Old stats it had a 5.7 in from the po the block got cracked so I pulled it and dropped in a 4.7 stroker

 

Trying to save face?
Here are the 4.5 coils (when they were new) I didn't like


Here is the xj that's currently undergoing the rough country lift


Here are the lcas im ordering another set of for my mud xj



As if those pics were not enough I have the pics of the instructions

 

Matt...no one needs proof. Its ok. But it's good to know you won't be an accident waiting to happen lol. Eff the haters. It's your jeep do what you want....I learned not to run bronco coils lol.

 

amen to that... just be safe man... what ever you do, just be safe you can't post if you are dead... we need you alive

 

I see....nice

 

Not here to really bash but hope that Jeep flexes more than 8", you need more flex then that when wheeling even in mud (no flex means that if one tire hits a deep rut, the Jeep flips over). To be honest, taking your Jeep out just like that is the reason why the rest of us have to go through special inspections just to get our Jeeps on the road.

To help you out a little though, which is the weird part of Jeeps, I have an 8" lift on my Jeep with a custom built true 3 link long arm and can flex the Jeep into the fenders (about 25" or so) without maxing out on the brake lines. I'm still going to swap my extended SS brake lines on but just found that weird.

 

I don't think my off road only rig is why you have to go through inspections I think you can thank liberal scum for that, and there are 2 ways to get through a mud pit you can dig but locally there are trucks with supercharged big blocks and 50 in tractor tires that can't get through many pits or you can build a light rig with a good amount of hp and wide tires to float across the pit so if I hit a rut with my xj chances are its already pass the roof in mud

 

your jeep is not going to "float" across a mud hole. no matter how wide your tires are, and theyll prolly hit the control arms or fenders

 

I have vids to prove it got across a pit that a truck on 50s got barrried in

 

I've been mudding for years, a lot of that has to do with the driver over the rig. I'm gotten my Cherokee (on 36's) through puddles in unlocked 2wd where full size rigs on 44's got stuck being in 4wd and locked front and rear. I've also been in many off camber situations in mud puddles where, if I couldn't flex at all, I would have flipped.

And going 50 through a mud puddle isn't really mudding. I've been out with those guys before and they do nothing but break stuff. I agree with the liberal thing about the inspections but it was brought around from people taking rigs like yours on the road causing safety hazards. I'm not point fingers saying that you do, there's just plenty of stories of people building their rigs incorrectly and killing other people cause of it.

 

I actually just had a guy I work with that use to do inspections look at it and he says it wouldn't fail for the suspension and that he doesn't know anyone that does inspections that would think the vehicle is unsafe because of it he did add that it may fail in some states due to emissions, bumper height, noise, uncovered tires, and no mud flaps

 

In New Jersey (and a few other states) they do a tilt test type inspection. They raise the vehicle so much and measure the weight transfer and it has to be within spec for it to pass (I think it was like 62.3% or somewhere around those lines) . With arms that steep and a minimal amount of flex, that Jeep will never pass the tilt test inspection.

I know it might not sound like it, but most of the comments have been posted to look out for your well being and others. There is a lot of collective knowledge here for what worked and what didn't, not to mention why the things work the way they do and the reasoning behind them. Just keep the criticism in mind when looking at what the next upgrade should be. I'm not sure about you, but I know that if something happened to someone else because of something I decided to take a short cut on, I wouldn't be able to live with it (reason my Jeep has been off the road for so long and I've done months of research to where she is now).

 

Interesting about the tilt test that's another random piece of info ill likely never need except for maybe once in conversation, yay! Im well aware of how the people on here are looking out for my own good and that of others and I have noted several times that this is a off road only rig I should have included that in my original post and it is only step 1 of this build up

 

Growing up and living in MI, Ive seen alot worse vehicles and couldnt believe how it could drive. 2 lug nuts per tire, wood bumpers, wrecked trucks that were still drivable, cars on the highway only doing 50 because the car was shaking so bad, stuff falling out of cars because the floor was so badly rusted, rear ended car with tube trunks and house windows for the back glass. If it has more than 1 wheel and a motor it can be driven lol Michigan use to have car inspections and was one of the 1st states to do so but then we got rid of it in the 70's. If winter doesnt kill the crappy cars, the sh**y roads will lol

 

Ya I have seen the biggest body lifts there the biggest one so far is 4 feet