Personal opinion....................the OE ride height of your average XJ looks ridiculous so by all means, lift it.
My springs are sagging so it looks even worse. I intend to put a 3" lift on mine, which will essentially make it sit about 5 inches higher than it currently does if I don't add bigger tires..

 

Factory paint?

 

No. I had it painted a few years back when I first got it. It was one of the first things I did to my XJ

 

I did have the color matched though. So its the same color just new paint. This paint seems much more metallic though.

 

Lift does a lot but I'd say your tires do more. If you get a all terrain tire it will look smaller than a good aggressive mud tire.

 

10 x 8?
I think you meant 15 x 8....

 

Awesome, I'm getting my paint done as well. Want to keep it factory color because I don't see a whole lot of dark purple XJ's. How much did it run you if you don't mind me asking?


Whoops... I did that post via Blackberry, from work. Kinda rushing.

 

[QUOTE=KJamesJR;1846141]Awesome, I'm getting my paint done as well. Want to keep it factory color because I don't see a whole lot of dark purple XJ's. How much did it run you if you don't mind me asking?


I got like a 2nd stage paint job at Maaco and it came out to about $750. Other places arent as cheap but im starting to have some problems with the clear coat finish on the hood not handling the summer heat so I would suggest reading reviews on places and comparing prices and warranty's before making a decision. I think mine has a 2-3 year warranty so im gonna take it in sometime before the end of the month to have it looked at and hopefully redone.

 

I don't have a rear sway bar and it handles well enough lol. The only time I've noticed an issue is when I was flexed I couldn't get my hatch to latch. And I just measured last night, I've got 7-8" lift. I've heard varying numbers for a stock measurement so I can't be sure.

 

here it is stock on 245/16s......it drives so nice now lol i think thats why we asked what we would lose...i like how it looks now but im tired of drooling over every lifted xj lol

 

[quote=bass_by_grace;1846334]Was that including the body work? Took mine in for a quote, they said roughly 450 for a single stage, economy job.

 

No. I didn't have any body work done. My car was in pretty good condition and I didn't change the color so they didn't need to paint the insides of the doors and stuff. $450 is a good price! I think mine was around that price but what killed me was the labor because i had them do all the sanding and primer work

 

Yah that could definitely use a lift!! Mine rode waaay better after the lift but that's because the shocks had never been changed before the lift and they were bad!