Install time on Teraflex 2.5” Alpine RT2 Short Arm Suspension System?

[DanJT]

Any of you try to install a Teraflex 2.5" Alpine RT2 short arm suspension system on your Jeep yourself? Really just two questions for me:

1. How did you find the install to go?
2. How long did it take?


Shops around here are telling me March 2023 as the soonest I can get in. Has me thinking about doing the job myself.

 

[smritte]

MARCH???
Seriously?

Its a set of arms and springs. I swapped out my front and rear arms, springs, shocks and swaybar mounts on my Cruiser over a weekend. It took that long because i had a few stuck bolts.
The hard part on the newer Jeep is the front Panhard bar. If you ever separated a ball joint or tie rod, its like that only a bit more difficult due to size. If I still worked at a shop, I could knock that out in a couple of hours on a hoist.
You will want to get it aligned when your done just because.
BTW, alignment on that vehicle can be done in your driveway pretty quickly.