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?

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.

Ok I'll go with his shocks then, I'm just wanting 3" of lift and trim the fenders a little for 32" tires

I believe ZJ coils will work for our vehicles and provide a little bit of lift. Not sure exactly how much though.

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

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.

Why not just cut the fenders and leave it stock height on 32s?

How much cutting would be involved to get 32's on stock? Seems like quite a bit, I don't wanna have to cut above the pinch welds on the rear fenders because I don't have a way to weld it up again

chop the front fenders, buy some 2" shackles to lift the rear. $30 and you're done.

I like the sound of that

This guy is on 33" tires stock height. Don't know who it is just googled it and it popped up.



Various forms of this question have been asked hundreds of times, google can answer almost and Cherokee lift question by now.

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.

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.

+1 to this. That's what I did. Very satisfied with my ride quality with the Red JK Rubi shocks and the 180# springs (3")

Do it right either way. A proper 3" will cost many times what a nice cut and roll job will. Low COG is where it's at.