hey all
im new to jeeps and i just got my Grand cherokee
i want to put a lift and tires on it but i dont really know what i have to do to put a lift on it
does anyone have any sugestions or pictures of lifted Grand cherokees?

thanks

 

Welcome to CF from Tenn.! Neither one of my Grands are lifted, but I'm sure you'll get plenty of input from owners whose are.

 

Well what are you looking on doing with it? It is all about that. If your going to be mostly on the street and just want to put like 33s on it i would say a 4". Puting 31s then a 2" spacer lift. And well if you want to wheeling then anything over 4". It is just up to you!

 

well im going to do so trails and mudding and stuff but it is also my everyday vehicle as well so i was thinking maybe like 4-5 on like 33's or 34's something like that

 

yea,x2^^^...how big you want to go will decide what all you will have to "do" to lift it,you can do 2" spacers and shocks or you can go full suspension:coils,arms,shocks,track bar,sway bar links/disco's...the list goes on and on

lol,you posted before me....you can go with the rough country 4" kit,good kit comes with arms but you might want 1" spacers as well to clear the 33's

 

well im kinda set on like 4-4.5 with 33's so what all would have to do to make that work properly with all the shocks and axels and whatever else

 

well seed
is that all that i would need to make it work properly? is just the rough country 4" and some spacers cuz i was lookin at the rough country on ironrockoffroad and was wonderin is it bad like the quality and if it would hold up to some trails, not like crazy ones but trails for beggininers?

 

Well the rough country 4" comes with everything you need for the lift. At this hight you will have to put a t-case drop or a SYE because the drive line angle will be to high. Also you need to do brake lines.

 

this probably sounds really stupid but what are t-case drops or a SYE?

 

Well a t-case drop dose just what its name is and drops the transfer case to lower the drive line angle. Bad thing is that it takes away ground clearance. SYE(slip yoke elimater) go to http://polytropia.com/cherokee/sye/ they will explane it alot better then me haha

 

ohh okay i gotcha now
so that means that if i were to do that i would have to get new t-case drops or SYE? or i wont ride right?

 

Some people can get away with it with out doing it, but that is not the right way of doing it. If you do not do it you could have a vary bad drive train vibration.

 

ohh okay
i was doin some research and i came across this http://www.rocky-road.com/zjtrailblazer.html the 4.5 lift is that everything i would need for it? and it says it can clear like 32's but it seems like to me (but i lack a lot of knowledge) that everything isnt included

 

It sounds like it is an "Economy kit". Which basically means cheap. I didn't see any metion of control arms. Any GOOD RESPECTIBLE kit will come with :
FRONT COILS
REAR COILS
FRONT UPPER/LOWER CONTROL ARMS
REAR UPPER/LOWER CONTROL ARMS
EXTENDED BRAKE LINES
ADJ. TRACK BARS (FRONT/REAR)
T/C DROP SPACERS

SHOCKS ARE USUALLY SOLD SEPERATLY DUE TO CUSTOM NEEDS/WANTS BY THE PERSON. ALSO, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE PIVOTING JOINTS (THAT'S WHERE THE CONTROL ARMS MOUNT TO THE AXLE AND CHASSIS). IF THEY ARE RUBBER OR POLYURETHANE THEN THE KIT IS NOT A HIGH FLEX AND IS USUALLY ONLY GOOD FOR LIGHT DUTY WHEELING AND STREET USE.

 

okay
so utah_redneck
http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch...egory_Code=PFZ
that would be a more "respectable" kit then?