hippydippy

A friend of mine has offered me his jeep for parts for $1200 it has a 6.5 in long arm rough country lift that is practically new with a locker front axle. I have a 92 cherokee that i would be transfering the parts over to. It currently has a 3 inch teraflex lift and 31s. I have ambition to do serious wheeling but at the same time would need my jeep as a dd. My question is whether it would be worth the labor and money to buy this, as well as whether a jeep with so much lift is dd-able (occassional highway mostly town). i would likely make back 500 parting and junking the thing. I have heard a long arm is well worth the money and improves the ride as a whole. curious to hear from other long arm lift owners who have experienced both
My jeep has 173k and a few mods

Gee oh Dee

Depends on what you get for $1200.

You sure as hell can dd a 6" lifted XJ. Just match your tire size to the correct axle gear ratio.

hippydippy

forgot to add it has slipyokes all around and 33s

hippydippy

and stock gearing

mehoff_400

it will ride better than your current set up

hippydippy

Another thing his they have different tcases, Is their modification involved in swapping the lift

Gee oh Dee

So your getting everything? Axles and all?

SYE your tcase and it won't matter.

hippydippy

Found out more about the parts jeep and it actually has a 6 inch skyjacker lift not the rc i thought it was, wondering if tthats any good. It also has a locked d30 up front that I'd like to swap, but the rear is a d35 which I have read is way worse than the 8.25 I already have

blankdeluxe

Well for 1200 dollars you could just buy it and have a ton of parts. But it sounds to me like you need to do more research on what parts you are getting for that price. Put in SYE on your case or his, who ever has the 231 in theirs and then install the lift and swap tires. Part out the rest of the jeep and pay most of your bills back. The d35 is trash, put it on cragslist. What kind of locker is in the d30?

Atmos

I hate buying someone elses parts pile. his asking price isnt unreasonable but you're gonna have to work hard to make it worth your while

anyway. long arms are sweet skyjacker components however, are not

XJNVA

Is his 30 the same ratio as your 8.25? If not, just regear whichever one is higher to match the deeper one.

rawk krawler

Or just swap the locker over... Regearing is pricey lol, is it a lunchbox?

hippydippy

He bought it with the locker already in, so we don't know what kind, would pulling cover off to find out be worth it?, and the thing already has sye's and the lift is practically new. But I don't want to put the lift on if its going to cause all kinds of problems, does anyone have experience with the skyjacker 6 inch

rawk krawler

You can only have 1 sye per t case .

rawk krawler

Pulling the cover answers a lot for you, you'll see the locker and you can check the gear ratio.