So i m gettin ready to buy my first xj next week, i was wanting to put an 85 chevy rear axle and front axle set up on it, i know the front on these jeeps are coils but is ther and way i can weld the the jeep some 3" square tube to cheaply lift it and put leafs on the front? iv done this before on a couple chevy trucks but they have all had the full frames not a unibody, and i havnt gotten a chance to look at it. can anyone show me pics of it or of an leaf conversion they have done before?

 

Unless you are swapping in a different transfercase, can't be done.

XJ's have a drivers side drop front axle, chevy's are passenger side.

 

you go to do the work to swap in 1 tons then short cut buy running leafs. spend the time to set up the coils

 

leafs work well in all my yota buddies s.a.s trucks.....but i think you need to do a lot of homework before you get into this. there is alot of support you will need to add and you need a ford or dodge front axle... what gm to you plan to use? because 1/2ton crap is not worth the effort either.

 

Most 3/4 chevy stuff isn't worth it either, junk gm 10bolt fronts.

As said it could be done but Im with them as the time money involved it's not worth it. As far as welding some 3" square tube somewhere for cheap lift sounds to me you don't need to be trying the swap anyway IMO

 

well i read some other threads and saw i could use lates 70s f250 springs to lift the front 4" and then shackles and blocks on the rear, with only 4" do i need anything else other than a pitman arm? and are there any other coils could i use and one last thing, are there any vehicles i could get the rear leafs from that would fit and lift it some? sry alot of Q's but im new with jeeps

 

Reread my reply....

 

there is a great big thread about junkyard swaps on this site try it out.

 

There is also a search feature that will help with a lot your questions