I had Appalachian do the lift on my XJ as well. Great bunch of guys, Loaned me a set of shocks when mine ended up being on back order just to get me on the road. Took em 2 days due to my leaf bolts being a particular pita.

 

Mike runs a great shop. I've used him in the past a couple of times. It really helps that he's only about 3 miles from my house.

 

tanks

 

Gonna try tackling my front axle this weekend. New balljoints, axle shafts, unit bearings and brakes.

Anyone know if the unit bearing bolts are available locally incase I maul one of em? I saw someone recommend 10.9 grade bolts from the hardware store as an alternative. Would they be ok to use?

Alternatively anyone object to just cutting the knuckle apart with a cutting wheel and not even dealing with them? I have a new set of knuckles. I would have to get new unit bolts as I would be leaving the old ones in the knuckles.


e. just hit 225k miles

 

So it looks like the lift is going to end up neting between 5.5 and 6 inches. I was told that 35's will fit with some trimming or flares. I plan on throwing some flat flares in the future. I have stock a 3.55 D30 and 8.25. How bad will 35's be with those axles? I'm still leaning towards 33's, but with the price difference only being 7 dollars, it's hard to not do 35's.

 

You'll be fine on the street and light/moderate trails, especially with open diffs. The gears won't leave you with much power, though, even with 33s

 

Any thoughts on KM2's?

 

Cleaned the head some and re-painted the valve cover today. Hoping to get this head gasket finished by next weekend.

And I also graduated today.

 

Congrats Shirley.

 

lmao. I like the new name

 

Congrats! Now more money for Jeep parts!!!

 

It isn't new. You're like 4 years late to that party.

 

Yeah he's been givin out shirley's for a while now..

 

Yeah, working on finding a job in my degree now.
Have two offers, but I'm not interested in working for commission.

 

Look at M12x80 to 90mms, not sure of the thread pitch, I recently replaced my shackles and had to add two extra bolts outside of the kits so buying them from the dealer could also be an option for a few bucks more.