Hey I'm a new jeep owner looking for a lift kit. Trying to find a durable and quality brand kit but still at an affordable price. max probably about 3' - 3.5 or lower. I just need a place to start. Can anyone help ??

 

Rough country, old man emu, or Rubicon express, the Rubicon express is a little pricier but a BA lift

 

Go to seriousoffroadproducts.com buy the Rubicon Express 3.5" lift kit, get some shocks to go with it, and your set. Little more pricey than Rough Country but much higher quality. If your wanting to stay as cheap as possible I vote Rustys Offroad over Rough Country. Ive ran both, and can honestly say i had a better experience with Rustys.

 

I pieced together a 3.5" Rubicon Express lift with full leaf packs, Adj tracbar, extended brakelines and Bilstein 5100 shocks for $680

 

^^ Similar to me, Rustys 4.5 leafs, RE COILS, RE Chromoly heim joint trac bar, RE Superflex ADJ Control Arms...total of like 600 bucks. I could get bilsteins and be in under 1000 bucks.

 

I think the Rubicon Express stuff is a good middle ground on price vs. quality
I would'nt go out of my way to buy a brand new RE kit (or any complete kit for that matter) but I'd piece one together using some RE stuff sure

 

RE 3.5 AAL would be okay. But why cheap out on a lift? It it done right.

 

X2!

 

I bought a rc 3 inch with aal and n2.0 shocks for 291 shipped and love it!

 

Aal isn't gonna last. I ran one as my first lift ever..it'll sag eventually...as a last resort they are......ok

 

not to thread jack, but Im thinking of getting an OME lift kit, in the 2.5-3" set.... anyone know where to score one pretty cheap...or cheapest possible?

 

Best bang for the Buck and its upgradeable for long arms later. http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep_xj_4.html

 

How cheap,do you want to go?Unless it is given to you,go junk yard and get a F-150 coil springs and leaf packs!And you will have a 4" lift and a VERY FIRM ride..

 

Idk why you would want that firm of a ride. My buddy had f150 coils and I couldnt stand riding in his xj

 

I would piece together a suspension using junk yard parts before I bought that kit. it's essentially the same quality as far as I'm concerned. just cheaper