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Old Apr 30, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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So after I get my brakes worked out, I am looking to add a lift kit. My first choice was the rusty's offroad 3" with add a leaf kit. But after seeing they wanted near $100 just for shipping, I have been looking at rough country's lift. I am only looking to run 31" tires, so what would be recommended? Anyone run this lift?
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Old Apr 30, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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being a 90 xj you should really look into full leaf packs you will get a much better ride quality and function from them than 21 year old spring and the added pressure add a leafs create on old springs
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Old Apr 30, 2011 | 09:30 PM
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full leaf packs is HIGHLY recommended and dont waste your money on an ALL

call Grimmus (our forum RC vender) for a 10% discount and plus he is a great guy to work with!
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Old Apr 30, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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Will do, hopefully the brake conversion does not set me back too far!
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Old May 1, 2011 | 01:13 PM
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I bought a Rough Country aal 3in kit but after seeing the aals that came with it I went to my local spring shop and had them add three inches to a set of stock springs. If I had it to do again I would have bought Rusty's kit. In my opinion your gonna get a better deal in the long term with Rusty's, don't forget a 1" drop transfer case cross member.
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Old May 1, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LongHornCherokeeMan
In my opinion your gonna get a better deal in the long term with Rusty's.
I know that is your opinion, but I highly beg to differ. I used to be a big rusty's fan(even still sport a full window banner). Between their customer service, not backing up their warranty, sagging springs and breaking parts I gave up on them.

Jason (<click it) has been nothing short of spectacular for everything and there is a huge difference in customer service and quality of the parts.
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Old May 2, 2011 | 06:31 AM
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I've run Rusty's, RE, Skyjacker, and RC. I prefer RC big time. Customer service is better, spring packs don't seem to sag and they take all the abuse I can throw at them and come back for more. Definitely do a spring pack. The aal I put on my first Cherokee was a waste of time. Sagged and broke the springs in about 2 months.
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