I have got a 3in RC lift on my XJ right now and am about to buy the things to do another 2in lift. They are spacers/shackles, Adj. track bar, shocks, drop pitman arm, and tc drop. So my question is, will i be fine with my stock control arms? I have seen people do it, but i want to get your guys opinion.

 

no

 

So i should get new upper and lowers?

 

http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/..._Arm_Chart.htm

 

new lowers and you should be ok, but it would only make it better to get both

 

Could allways make your own fixed ones

 

ever have any issues with sheering upper control arm bolts at the axle end??

 

no. but there also not stock.

 

only reason why i ask is because i've seen a number of home brew upper control arms that are really rigged looking like yours and many of them have issues with shearing bolts

 

havent had an issue yet. i ran some grade 8s through there just cause torque heads **** me off. I go threw quite a few torx bits in a month. my bushings are off of a 01 and are in really good shape if that makes a difference

 

main reason i went beefy is because i broke/bent 3 out of the 4 control arms on the trail. Then drove out. wasnt fun and was hard on fenders. not guna happen again. and i always carry 1 extra of each control arm with matching hardware

 

Well i got the prices together to add 2 more in to my 3in lift now and its goin to cost me roughly 600. So i figured i mise well just save a little more and go big with a 6.5 RC lift. I can pick one up for about 825. So its goin to get a 6.5in lift on it. I will post pics as i get it transformed from a little XJ to a big XJ.