lifting?

[jandh]

If I want to do a good lift to my XJ-  what would be a good lift - 3inch?      I want to keep the same size tries i have now, and make it still look and fucntion pretty good.  I got 235's on now, I think 16's but i havent checked - got the jeep on saturday

I double check that size and reply - im at work, looking up jeep stuff, lol.

[hps4evr]

if you dont want to change tire size then dont put a lift in it. get a better tire and rim. and maybe upgrade the dampers. spend your money on bolt on widgets and gidgets;) lol!

[jandh]

235 75 15's  thats what i got on there now.

I want to upgrade my tires later on that what the lift is for, and looks, I love the look of a lift

[jandh]

oh, here's a question for you/s   If I don't do a lift, what are the largest tires i can safely go with? without rubbing when i turn

[hps4evr]

LT235/75R15... maybe a 30/9.50R15...
a 3inch lift should clear 31" on stock offset rims.

[Immortal]

oh, here's a question for you/s   If I don't do a lift, what are the largest tires i can safely go with? without rubbing when i turn

So that's not your jeep in your picture?
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[Pookapotamus]

I gave my stock XJ a 2" budget lift, this consisted of front spacers ($40 modern moters) and ranch leafs that are 2" higher than factory ($200 modern motors) this lift was cheep, did not affect any other parts on the XJ and did not affect the drivability of the jeep at all. it also gives a much nicer stance and does not give too much fender gap. i did this for the same reason, to fit nicer more aggresive tires on my XJ (although i cant afford them at the moment). also if you are planning to go higher in the future this is a cheep starter lift.

hope this helpes

[jandh]

So that's not your jeep in your picture?
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Ok now the pic is my jeep
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I gave my stock XJ a 2" budget lift, this consisted of front spacers ($40 modern moters) and ranch leafs that are 2" higher than factory ($200 modern motors) this lift was cheep, did not affect any other parts on the XJ and did not affect the drivability of the jeep at all. it also gives a much nicer stance and does not give too much fender gap. i did this for the same reason, to fit nicer more aggresive tires on my XJ (although i cant afford them at the moment). also if you are planning to go higher in the future this is a cheep starter lift.

hope this helpes

Yeah that does help - Thank-you,  where is modern motor? online?  or is that even a store, lol.

[Pookapotamus]

modern moters is in between 53 ave sw and 58 ave sw on the west side of blackfoot. they are online but it is much easier to just go in.

[jandh]

Thanx, thats acctually really close to my place

[Pookapotamus]

@ jandh you must be really close to me as well, i am just over on heratage in between fairmont and blackfoot.

[jandh]

Yeah i am close, lol-  allandale close - between Heritage and Where acadia drive turns into a st.  I live really close to a little strip mall thats on 6th
pretty much accross the street from you ,a 1 minute drive
that's pretty cool

[Pookapotamus]

if you need any help just pm me i am always up for some wrench turning!

[jandh]

if you need any help just pm me i am always up for some wrench turning!

Ya no prob, I'm acctually changing the read axel bearings tomorrow but not sure what time.  Have a tire change tomorrow morning first come first serve, then a quick trip to pnp to get some rear leafs to spruce up my back end  then I'll be home to do the work if your interested in coming for a beer while we change some parts

[jandh]

I'm moving this out of Jeep Stuff Wanted - because I'm continuosly keeping it off topic


Quote from: WagoneerXJ on April 12, 2009, 06:38:55 PM
Well some people use 80's or 90's F-150 coil springs. I'm told it gets you about 3" of lift, but rides like arse because they are really stiff (meant for a fullsize truck with a V8 afterall)


How many inch's can you lift before you have to start changing other parts too? ie. control arms

Say from stock if I went with the Leaf springs from a S-10 then the front coil springs from a F-150 that would give me about 4 inch's in the rear and 3 inchs in the front (sound right?)   would I have the change anything else or can i just go to PNP and get rear leaf springs and front coil springs?

I'm goign to pnp on saturday so I might grab this stuff