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how big is my lift?

Old 12-07-2008, 09:33 PM
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As most of you guys know i have a lot of thrown togather stuff on my project cheap jeep! well i lookin at it today and im tryin to figure out how much lift i actually have.... for the ground to bottom of the frame rail on the unibody is 20 in.... i would liek to compare that to a stock mesurement is that the best way to figure lift? or should i measure spring perch to spring perch on teh front? either way if some1 could provide me with those stock mesurements or have a better way to figure it it would be awesome thanks guys!
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from center cap to fender flare its supposed to be 17 up front and 17.5 rear, HTH
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ha yeah that might be a problem i hacked the front feenders pretty good so i dont think that mesurement would work..... but thanks for the help man.....
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no prob, about how much did you hack off? you can always get a good estimate
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prolly a couple inches 2 or 3..... im not sure.... i drew some lines and me and the plasa cutter got to work lol.
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https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/how-do-you-figure-lift-5918/

might find some answers in this thread.

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from what yall have said i have about 7in of lift!
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