took me 6 hours and only got the front of the lift done... of course i dont have the best of tools. i didnt use a spring compressor, but it was a pain in the *** to drop everything in the front and line up the lower and upper control arms to reconnect. its a ROUGH job, but if i can do it ANYBODY can do it. im about to go start the back, i've been told the hardest part is over, but im SCARED of the Add-a-leafs its gonna suck any advice?

 

jack up the back, remove the rear tires, unbolt your axle and lower it slowly to the ground, put a big c clamp on the spring in front and back of the centering pin, cut the nut off the centering pin, slowly loosen each clamp till all tension is removed, put in add a leaf with centering pin aligning the leafs, use the c clamps to tighten the leafs to each other ( DO NOT USE THE PIN TO PULL THE LEAFS TOGETHER). Once the leafs are tight to each other tighten the center pin. Your add a leaf is finished.

On a side note, if you were able to do the front and without spring compressors you should be able to do the rear with your eyes closed so dont sweat it.

 

As far as the install, AAL's are easy. If you went with long AAL's and your current springs are good, no worries.

 

i have the long aal's... do the aals go on top of existing leafs? on bottom? in middle?

 

The AAL will go right under the main leaf, then the rest will go under the AAL.

 

dont forget to put blocks under the front tires.... i had a buddies xj start rolling on him !!.... be careful with the back shock bolts use pb blast a good hour at least before you start

 

lol im trying to get it jacked up right now it just rolled alil bit on me, stupid question... where do i jack it up from, i was just told to do it from the differential, but dont i have to drop the axle???

 

Jack it from the diff and use jack stands from under the unibody rails to lower it onto. Make sure you block the wheels first!!

 

i raised it by the axle but when i try to lower it onto the jack stands mounted under the body, the tires touch ground

 

Get higher jack stands or take off tires! Just did this 2 weeks ago or something. Lots of fun!!

 

Hahaha that would happen lol

 

Mine did the same thing. Higher jack stands are a must. They will really come in handy after you lift it.