projectcustoms

Just bent my leafs in the rear and I am putting two or three inch lift will my stock shocks still work or do I need to go longer

98CherokeeLimit4x4

Anything more than 2 inches Would need longer shocks

Brett

no way to tell you honestly... some 3" lifts you can keep stock shocks and some shocks wont reach.
either way i think anybody would tell ya to get new ones... even if the old ones reach your at risk of blowing the shock out or even worse the shock could tear the mount off of the axle
so I say yeah get new ones
or jk rubicon ones work to with some fab

Bossokee

You can get JK shocks to work for you for cheap

jeepride

How did you bend your leaf springs?

iggnant-1-XJ

I just did that and the stock shocks "bottom up". It feels like the whole body is coming off the frame but that is impossible. I put a couple sandbags in the back and it dont do it any more. My shocks are on the way and i will have em as soon as i get em.
Yes, you need bigger shocks.

Gee oh Dee

It may "work" but you'll wear them out much quicker.

People make shocks for 0-1" lift, 1-2" lift, and so on...and they do so for a reason.

ericfx1984

YEP! good choice... you can also make extensions

AlcoaXJ

I did a 3" lift recently. The fronts seemed fine but the rears were maxed out. So I changed all 4 corners. Very happy that I did.

afbond03

Buy some JK Rubicon shocks and some Bar Pin Eliminators as well. Makes them easier to install IMO, and gives you a little more length to them.
JK shocks ride great on the XJ btw.

projectcustoms

So with a little fabing and the help of my 89 s10 al have 3 1/2" in the rear with 4" longer shocks but wont get to try her out intel tomorrow got to get new bushings and bushing centers and that's it will see tomorrow oh yeah hit a huge rock at about fifty sliding sideways and that put me right into a tree head on it was no good

projectcustoms

The fronts next gust 2" though got them for super cheap a dood didn't want them and the shop intown gave them to me 85% off so I couldn't pass them up

E-Rok

I was running stock shocks with a `4" lift and it was terrible. rode rine on flat roads but going over speebumps etc, the shocks (especially the rears) would max out and clunk nasty. finally got new ones and its night and day. I dont know how I rode like that for a few months.