Intro
I had been looking at a set of discos for a while now and after the last trip out with the NMT Offroad Club, I decided it was time to get them. There are many companies who make discos but most of them have one big shortcoming, they are very difficult to disconnect and then later reconnect. Most have some sort of tube with two pins that have to lined up thing going and that sucks. A better design to look at is the models that stay attached at the top and diconnect from the bottom. The ones I chose are the best I could find, JKS Quicker Disconnects. They are not only the beefiest model around but they are also have adjustable length. I purchased mine from 4x4ROCKSHOP.com for $127 shipped. There are two models available for the TJ, a 0-2" lift model JKS2000 for stock TJs and a 2.5-6" lift model JKS2001 for lifted TJs. I currently have a stock TJ but someday want to put 2.5" to 4" of lift under it. Not wanting to have to re-buy the discos when I got installed a lift kit, I decided to go with the JKS2001 ones. My hope was that they were not way too long and if they were, I was prepared to modify them.

First Impressions
My first hint that these disconnects were beefy was when the UPS guy dropped off the box. It was much heavier than I expected. Once I had it open and I got a good look at the discos, I started to wonder if they were way too big. I took some quick measurments and then measured the stock links. The JKS2001 discos were 1.75" longer than my stock links when screwed all the way down. My first idea was to cut them down 2" and effectively create a pair of .5-4" lift discos but the threaded tube is only threaded about 1" down. I finally decided to just install them and see how it affected the sway bar. If need be, I had a friend willing to help me cut and reweld them to be shorter.

Installation
It took me about an hour to install the discos. I intended to take pictures of the whole process but once I got started, it slipped my mind.

Tools required

• Sockets: 3/4", 11/16", 15mm, 18mm
• T55 torx
• 6mm allen
• Tie-rod removal tool
• Cresent wrench
• F drill bit (17/64" I think)
• 5/16" x 18 tap
• Red threadlock
• Grease gun

After Thoughts
My main concern with choosing the longer discos was the effect it would have on my sway bar. The angle has increased to about 30 degrees from what I guessed was about 5 degrees stock and this seems to have no ill effect on the operation of the sway bar. I believe that my choice to go with the longer JKS2001 model discos was a good one.

A few pictures