I run a 3 inch RC lift and honestly it holds up pretty well for the price. I haven't had any other lifts before since its my first jeep but I take that thing offroading very often and it performs awesome. If you don't mind a bit stiffer ride then ur good. Ill post some pics here soon. I got the kit that includes the lower control arms which is like 350$ or something like that

 

Please do share which kit you decided on!

 

Piece together a kit it'll save you money over a pre packaged kit.

I run a 3.5" Rubicon Express/ Teraflex Hybrid with Bilstein Shocks.

 

Yeah dude everyone has something bad to say about RC some people love it some people hate it it's just other guys opinions honestly

 

Just ordered a 3" RC series 2 after test drivin one. Gotta set of 31's I'm gonna put on for the time bein and still debatin on the budget boost coil spacers for front end clearance. Good enough for the time bein for sure. Hopefully jackin it up a little more by Christmas. Keepin my eyes out for good 4.5's

 

Why even start a thread if you're going to go with what you were originally thinking and not take any advice?

 

My dad went ahead and ordered it and didn't tell me. But when I go with the bigger lift ill definitely take it into account

 

Not sure why he just blew a bunch of money if you are already planning on replacing everything.

 

Yeah... Unfortunate he used money that way. Do you know if he got the full leaf packs at least?

 

I think you should just say "thanks dad" because its a free lift. Maybe its all you will actually need based on how you use your XJ.

 

We only got the add-a-leafs but its all installed now and I love it! Gotta nice set of 31's and I think it's definitely good enough for me. Dad knows what's up haha. But he made a good point this jeeps gotta get me through college and if I wanna trail you it'd be just about as good to buy an old one and fix it up myself. Be a fun project too. Thanks for all the input from everyone tho!