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Old 05-01-2011, 01:08 AM
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Am poss considering a 5.5-6in long arm syst, except it is and will continue to be my daily whip, is anyone currently running around that height on the street day to day?? Or should i stay conservative around my current 3-3.5???
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tons of people do it... no reason not to...
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im at 6.5 long arm DD i love it
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6.5 rough country long arm on 35s drive it everyday an love it
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8 inch long arm, daily for now. Isn't that bad but I have problems with my track bar mount, PO wasn't smart...
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Am poss considering a 5.5-6in long arm syst, except it is and will continue to be my daily whip, is anyone currently running around that height on the street day to day?? Or should i stay conservative around my current 3-3.5???
go big or go home lol im running 10.5 lift daily driver using good quality parts is the key to a good out come after lifting
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I'm at about 5" with my long arm DD
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5.5" on 33's locked front and rear on my DD
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Thanks Guys, where im at, everybody "BUYS" their DEALER lifted jk's and says how great a lifted jeep is, im one of less than a handful of xj owners in the area i live in that actually wrenches on my own rig, so being that i have no other transportation, just wondering about the can of worms before it gets opened!
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I'm at 6inches with a welded rear dd
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I am at 6.5 LA with 33's and a detroit locker and DD with no problems....even with the no sway bars.
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i dd mine with 6.5", longarms, 37s and spooled fullwidths
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you can do it lots of people do including myself however if your running 33's or larger your eventually gonna want to regear. other than that the COG of a cherokee is not that high with even that much lift due to the short roof line.

GO for it!
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