Hey there I have a 96 ZJ and I just put in a 2 inch coil spacer lift with 31s. I want bigger. It's not as high as I like it and wondering if I could get some ideas in higher lifts with a tight budget. Junk yard lift lol. Give me all your ideas! I'd like to get bout 2-4 more inches of height.

 

Save your money and buy a complete kit. Piecing together a junk yard lift may seem like a cheap way to gain some altitude, but it will ride like crap, handle like a Walmart shopping cart with a bad wheel, and you will have death wobble. You will spend more money trying to correct the problems you caused.

 

I do not recommend doing this but you could....

-get a piece of 3in diameter pipe and use it as a puck for the coils.

-double up on shackles, yes use two shackles on the same side just bolt em together... tight

The best way to do a really big lift for really cheep is blocks and spacers but the stupidest thing you could ever do is lift your jeep with blocks and spacers.

 

No shackles on a ZJ. Coil springs at all four corners.

 

just use the pipe all the way around then.
you will probably need a fatter pipe for the rear eh?

 

I don't recommend using PVC pipe as a spacer. If you're going to half a$$ something, at least half a$$ it the right way. I stand by my advice in post #2.

 

Haha not pvc. Steel pipe. Like this



I would never put something like that under my jeep bit if the guy wants a super cheep way to lift his jeep I'm trying to help out

 

Still think I'll pass on that idea.

 

I have spacers in it right now. Rides great, no issues. I've had spacers in my previous xj and never had any issues. We did a junk yard lift on the xj and it rode better then stock. I ask for ideas because it's coils all throughout my ZJ. I've heard if u put v8 coils in the front and put the front coils in the back, it may give bout an inch lift. Just looking for opinions is all.

 

V8 coils might give you an inch. The front coils moved to the rear will give you about 3 and a half inches.

 

Hmm, any idea what coils I could put in the front to even that out? Maybe take out the spacers in the rear if I were to do that swap?

 

Any suspension lifts beyond 2" changes the design geometry of the whole system. You start to get into control arm, track bar, steering, and shocks, etc. that need to be modified. You also get into driveshaft problems.

Remember that raising the body makes the center of gravity higher and increases body roll in a corner. It also put more stress on the driveline. It takes more torque to turn bigger tires and jeeps aren't strong to begin with.

You can make all the changes you want, but you'll have to live with the consequences.

 

Front springs into the back, new 3" front lift coils, and new shocks.

 

Yes I'm well aware of all of that. Might be a chick but I know my stuff lol

 

And usually you shouldn't get any drive shaft issues under 5 inches. At least on xjs.