well i have decided to go with a 4.5 inch lift on my 2000 xj, the ? Is which one of the 2 do i go with?
1. Rough country 4.5 inch lift with add a leafs in the rear for $460
upgraded with rear leafs is $600.

2. Rustys 4 inch lift with rear leafs included for $680

what you guys think.

 

rough country with full leaf packs...

 

Just don't do AAL's i made that mistake!

 

Neither. Do a search on this forum, NAXJA, JeepForum, Etc and you'll see that Rough Country lifts ride very rough and Rusty's just doesn't have a very good rep with regards to timely shipping and product quality. I looked long and hard at thse plus many others before getting my first lift. I went with Rubicon Express.

Take a look at BDS ad Tera Flex too.

Another option is piece a lift together from a variety of sources, for example Alcan rear leafs and RE coils and control arms, JKS track-bar, etc, etc.

 

Rough Country with the full packs. Thats what I did!

 

rought country is the best idk y but is is the best

 

Personally I would go with rough country./..If you do upgrade to the nitro shocks. Just $25 and from what I have read they ride better then the hydro shocks.

 

RUSTY'S 4.5" full leaf pack Cant go wrong with rusty's

 

GO with Rusty's. I know they get bad press but so do alot of other companies. I have there 4.5 and love it.

 

I can't say anything bad about Rough Country. I called and got a killer price shipped to my door, over the phone. My stuff was here in a timely manor too.

 

Same here. 4 for 4 with RC and everything came within 3 days. I'm 0-2 with rusty's though

 

They told me the leafs were on back order for a week when I ordered, so they threw in a free steering stabilizer too...

 

If you want to try something a little newer and not so well reviewed. I went with Zone offroad for my lift. It seemed like some many people absolutley loved or hated rustys and rough country it was hard to decide then I stumbled across these guys. I did a little research and I found these guys are actually a sub company of BDS put out there to compete in price with rustys and RC so i gave them a shot. Customer service was great, got to my door in 2 days, and all said and done I think it rides very very nicely now that everything has settled in. If you buy it through ebay you can get free shipping. They also have distributors all over and a search for them on the website.

http://zoneoffroad.com/

..... I know its not a trusted name or proven yet but its worked out well for me so far so be gentle when lighting me up for it.

 

^If it's from BDS im sure it's quality. Had BDS on my TJ and it was great!

 

Only issue I have with Zone is they do not offer full leaf packs their kits are all AAL. IMHO not a good option for the long term, ok for say a 2" budget lift but for a big lift and serious offroading not a good choice IMHO.