TSea99XJ

And welcome to another exciting installment of Name That Lift!, the game show where our competitors could have spent anywhere between $30-$3000 to raise their XJ above the rest, and our contestants get to try to name the components used! Johnny, lets tell them what they'll be playing for this week!

On a more serious note...

When I purchased my XJ, (From a Dealership, so they didn't know squat about what had been done to it) it already had what I believe to be a 3.5" lift. Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of experience when it comes to lifting vehicles, so any help identifying what parts/components have been used in my lift would be much appreciated.

I had a local Off-Road shop peek at it, and the only thing they really pointed out was the larger coils in the front. The individual wasn't overly familiar with Cherokees, and had thought possibly the rear leafs had been switched from an under-axle to over-axle setup, which I know is incorrect, but I'm lost on what was done to the rear end to raise it up. (It does sit slightly lower than the front though, which through input from this thread, I hope to remedy!)

What I know about it so far:

Larger Coils in the front (No idea on brand/size)
Rusty's Track Bar

And that's about it

Also, if there are any other pictures I can take; closer up, different angle, wider shot, let me know and I'll glady update with them.

Pictures below!

Passenger Front


Centered Front


Drivers Front


Drivers Rear


Drivers Rear, Different Angle


Passenger Rear


Passenger Rear, Different Angle

XJ-nick

looks like some old man emu shocks...the coils and leafs are nearly impossible to tell from a pic. they all look the exact same.

cdawall

the front could be a rusty's tracbar/coils. the rear looks like a bit of a bastard pack.

somehow your steering angles look like **** bet that thing has a bit of bumpsteer.

TSea99XJ

Could be from the angle of my pics (I hope?), the one thats somewhat centered on the front end I took with the camera tilted, was too bright outside to review the pics before I uploaded them.

It is entirely possible though. I know randomly driving down the road, it feels like I'm having to correct the wheel as the Jeep wants to wander off, left or right depending on its mood, and only seems to happen at in-town speeds, 30-35, haven't noticed any trouble in the limited highway driving i've done. (With the exception of the infamous death wobble, but I know the front axle, right u-joint is in need of replacement). Although this could also be due to me still somewhat adjusting to driving the Jeep. Went from a coupe that I drove for many years to the XJ back in May.

I've taken a few minutes to read up on what bumpsteer is, what are my options for correcting the problem?

TenECXJ

Not real sure about the brand of coils. Can you try to clean them off and see what color they are? That might help a little. Also, looks like you need new sway bar links. They look too short and separated at the top rubber bushing. Not a big deal though.

TSea99XJ

I'll pressure spray the whole front suspension / steering linkage off tomorrow at work and throw a new pic or two up of it. I'm pretty positive the coils are black, they're still fairly clean at the top, but it doesnt show in the pics.

And good call on the swaybar linkage. The bushings at the top are completely shot. Is there a way to measure for how long of swaybar linkage I should be using? Or just measure mine and find the next available length.

Converted96

those sway bar links look stock. most aftermarket that I have seen have a bracket on top. and the sway link usually looks like a dogbone for fixed links, or you can go adjustable and get it where you want it to be.

TSea99XJ

Seems as if everything I've found so far to replace the factory sway bay links are for a quick disconnect setup, which I'll have no need for as I won't be doing any extreme wheeling in my XJ. None of the common places seem to sell just an extended sway bar link, (Quadratec only sells RubiconExpress fixed links for 84-96).

Only thing I managed to find was: http://www.xtremeterrain.com/swaybar...herokeexj.aspx

Is this about what I should be looking for with a 3.5" lift?

sguiffre13

looks to me as the rear is a bastard pack. front could be also but you never know untill you take a real close look

biztyke

can't tell on the coils. any spacers? the rear looks like a bastard pack. you can get extended sway bar links(non disconnect) at zone offroad.

N20jeep

clean the coils off and look for a part number.

TSea99XJ

No spacers on the front that I can see. I'm pretty sure they're just 3-3.5" coils, but wanted opinions/feedback none the less as god only knows I could be wrong about all of this lol.

Finally found a pic of some stock XJ rear leafs, and just judging by the spacing of the leafs, it does appear that these are not stock, agreed that they're most like a bastard pack.

Would these be what I'm looking for as far as swaybar links from Zone offroad?
http://zoneoffroad.com/product-acc?ki=67&gr=19
My only question would be those state as for being for 4.5" lift, not up to 4.5", would they still work properly with a 3.5" lift..?

ericfx1984

take a closer look... they are mounted in stock positions... steering angles are FINE

Converted96

I pieced my lift together to save some cash. Here is what I ordered.

RE 3.5 full leafs
RE 3.5 coils
RE adj. Track bar
RE TC drop
RE U Bolts

RC lower control arms
RC sway bar links (fixed not quick discos)
RC hydro 8000 shocks
RC brake line relocation kit

As far as prices, they were pretty good, got everything from RC and the RE dealer for about 775 shipped.

Call rough country and ask them a price on sway bar links. The price is really good. Mine will be here tomorrow and I will post pics of them if desired.

Converted96

Whoops, what I ordered means nothing here, posting from my phone and I combined 2 threads into one... only info meant here was about the sway bar links....