took me and my uncle a week of 5pm-8pmor10 pm and hes got all the tools and a life time of mechanic experience ran in to issues which is why it took so long but that's expected with years of rust all the bolts came out fine though except one shock mount in the rear.

 

Because of the horrors of the rear shock mounts that I read about, I had a shop do the rear end. I did the front my self. Because of rust, I snapped the front shock bolts. It wasn't a problem. They were easily replaced.

 

I got my lift on in about 4 hours. But I also had been soaking everything with on blaster for a month prior to the install. Had access to a lift and air tools and took my time

 

Mix acetone and auto trans fluid 50/50 and hose your bolts down with it for a few days before you get into putting the lift on. It's hands down the best penetrating oil you will ever use. Don't leave it in a plastic bottle over night because it will separate and the acetone will eat through the bottle. You also want to make sure to clean it off of bushings, brakes, ect. Acetone will eat the bushings and it's very flammable.

If you're lucky no bolts will be seized in bushings and the shock bolts won't break. If none of that happens a Saturday and Sunday should be plenty of time.

The rear is all you need to be worried about and even then if a bolt seizes or breaks it's not a big deal or a huge amount of time to fix. Worst case scenario since you're not messing with the shackles is to simply cut the eyes off the ends of the leaf springs then cut and replace the bolts.

The front is easy as hell. Don't bother with spring compressors, just undo the shocks, sway bar links, LCAs, and track bar on one side, then jack the other end of the axle up and the springs you can simply take right out and replace. Replace the LCAs as you put each side back together then do the trackbar at the end. I put ZJ Up Country springs in my front end this past weekend and it took me all of 20 minutes to get everything undone, the springs out, the new ones in, and everything back together. Granted I work at a dealership and didn't have to mess with a jack and jackstands.

Still need to do the rear, but my upper shackle bolts are seized in the bushings and I didn't feel like messing with a grinder or torch Saturday morning. Was too hungover at the time lol

 

My PO put on an aftermarket lift, and it doesn't appear it was installed that long ago, so I'm hoping it's fairly easy when going up higher in a few weeks. I plan on putting penetrating spray on everything. And a buddy of mine who installed his 6.5 lift will be helping. I'm mostly worried about the rear upper shock mount breaking.. What are some tips if something breaks?

 

The rear shocks took me about 2 hours. We used a propane torch to heat the uppers up the took them out. We got 3 out of the 4 out without breaking them. The forth we just drilled out. So glad I got that part out of the way. Hope they haven't seized again.

 

So what happens if you break it? How do you fix it? Buy a new mount, or do you make something?

 

You drill out the hole then put a bigger bolt in

 

I actually came across a thread here about a guy doing that. He added washers and put the bolt in. Put my mind at ease now lol. I'm doing this in a buddy's garage, and I don't want to overstay my welcome with trouble lol.

 

There isnt really a mount back there, just two holes. Drill it out and thread it for a bigger bolt

 

It's actually easier to cut a small access hole through the floorboard in the hatch under the carpet.

You can also relocate the rear shocks a number of ways. The stock spot/mounting method sucks anyway.

 

I did my lift by myself. For my the front took the longest. 4 hours on the front and then like 3 hours on the rear. No broken bolts. Or seized bolts. Total of 7 hours. So yes could be done in 1 day. I had no lift kit experience. But I have common car n
Knowledge and good with fabricating things so I had a good idea of what to to..

 

Was that from stock to a lift, or already lifted going higher? Just wondering on the bolts and stuff. I'm already lifted, and it wasn't lifted too long ago, so.

 

Mine was stock. To 3 inch lift. However, I do believe the PO had changed the shocks at 1 point cause they did not look factory....But mines a 99. Little knew em then your 92

 

Ah, OK. Not bad.. I just put my first wave of PB on my parts this evening, in preparation for the lift in a couple weeks. I have some Tri-Flow for when I run out of PB, and I'll probably stop a day or two before I lift and maybe wash the underside, since I plan on using a torch on any stubborn bolts. Is there a list of the bolt sizes for our lift components? I wouldn't mind buying extra bolts for the arms, shocks, shackles, etc, just to have in case I warp them.