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Old 02-20-2012, 01:26 PM
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For the price and what I plan on doing, the 3" rusty's lift would be awesome. are the stabilizers and lower axle mounts recomended? if so should I go ahead and order them with the lift or can I get them cheaper somewhere else? I dont plan on real extreme offroading right now, but you never know! haha
lower axle mounts for your control arms? you shouldn't need those. I'm still running the stock ones with my set up and until I destroy them I'm probably going to keep it that way. As far as stabilizers do you mean a steering stabilizer? I've heard they aren't necessary but I've never driven without one. If you're looking to have a daily driver still I would def. buy the upgraded one. The stock stabilizer is like a screen door opener compared to the beefed up one.
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If i wanted to run 33s on my dd what would be the best ring&pinion set to retain a fuel efficient cherokee. 4.10 4.56 4.88 or just leave it stock you guys tell me thanks
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If i wanted to run 33s on my dd what would be the best ring&pinion set to retain a fuel efficient cherokee. 4.10 4.56 4.88 or just leave it stock you guys tell me thanks
with an automatic I recommend 4.56s
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Here's a helpful little chart I found on here a while back.



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Here's the link to explain it all.

http://www.superlift.com/library/gears.asp

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I have a 97 jeep cherokee im putting a 4.5in. rough country lift but im also stacking a 2in budget lift on top. On the front im having alignment issues on the upper control arms to go that high will i have to get a adjustable upper control arm or what?
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Originally Posted by stephenb150
I have a 97 jeep cherokee im putting a 4.5in. rough country lift but im also stacking a 2in budget lift on top. On the front im having alignment issues on the upper control arms to go that high will i have to get a adjustable upper control arm or what?
You can go that route or long arms. And at 6.5" you're short lower control arms are going to make a harsh ride.
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Originally Posted by Fugatt2DrXJ
Here's a helpful little chart I found on here a while back.



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Here's the link to explain it all.

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so the black would be the prim eh because you dont want to low rpm or to high
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Pretty much. It explains it all pretty detailed in the last paragraph before the chart.

I'm going 33s soon myself as soon as a save up the money. And ill probably be going 4.56 as well. Im going with those cause if I ever decide to go bigger then it won't affect it too much.

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Originally Posted by LeRoy90laredo
You can go that route or long arms. And at 6.5" you're short lower control arms are going to make a harsh ride.
im doing this same thing as this guy putting a 4.5 RC with a 2" budget on top, i got adjustable control arms tho. i got them all on but everything is shifting towards the passenger side. the coils are forcing the whole axle that way, so i was wondering do i just need to move it back into place and then install an adjustable track bar on the front to fix this?
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yea you absolutely need and adjustable trackbar lol
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How do I stop a death wobble ???! I put new bushings in and it still dies it
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How do I stop a death wobble ???! I put new bushings in and it still dies it
Could need an alignment or tire re balancing. What exactly did you replace already?
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Yeah, I have a 95 cherokee and did the 3 1/2" rough country with the new tublar control arms, add a leaf and took it to my buddy and had him put 31x10.5 tires on it and do an alignment. He told me he was able to dile in the toe and camber but the caster was at +10 when it should be between 2 and 8. But the adjustment nuts were all the way in. And the axle could not slide back any futher. Now correct me, but I thought that putting a lift on would slide the axle back and you would have to adjust the axle forward to get what you need. He gave it back to me and it has a good wobble when I hit bumps at speed on the highway.
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Yeah, I have a 95 cherokee and did the 3 1/2" rough country with the new tublar control arms, add a leaf and took it to my buddy and had him put 31x10.5 tires on it and do an alignment. He told me he was able to dile in the toe and camber but the caster was at +10 when it should be between 2 and 8. But the adjustment nuts were all the way in. And the axle could not slide back any futher. Now correct me, but I thought that putting a lift on would slide the axle back and you would have to adjust the axle forward to get what you need. He gave it back to me and it has a good wobble when I hit bumps at speed on the highway.
unless you put new control arms on that were too long for the amount you lifted, yes you're correct.
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Ok, here we go:
'94 XJ, 4.0l, Sport

6" Rough Country installed in '05
Rusty's heavy duty track bar
32"x 15"x 10.5" BFG AT's

ARB Bull Bar, Surco Rack custom mounted
K&N Intake, Banks Headers, Accelerator muffler

Husky Liners, fiberglass flooring, vinyl headliner

My question is: How high sould my XJ sit? It dosent look like it's sitting as high as some other XJ's with the same lift. Can someone at least tell me what a stock height should be? My tires are a little worn down (need to replace) but the spring height seems like it should be taller. I want to get 33"s and not sure if my lift will clear them with out cutting (dont want to cut just yet)
Any ideas?

Thank you for any help.
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