Need some lift advice for my XJ

[dubbleJs]

Hey guys new to the forum and looking for some advice.
I recently bought a '91 XJ 4.0 and want/need to put new suspension in. The arse end has the notorious sag.

Ive been looking around at a few lift kits, Im thinking of going 3-4" of lift nothing major as this will be my first lifted truck and I dont want to have to do too many drivetrain mods after install. Hoping to run at least 31's.

Can anyone suggest a good lift kit around 3"-4" for under $1000?

Ive been looking at an RE lift of 3.5" but its a little too expensive..$1220. I am going to need full leaf packs no AAL and new shocks all around.


 

[Luxton]

the RE kit is worth the $... love mine... lil stiff to start, but hit enough bumps hard enough and she's beautie.


have had it on for almost a year and no visible sagging at all.

g'luck

[dubbleJs]

the RE kit is worth the $... love mine... lil stiff to start, but hit enough bumps hard enough and she's beautie.


have had it on for almost a year and no visible sagging at all.

g'luck

Where abouts did u pick yours up? local?

[Luxton]

North Shore Offroad (www.nsor.com I believe)...

they blew the doors off of anyone in town, even after shipping.

g'luck

[BlackYJ]

Locally there is Modern Motors and National 4wd.  North Shore is out of Vancouver and they do have very good prices.  I like National but Modern has also been good to me.

[dubbleJs]

Looks like I might be going with the Rusty's 3" kit, im pretty short on cash and its the cheapest ive found with leaf packs.
$418
comes with:
• 2 - 3" Front Coil Springs
• 2 - 3" Rear Leaf Packs
• Rear Brake Line Extension
• 4 - Rusty's Hydraulic Shocks
• Complete Instruction




http://rustysoffroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=rustys&Product_Code=300SP&Category_Code=sus_xj_kit

[dubbleJs]

Well still deciding on what lift Im going to get, either a ProComp 3" w/ leaf packs $850 shipped, rusty's 3" or 4.5", or Skyjacker 3" for about $1000.

Anyone have bad(or good) things to say about these companies?

[frenchy]

Have you thought of these cheaper alternatives ?

S10 LEAF SWAPS
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50083

DAKOTA LEAF SWAPS
http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/...udget_Lift.htm

[HIWYH8R]

Frenchy, excellent S10 link/writeup (great pictures) and all the posts and other links in there. The Dakota link doesn't work for me though.

[dubbleJs]

Have you thought of these cheaper alternatives ?

S10 LEAF SWAPS
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50083

DAKOTA LEAF SWAPS
http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/...udget_Lift.htm

Ya thanks for those links. The thing with those is my leaf's are totally flat, so I need to get new packs and it looks like all those s10 etc swaps are just adding leafs to the XJ pack....

[WagoneerXJ]

Yes you're adding the leafs to yours....but JUST the XJ top leaf. Throw the rest away. I did this swap for my 87 XJ which had FLAT leafs. I used a set of leafs from a 91 4x4 Dakota at Pick-N-Pull in Calgary. Added them to my XJ's main leaf and got a good 4.5-5" out of it. I did it so I could take my 2" blocks out. Sits level with the front which has 3" coils and 2" spacers.

[dubbleJs]

Well I finally got my lift...

Does anyone know of a good installation write up with pics?? Cant seem to find any for an XJ..

[XJHERO]

Start with your controle arm bolts and leafspring bolts they are always Fun

[dubbleJs]

Looks like I have to remove my hitch to get the rear leaf bolts out....anyone else experience this and have a better solution?

[cotaman]

you could just cut the bolts( off on the side towards the hitch ) with a sawzall and put new ones in, that is what i did on 88 xj... the hitch was rusted to the frame like it was welded.