sycoglitch

Omg yes ppl use those two words together. Or "cheap" women

93_xjcherokee

A few years ago I needed a stripped bolt remover tool and had some craftsman ones. I forget what they were called but they grip the head of stripped bolts and remove them as you turn. Anyway, my craftsman one broke and I went to sears to warranty it. Well when I got there they said they don't warranty those kind of tools. New ones were $60. Went to harbor freight and they had them for $20 and HF had a lifetime warranty on them. I bought them, and not only did they hold up to the job I needed them for but they were cheaper with a lifetime warranty that craftsman did not offer... winner in my book. The only tools I have had cheap out on me were the cheap $8 grinders. Went through 5 of them making a bumper.

sycoglitch

Ah yes, title seems fitting now.

freegdr

Come south plenty of tools here. High lifts don't scare us. Get some education on installing equipment at the same time. Not gonna do it for free but deff give ya break if ya help. Price depends on condition of under carriage.

highspeed

Seems like the best Course of Action to me.

freegdr

Ive helped many down here if there willing to learn. Wish I could do it for free but gotta pay bills. Hes about 4 hrs north of me only catch.

Kissimmeecherokee

Some of you act like I'm just sitting on my ***. I already have the lift, I've called around everywhere near my area and I don't feel like spending 1,000$ on Installation when maybe some of you guys can help me do it for cheaper.

sycoglitch

You original post says nothing that you looked around but rather, please help me do everything. Best course of action would be to sell the crap country lift and get a more quality lift. And several people said they would help but a 6.5" lift done right isn't a 4hr thing. So expect people, ever forum members, to charge several hundred dollars since its time from them

cruiser54

Now that just makes way too much sense!!!!!!

TwistedWrench

Can you post a link to the exact kit you have? Reason being, as I stated before a 6.5" lift requires a plethora of additional parts to work, and few "kits" come with everything. Nobody who may be willing to help is going to be happy about showing up, bending wrench all day, THEN finding out you don't have all the parts to finish the job.

Coil springs
Leaf springs
Track bar
Extended shocks
Extended brake lines
SYE & driveshaft
Upper & lower control arms
Upgraded steering components
... you get the idea.

Assuming the shops you called understand the requirements to make this system safe and functional, $1,000 isn't an unrealistic price. I'd only charge you $900... plus $100 worth of beer and pizza.

4WD4EVER

Spoken like a true southern gentleman. Lol!

TwistedWrench

aroundincircles

So, I have to say, this thread is full of painful fail.... I have NEVER paid bottom dollar for something and been happy/satisfied with the results. Now I have learned to do the work myself, but I'm expensive in blood, sweat, tears, and curses. But i don't have to pay myself little green pieces of paper.


OP if you want to get it done right, you have two choices, Spend the time to learn how to do it and and spend some money getting the right tools to do it, and you'll spend the least amount of money.

your second option is to spend the $ and pay somebody with the experience, tools, and existing knowledge to do it for you.

I ended up going with option 1. I had a blown head gasket, so I decided to do the work myself. It was the summer in AZ, so I did it in 30 minute pieces over a couple of weeks (working in 115* weather takes it out of you pretty quickly) but since my jeep wasn't going anywhere anyways, wasn't a big deal.

after brakes and tires, your suspension is the 3rd most critical thing on your vehicle to have working properly. do it right the first time.

93_xjcherokee

O Arizona isn't that hot.... usually anyways

aroundincircles

it is in phx, in june and july. I have a thermostat in my garage, and the temp when I was installing my lift was between 110 and 117 each day I was working on it. It was rough.