jeep on two wheels. One right front and one left back. It was a little unsettling feeling the Jeep rock but we were safe. I was able to power out of it because of lockers on front and rear. This was going to Surprise Lake, above the Clipper mine.

[@angeldjesusg]

Hey bro will this setup fit a 2wd patriot?

[@Robertoymaría]

Great video! Thank you very much. I have the same issue you had at the end of the video with the rear tires being inclined. How did you fix it!? I just got the lift installed today and will get the new tires installed and alignment on saturday. New tires 245/65r17 on stock 17" rims.

[@BKBOutdoors]

I actually took the kit off

[@Robertoymaría]

@@BKBOutdoors omg, why!? How Many miles did you use it?! or you took it off right away?! Did you get a different lift, or no lift at all?!

[@m.duschl8760]

Yes, why did you take it off?

[@401jeffrey]

After the alignment can you let me know how the ride quality is? And looking forward to your next video. I have done some extensive mod on my pat and the last thing I'm holding off is the lift

[@BKBOutdoors]

It is about the same, a little more stiff due to the spring compression but not too bad

[@DrOksalev]

I just got mine from Rocky Road... plan to install them with new shocks and front struts next week. How has your lift kit worked so far?

[@M3MANNY]

Thank you sharing this ! Very informative I’m looking into doing this to my Patriot as well may I ask how do you like the kit itself ?

[@BKBOutdoors]

It's doing good, not many problems with it, just a couple thing needing to be tightened up again

[@egprods.8425]

Thank you for sharing! I’m going to be installing this kit this weekend. I know for the RC kit is has you remove the plastic middle part on the rear sway bar links. This kit have any instructions similar to that? Did you remove it?

[@chrisbailla4871]

Great video but you didn't need to take off the tie rod ends I just replaced my front struts without taking them off and my front control arms also on my 2014 compass

[@PELICANO1706]

Hey, great video.! i wanted to ask you how you dealt with rear camber when aligning, thank you!

[@BKBOutdoors]

I took it to get an alignment done. Only way you can really do it

[@PELICANO1706]

@@BKBOutdoors thank you bro!!

[@jairomartinez9765]

Hey Brian, I read that you took the kit off, it didn’t work or what happened?

[@BKBOutdoors]

Didn't like it. Reduced power quite a bit with the bigger tires and never could get the alignment right

[@caydenmast4014]

Does this lift kit work with fwd

[@andrewazarov2717]

Why new arm need to be shorter and what will happened if I don't change them?

[@BKBOutdoors]

Camber will be way off

[@amadeoalvarez9756]

Just in case you ended up upgrading tires to a bigger size. Were you able to fit the new bigger spare tire in the trunk? Thanks!

[@mpff3974]

Did you have much issue lining up the lower strut mount hole in the rear? I seem to be fighting to get it lined up enough to get the bolt through.

[@BKBOutdoors]

I honestly don't remember, but I think I used a floor jack and pry bar until it went in.

[@BigAP219]

Does this work on 2nd?

[@BKBOutdoors]

Not sure what that means

[@BigAP219]

@@BKBOutdoors meant 2wd patriots

[@BKBOutdoors]

@@BigAP219 I suppose it would since the suspension is probably the same

[@HaddaClu]

I'm looking at getting this kit for my 2014 Compass. After a year how has it held up for you? Just wondering since I've seen some mixed reviews for both Rocky road and Rough Country, but yours is one of the most recent installs I've seen.

[@BKBOutdoors]

It's been pretty decent so far. But I'm getting some new arms for the rear so I can adjust the toe. They should include it in the kit but they don't and I'm probably gonna have to replace a wheel bearing.

[@dz7786]

If you read the instructions they were probably printed wrong. You needed to lengthen the arm not shorten it. In turn that made the camber even worse then it would have been with stock arms

[@BKBOutdoors]

Didn't matter. Went to the alignment shop the next day

[@dz7786]

@@BKBOutdoors yeah mainly mentioning for others in case the instructions are printed backwards like a lot of them are.

[@dougcaro7480]

Definitely needs to be short vs stock length if you put spacers on the coil a longer arm would not work as it will push the tire way oot of alignment.

[@bestworst1979]

nooo those strut bolts are spline just torque nut side well they were spline not anymore lol

[@harpershipley9703]

Hey nice video. Is your Patriot 2wd or 4wd

[@BKBOutdoors]

Thanks Its 4wd