Homemade XJ lift
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Homemade XJ lift
I'm looking into doing a home made lift on my xj with a bastard pack in the rear but my question is I have a friend who is lifting his JK, would his factory shocks and front coils be something I should look at buying from him as well?
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For about 1-3" of lift, yes his shocks would work for you. Anything over 3" and they will be too short. The coils will not work, they aren't the same size as ours.
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From what I've read the V8 ZJ coils and spacers are the way to go, I'm only wanting 3" of lift, I just figured I'd see if the JK coils would work since they'ed be available cheap
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Don't even bother with the Rubicon shocks. They're OK maybe for about 2" bb and street driven. I had 3.5" and used BPEs to gain about an inch of down travel. All in all they ended up having just that. 1" of down travel.
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Late 70s f150 or f100 coils will yield you about 3" of lift and are a rather smooth ride if you cut to fit 35s after words and give used a late 70s grand wqggy pack to build a bastard pack for the rear if you get the 7 leaf pack and pull 3 of them you should sit at about 3 or 4 in the back.
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For under a $100 you can buy a very good set of 3" coils from Rustys Off Road in 2 different weights one for stock the other for a heavier winch/bumper and they FIT PROPERLY. This way you will get a decent ride both on and off road and if needed they can be used for an increased lift, like I did with them on mine a 4 1/2" lift.
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For under a $100 you can buy a very good set of 3" coils from Rustys Off Road in 2 different weights one for stock the other for a heavier winch/bumper and they FIT PROPERLY. This way you will get a decent ride both on and off road and if needed they can be used for an increased lift, like I did with them on mine a 4 1/2" lift.