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Old 07-20-2013, 04:44 PM
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So I'm thinking about getting rid of my 2012 JK. Figure I trade it in on a car for the wife and drive the Cherokee again. now how to fit my 35s under xj.....
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can't do a body lift on an xj it's a unibody..suspension lifts only
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can't do a body lift on an xj it's a unibody..suspension lifts only
Well you can, it's just not bolt on.

Screw the wife, use the money on Dana 60s and front and rear long arms and stick it in someone else's name in case she divorces you over it.
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Well you can, it's just not bolt on.

Screw the wife, use the money on Dana 60s and front and rear long arms and stick it in someone else's name in case she divorces you over it.
how can u possibly do a body lift on a unibody? the body is connected to the frame
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Originally Posted by skyjacker_99
how can u possibly do a body lift on a unibody? the body is connected to the frame
See this thread: https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/xj-framed-124701/

It can be done. It isn't worth it except to be able to say you did it, but it can be done.
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lay them down on there sides under the jeep? lol
mine has 4.5 inches of lift and some fender modification to fit my 35s comfortably
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Originally Posted by skyjacker_99
how can u possibly do a body lift on a unibody? the body is connected to the frame
Joke? .....
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Originally Posted by skyjacker_99
how can u possibly do a body lift on a unibody? the body is connected to the frame
It's spot welded. You can cut it apart and weld a top plates to the frame and turn it into an actual frame on body. It's been done a few times. There is an actual frame of sorts despite the rhetoric that there isn't.



Take a look at most unibody vehicles, especially ones built since 2000 or so and most only have frame rails for the mid section of the vehicle rather than a full frame and body welded together.
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It's spot welded. You can cut it apart and weld a top plates to the frame and turn it into an actual frame on body. It's been done a few times. There is an actual frame of sorts despite the rhetoric that there isn't.
i thought this started as a joke, but now i think youre serious.
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i thought this started as a joke, but now i think youre serious.
I am, and I'm serious about people having done it.

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f37/x...-build-741237/

There's more out there but I'm hungover and don't feel like searching right now.
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Originally Posted by motorcharge
I am, and I'm serious about people having done it.

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f37/x...-build-741237/

There's more out there but I'm hungover and don't feel like searching right now.
there was at least two more of these threads.. i've never seen on finished. wil badger was one of them.. he was probably the first dude to link a XJ.
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You can't just call that a frame. just because the shape appears similar doesn't make it a frame. a normal frame is structurally solid without the body. And the unibody frame rails are just stamped sheetmetal which is very thin in most places, and extremely weak when separated from the unibody.

And that build you posted is nothing like what you described.
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Well after a day of looking at new cars, i have decided to keep the jk and just buy me an xj to mod. The wife doesnt want her xj moded in any way so i told her .no new car for you.lol.so now the hunt is on for a 96 4Door standard shift
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