Wanting to put a body lift on my XJ. Will 16 inches fit 40's?
11-02-2010, 05:08 PM
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Wanting to put a body lift on my XJ. Will 16 inches fit 40's?
Hi guys, just wondering what size body lift i'm gonna need to fit 40's, my best friends mothers cousins dogs friend said I need like 16 inches of body lift?
I heard something about only being able to body lift these Jeeps 4 inches, can I just use blocks for the other 12? All my buddies use 1 foot plus blocks and they work just fine, i'm kinda on a budget here and don't wanna spring for a suspension lift. Somebody said something about new axle's too but this other guy ran 54" boggers on his axles under his old chevy so I should be fine I guess.
Are there any other issues i'm gonna run into with 16 inches of lift?
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I'm going for something like this except with a Jeep on top.
I heard something about only being able to body lift these Jeeps 4 inches, can I just use blocks for the other 12? All my buddies use 1 foot plus blocks and they work just fine, i'm kinda on a budget here and don't wanna spring for a suspension lift. Somebody said something about new axle's too but this other guy ran 54" boggers on his axles under his old chevy so I should be fine I guess.
Are there any other issues i'm gonna run into with 16 inches of lift?
Thanks again.
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I'm going for something like this except with a Jeep on top.
11-02-2010, 05:10 PM
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the only thing that you will run into is you will need a ladder to get in the jeep, beside that i dont see what else would mess up
11-02-2010, 05:14 PM
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im running 11 inchs of lift with 38s you aint gonna do it with blocks you gotta spend the green
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11-02-2010, 05:17 PM
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u can do a 5 ft body lift. just set it on a railroad cart and pull it through the trails with a very long cable and a 10-ton winch.
11-02-2010, 07:36 PM
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11-02-2010, 07:45 PM
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Now you see here, for more clearence you could just ditch all the springs and shocks and just weild big old square tubing from body to axle, i mean no one takes cherokees off road anyway.
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