Best Lift Kits for Jeep Wrangler JL

The short answer: for a JL whose goal is 35s and daily driving, the Mopar 2-inch Jeep Performance Parts lift is the factory-engineered answer. For the most complete bolt-on system, TeraFlex’s ST2 and AEV’s DualSport RT are the two verified benchmarks — caster correction and tuned spring rates respectively. On a budget, Rough Country’s coil-and-shock kit undercuts the spacer kits’ compromises, and ReadyLIFT’s SST is the spacer option from a major brand. All five were verified on manufacturer pages or dealer listings reproducing manufacturer data, checked 2026-11-03; we have not hands-on tested them, and our method is in how we test and verify. For the fitment math behind these picks, see how much lift to fit 35s on a Wrangler JL and the Wrangler hub.

Best for 35s and daily driving: Mopar 2-inch lift (77072395)

Jeep’s own kit is engineered around exactly the brief most JL owners have: 2 inches of lift, up to 35-inch tires, no driveline or brake-line modifications. At a $1,995 MSRP on Mopar’s official eStore it is not cheap, but it is the only kit here designed by the vehicle manufacturer for this vehicle — and it includes shocks. One honesty note: the shock specification has changed across production revisions — current kits ship with Bilstein 46mm remote-reservoir shocks, while earlier revisions used Fox 2.5-inch monotubes. Either is a quality damper, but confirm what is in the box if the distinction matters to you.

Who should NOT buy it: 2-door, diesel and 4xe owners at this part number (your applications are different Mopar numbers), and anyone planning 37s — Mopar does not rate this kit for them.

Best complete systems: TeraFlex ST2 and AEV DualSport RT

The TeraFlex 2.5-inch Sport ST2 ($1,201.96, shocks not included) is the geometry-complete archetype: preset front lower Sport control arms restore caster, a rear track bar bracket re-centres the axle, and progressive bump stops are sized to the tire claim — 35 inches on Sport/Sahara, 35–37 on Rubicon. Buy the shocks it requires (TeraFlex’s Falcon line is the intended pairing) and the real system price is higher than the sticker; what you get for it is the correction hardware spacer kits skip.

AEV’s DualSport RT ($1,567 in dealer listings) attacks a different problem: ride quality. Its triple-rate coil springs and frequency-tuned shocks are aimed at Jeeps that commute all week and tour at weekends, and it includes AEV’s ProCal SNAP calibration module. AEV’s stated maximums — 35×12.50R17 on Sport/Sahara, 37×12.50R17 on Rubicon — are specified on AEV wheels with BFGoodrich tires, so treat them as system claims, not universal ones.

Who should NOT buy them: ST2 — diesel, 4xe and 2-door owners at this part number (1612020, 1612040 and 1612200 are yours), and anyone budgeting to the sticker without shocks. DualSport RT — 4xe owners (AEV lists compatibility as coming soon), 2-door and diesel owners at this application, and anyone chasing maximum articulation per dollar rather than road manners.

Budget routes: Rough Country 67731 and ReadyLIFT 69-6826

Rough Country’s 67731 ($519.95 in Quadratec’s options table) is the value pick with real hardware: replacement coil springs and N3 shocks at 2.5 inches, marketed for up to 35-inch tires on the 4-door Sport/Sahara. It is the cheapest way in this guide to lift with springs and shocks rather than spacers. ReadyLIFT’s 69-6826 SST ($459.95) is the spacer alternative — 2.5 inches front, 2 rear, factory shocks retained — from the brand whose fitment discipline we rely on across this site.

Who should NOT buy them: RC 67731 — Rubicon owners (Rough Country routes you to its 66630/66670 kits) and diesel/4xe owners. ReadyLIFT 69-6826 — Rubicon owners (your kit is the 69-6825, because your Jeep starts an inch taller on wider axles), and anyone who needs suspension travel or geometry correction for regular trail use; a spacer kit adds neither.

What we left out, and why

BDS, MetalCloak, Skyjacker and Rancho all sell JL lifts, and their absence here is a verification statement, not a quality judgement: in this pass we could not fetch manufacturer-stated lift, fitment and pricing data for their JL systems to the standard our kit records require (a named SKU, an application scope, an exclusion list and a checkable price). Rather than fill the gaps from marketplace listings, this guide ships with the five kits that cleared the bar. If a later pass verifies the others properly, they will be added — the JL catalogue deserves the coverage, but not at the cost of invented specifications.

Spacer, springs, or system: how to choose

The five picks sort into three honest tiers. Spacers (ReadyLIFT SST) move the suspension’s mounting points and change nothing about travel or damping — right for a stance-and-tire brief on a mostly-road Jeep, wrong for anyone who will articulate the axles regularly. Spring-and-shock kits (Rough Country at the budget end, Mopar and AEV above it) replace the parts that set ride height and ride quality, and their character differs — AEV tunes explicitly for on-road composure, Mopar for factory integration. Geometry-complete systems (TeraFlex ST2) spend their budget on the correction hardware — control arms, track bar bracket, bump stops — that keeps a 2.5-inch lift steering like a stock Jeep, and treat shocks as a separate decision. None of the tiers is a scam and none is universally correct; the failure mode is buying a tier below your actual use, because the upgrade path from spacers to a system starts again at full price.

Rubicon owners: your shortlist is a different shelf

This guide’s part numbers are deliberately Sport/Sahara-first, because that is where the 35-inch problem lives. If you own a Rubicon, read the picks through the trim split: your ReadyLIFT SST is the 69-6825, not the 69-6826; Rough Country routes you to its Rubicon kits (66630 with N3 shocks at $549.95, 66670 with V2 shocks at $869.95 in the same Quadratec table) rather than the 67731; and the TeraFlex ST2 and AEV DualSport RT fit your Jeep with larger stated tire ceilings — 35–37 inches and 37×12.50R17 respectively — because your fenders and axles start ahead. The Mopar kit’s application, meanwhile, is stated for the JL range without a Rubicon carve-out at this part number. Same guide, different shelf — the part number check in the workflow below is what keeps you on the right one.

Before you order

Confirm door count, trim and powertrain against the kit’s part number — on this platform those three answers are the fitment. Then run the numbers end-to-end: the tire size calculator for your target size, the tire size and lift height guide for the general rules, and how much does it cost to lift a truck for installed cost. New to the vocabulary? Leveling kit vs lift kit vs body lift explains why Wrangler lifts are systems, not spacers.

Sources (checked 2026-11-03): Mopar eStore listing for 77072395; TeraFlex ST2 product page; Quadratec’s AEV DualSport RT listing; Quadratec’s Rough Country JL options table; ReadyLIFT’s SST kits page.