warped156

so this is my 2nd jeep i have had. my 89 has a 2 or 3 inch lift on it now and i just bought a 5.5 inch lift from iron rock offrad. i was wondering if there are any tips or tricks i am going to need to know while installing this lift. thank you..

93gc40

Depends on what your lift consist of. There is a bunch of preventetive maintenance stuff you Should do to avoid death wobble. What are your plans for the drivelines? At 5+ IMO you are going to need to think about steering issues. I'll assume your going to 32-35 tires, what about gears and axels?

rweaver138

ya get yourself a BFH a breaker bar and a six pack.. and some patience..

and like 93gc40 touched on what are your plans after that? buying the lift is only the tip of the iceberg there are many other things you have to worry about when going that high

93gc40

Damb!! I knew I forgot something.

OH, PB Blaster your need some of that too.

warped156

Thanks guys. I plan on running the 33s that are on it now. What stearing problems will I have? When I talk to iron rock they said I didn't need to get anything else. I plan on getting an sye and a cv driveshaft soon. Gearing I was told that 2.5 L 5 speed wranglers had 4.10 gears so if that was true I was think about getting a set of those in some time. Thanks again guys.

rweaver138

you should upgrade your steering with bigger tires, hence you could put a v8 zj tie rod in there, 1 ton steering or over the knuckle (OTK) steering. gearing isnt really that desperate, ive been running stock gears on 33's for like 5 months now switching to 4.56's on monday

warped156

thanks man.. your jeep is sick i wish i had the money to build a newer one that has no rust haha. now with one ton steering what set up would be the best? with ur 5.5 inch lift did you get the sye and the cv driveshaft right when u did it?

rweaver138

as far as the best 1-ton i wouldnt know, i have no personal experience, but ive heard JCR makes a good one. i have custom built heim steering. and yes i did the driveshaft and SYE i would say that a necessity

BillyBoy

x 2 on the PB blaster... Start soaking now... hit em once a week or every few days for about a month before you start... It'll save you havin to drill out some bolts.