concretecowboy

you got a link for those angel eyes? that looks sick. and the jeep is comin along great

brendancfarrell

norcalmr2.com is the website. let me warn you, they are very pricey. if you like my setup, expect to spend $280 and wait about 3 because of customs. I think their worth it, but some people don't. it's all opinion and budget haha

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concretecowboy

haha thanks. hmm maybe next paycheck lol. they look sweet though and ive always thought about doin them.

brendancfarrell

I love them. like look great and function even better than they look, but as I said, at a pretty penny, like one of those nice shiny new ones you get from the bank haha. but if you end up gettin them, lemme know cause it's tricky to get them just right and there's a few things you gotta do to make them fit.

The lift kit will be put on this afternoon. it shouldn't take that long (knock on wood). I brought the camera with me, so if it's finished by tonight, I'll post them up

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concretecowboy

yeah make sure you knock on wood lol i went to put mine in last weekend (2 in BB) and only got the front done cuz the rear u-bolts were so rusted that we couldnt break them off and cant cut them cuz its my only car and dd for work and school so hopefully ill get those very soon it looks kinda goofy with only the front lifted lol

brendancfarrell

Welllllll, the lift is half way done, sorta. the pass side went in with only 1 broken upper shock bolt. so we drilled and tapped it and that side is sitting 4"+. yes, it will sag but it looks mean right now haha. as for the driver side.... both upper shock bolts broke and we had just enough time to drill and tap those as well. but, I got a huge problem. the main eye bolt will not budge. I even tried my grandfathers impact and it still didn't move. I'm most certainly babying this one only because I don't know how else to replace it. I have an extra grade 8 bolt and nuts, but I have no idea how to replace them. pictures will be up shortly on what we got done. none of the driver side yet though. I'm hoping the PB blaster will kick in and get that sucker movin cause everything else is off and the leaf pack is just held up by that one bolt. can anyone throw me some ideas on how to get it out?

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brendancfarrell

Its been awhile, I know, but I finally got it lifted!
rear end done


Here is the front end. driver side. didnt get a shot of the pass side

brendancfarrell

heres a teaser shot haha

Thats the 1996 Porsche 993 Twin Turbo. last of the air cooled Porsche's and let me tell you, that thing rips, hard.

DRUNKEN DIXIE

Nice Porsche, and I feel your pain on all the broken bolts you went through. I did the same exact lift last week and was at the shop almost all day.

brendancfarrell

Hey thanks haha. and we actually got the main eye out with problems the next day. it was just rusted pretty bad. took a 1/2 drive with a 10ft tube haha. and we had no broken bolts up front and no vibes after the install so I consider myself real lucky. my only problem is the right front wheel gives me vibes and a rubbing sound when I turn the wheel to the right. even the slightest touch right makes the noise. hopefully the alignment will fix that. if not, hello new wheel joint.

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brendancfarrell

I know, it's been awhile. but workin 2 jobs and taking summer classes, leaves me with very little time for the Cherokee. couple things happened recently. I had to replace a front wheel bearing and now I found metal in my rear diff. my spider gears were bad. real bad. so while I'm waitin on those to be shipped, I realized that because I'm at 4" in the rear, well about 3.6" or 3.7" now since it sagged, and only 3" in the front, I got the vibes I didn't get when I first put the lift on. if I do an SYE, which I'm thinkin I should since I'll go higher later, do I have to buy a new driveshaft? or can I use my stock one?

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The91XJ

Just go with a transfer case drop or rustys cross member man. It will get rid of the vibes. An sye is kind of overkill for only 3-4".

Edit:
Didn't notice the part where you said you wanted to go higher eventually lol. Iron rock makes a kit w/ drive shaft thats well priced, I'd look into that if I were you.

MikesJeep

hey man are those HIDs hi/low? I want some but I def cant lose my hi beams bc i need them for inspection! I know H4 bulbs are hi/low but do the H4 set up on Norcal come with projectors?

brendancfarrell

I kinda like the rustys crossmember idea cause im a broke college student haha

You are all over the place here bro haha. My setup is a NorCal 6000k. ALL NorCal housings are projector lenses, and HIDs are not high/low bulbs. You are thinking of Bi-Xenon bulbs and those will not fit in the NorCal housing because they are too long. I also need high/low beams for inspection, but I say these headlights are worth changing out once a year because they are the super bright and have a killer cutoff. Ever since ive had them installed, ive never seen a reason to go the Bi-Xenon route because they are just that good of a bulb and disperse the light perfectly.

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brendancfarrell

now that I'm back in school, the bank account is empty so I won't be doing much until late fall.

but I found this guy in campus, actually he parked next to me haha