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$300. To spend for a 3 inch lift

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Old 03-24-2010, 02:13 AM
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What brand and what kit would you get? Slot of dailly driving, beach driving, and muddy trails.
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I would just get spacers for the front and shackles for the rear if you don't plan on anything to hard core. Would need shocks also.
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You can get the 3" Rough Country for less than $300 w/shocks and it works fine. Lots of guys running them. The white one under "my photos" has the 3" on it. We're pretty happy with it.
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save your money and wait til you can afford to do it right,
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Zone Offroad 3 inch lift i got one couldnt be any happier with it. gets me over what i want when i want and im able to fit 32's by 11.5 with a little bit of trimming to my fenders.
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3 inch rough country everything you need for under 300 bucks with coils and aal thats the way I would go
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Originally Posted by 93XJLI
save your money and wait til you can afford to do it right,
Um 1. I thought I was doing it right by buying a kit.
And 2. What would you suggest
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Originally Posted by FarEastXJ
Um 1. I thought I was doing it right by buying a kit.
And 2. What would you suggest
a crappy lift kit is just that. crap.

an AAL will sag over time and ride crappy.

granted my friend just put the cheapo kit youre looking at on his g/f's XJ... but it rides like a truck. my jeep is more comfortable to ride in than my DD (lowered, bilstein struts and eibach springs..) and is great on the trails too. i can blast down washed out trails at speed and not spill my monster haha.

just sayin since i went cheap 4 years ago (damn its been a while...)back when i got my rustys 3" with a full pack for 400 shipped! prices are up a tad now.

now everything rustys except the leaves are gone (but i did just add another leaf to them bc they were sagging and not strong enough after almost 40k miles) and the money (and time) i spent replacing is more than if i just bought a rubicon express 3.5" kit in the first place.

just my opinion
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