By now everyone should have seen my '96 Sport 2 door. If you haven't here it is...



My question is, To Lift or Not to Lift...

Should I leave it stock(its a 2WD) or lift it and make it look more like a 4WD?

Be gentle with me because I'm new at this. If I decide to lift, please give me some recommendations.

 

Just my 2cents, You have a really clean XJ. I would leave it alone! If you lift it, it will get expensive! Lift leads to new tires...Which leads to new wheels...etc,etc. Decide what you want to use it for. DD leave it, offroad play thing lift it!

 

Yeah leave it stock once you start to lift it you want other things and keep spending money.

 

I only somewhat agree with them. First off, while do you want to lift it. Too look cool. To take it places, etc. Figure that out first. Now, I say of you want to lift it, look into a small proper 2" lift, not a budget lift please. So you can get a larger tire size there which will also you give some slight lift too, axles and all. That's my opinion. Nothing crazy since it is 2wd but with a locker and winch, you can have some fun. All depends how deep you willing to go.

Oh yea, is that aw4 or standard?

 

AW4


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And what axles do you have. I fact, I may have missed it because my brain is in about 4 places right now at work. What year too. Trying to figured if you're more prone to driveline issues or not due to the longer run of the driveshaft from tranny to pinion

 

as said, nothing more than a 2-3 inch lift. anything more than that, you have to change out many parts, some that will kill bushings repeatedly.

small lift and tires and you can keep your stock shocks, control arms, track bar, brake lines... etc. see where i'm going with this?

30 inch tires on nice rims will make that look totally different.

then when you come across a 4wd model for cheap, you will know what you want to do with it.

 

Yup, this is exactly what I'm poking at. Will make it a totally new jeep.

 

Thanx guys ! I really appreciate your input on this. It will probably stay stock and I'll buy an XJ 4WD as a "play purty".

Thanx again !

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All Cherokees should be lifted.

 

Even if they're a "streeter only"


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Don't lift it. It gets much more expensive that just the initial lift. Just put 235 75 15 tires on it and enjoy it.

 

Mine is 2wd and I lifted it 3" with 31 tires everything has been good but I would not go higher than that because of what others said