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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 10:00 AM
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im doing a 2 inch lift two day the cheap way im doing 2 inch blocks in the back and 2 inch boosters in front dose any one know if theres anything else i should know about or watch for
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 10:06 AM
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You should be alright with your brake lines and shocks. However you will need to get it aligned.
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 10:09 AM
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x2, get an alignment. I had bad issues after adding 2"s to mine, alignment fixed it.
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 10:10 AM
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what do i got to get aligned
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 10:11 AM
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do i just get a front end alingnment
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jsport
do i just get a front end alingnment
Don't skimp on an alignment, its important. Get a 4 wheel alignment. It will save you headaches later on.
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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do i just get a front end alignment
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 10:17 AM
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ok kool dose any one know who dose the alignments im pritty shore fire stone dose it
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 11:19 AM
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thats one place. i go to a buddies 4x4 shop for mine
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 12:39 PM
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Find a place that dose 4x4 allignments. It may not be cheap.
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 01:29 PM
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I would do it myself, but it sounds like you need a "professional" to do it...
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny74
Don't skimp on an alignment, its important. Get a 4 wheel alignment. It will save you headaches later on.
There's nothing to be adjusted on the rear of XJ's.
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by goalieman24
There's nothing to be adjusted on the rear of XJ's.
that's what i thought because the leafs keep it aligned but every time i have gotten one they always make me pay for the 4 wheel alignment. But usually its like $10 more so not a huge deal, but why pay extra right?
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Old Jul 10, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by goalieman24
There's nothing to be adjusted on the rear of XJ's.
mostly tru. But heres a true and relevant scenario for you .... a few years ago My friend did a 4 inch lift on his XJ and took it and had it aligned. Yet he would still have problems. I had him take it to a place here in NY where my buddy worked and where i once worked years ago (and we wer trained on the hunter alignment machine together) called auto alignment world; Anyway , turned out the rear wasn't checked at the place before and he needed a shim to be installed and that fixed it.. wasn't cheep tho.

Bottom line make sure you go to a place that knows what they are doing and have it checked for a 4 wheel alignment , i know on the hunter machines that even tho there may not be adjustments for caster or camber in the rear that there are shims available for precise adjustments that work on most popular vehicles..... well i know at-least they did back when, until i stopped doing them in 95.

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