Well ive been doing a lot of research and decided to make up my own lift kit parts list. From a mix of quality and value.
Going on my 1999 Cherokee Sport

Going for a 4.5"+ lift and 33x12.5 tires

Heres whats on my list:

Front:
Rubicon Express 4.5" lift coils
Rubicon Express Nitro shocks
Rubicon Express swaybar links
IRO fixed LCA's
IRO trackbar

Driveline:
SYE and front drive shaft
later on...gears and lockers

Rear:
Bastard pack cherokee/s-10
Shackles, not sure what brand yet
New U-bolts from IRO
Rubicon Express Nitro shocks

So what do you guys think of that setup?
Im going for a depenable rig that i can drive a few hours to the trail, do some trail riding, and drive it home.
No rock gardens or anything like that.

From what ive seen and read thats what i think would work well.

 

need brakelines or relocation items
need tc drop or sye
need double shear track bar, adjustable.
need pb blast, torch, tools
NEED BEER

Look at the shackles from autozone. There is a thread on them somewhere around here.

 

i will be making my own brake line re-location brackets
will be doing SYE
have plenty of beer and a oxy/acetylene torch

 

Idk about the bastard pack.. The front will prob be higher than the back (I think). Maybe a good bastard pack, shackles, and shackle relocation brackets. Lol anyone second me on that?

 

I did a whole s10 pack under my xj mainleaf and it gave me 3.5inches. That plus a 1inch shackle would get you 4.5.

 

But I'm thinking that 4.5" coils will actually settle to give you over 5" while the back will be 4.5" (I actually had a thread a while back that asked how much people actually had from there 4.5" kit and it was on average about 5.25").

 

The rear is the most simple to lift so im not really worried about that part
somewhere down the road im sure ill buy new leaf packs anyways.

 

Why don't you just buy the RE kit then that comes with everything?

 

im buying it over time, not at one time, slowly building it up.

 

Usually the kits are cheaper over all than piecing them together.

 

x2 and come with a warrenty but its your jeep

 

Avoid using any control arms that use poly bushings. The transmit vibes and road noise...and they don't flex as well as OEM bushings.