to measure height

Front from top of axle tube to frame 6.75" (stock measurement) anything above that is lift amount give or take half inch.

Rear is 6" anything above that is lift. So if you final measure is 14" in the rear you have an 8" lift

 

From the lloks of what I just make out by looking atyour lower control arm mounts is that the control arms mounted in them look ver much like the stock stamped steel XJ lower arms ?

 

Yah they look stock, and the drivers side looks a lil dented from down travel. It is time for an upgrade

 

Appreciate another set of eyes looking it over ericfx, this was seriously something I was concerned over after reading the previous post, glad to see someone in the "know" making it simple for me to visualize!

 

No worries at all. And if you could post pics, I would appreciate it, just to verify I'm looking at the right parts to order.

Judging by all the 3.5" components, I'm assuming the swaybar links are for a 3.5", or 0-4" lift?

 

Ill get a pic up tomorrow evening. RC doesn't have that stuff I listed for sale seperately, except for shocks. So you won't find it on their site. I was told by them for up to 4.5. Its the ones they include in their cheaper 4.5 kit if you get on their site and check it out, they are in a picture with the rest of the kit.

 

RCX has everything for sale separately you just need to call. BUT IMHO RCX is garbage. The bushings are crap in everything they sell.

 

Well, all my rc stuff came today... but I misunderstood and thought the upper sway link brackets werw included in the link purchase. They are not and need to ask for them seperate. Still cheaper by far than anywhere else, I didn't snap a pic, will do so later when I'm at a computer to upload it.

 

Finally got everything cleaned off underneath, and crawled under to snap some pics, to find out my phone had died, and didn't have my digital camera handy to take any.

Did confirm though that the:
Shocks are Monroe 34964 Gas-Magnum
Coil Springs are Rusty's ROR405 5" Springs (Should net 4.5" lift per Rusty)
Trac Bar is Rusty's, based on the sticker on it, couldn't find a part number.

Everything else I could find numbers on appeared to be OEM. Outside of the rear possibly being bastard packed, I still have no idea how it was lifted. I realize it will vary depending on the leaves you use, and what they're from, but whats the average lift a person is going to achieve from a bastard pack setup, and will that alone gain you up to 3" of lift? I believe that from the factory, XJs will it slightly lower in the front, and the way mine sits now, its lower in the rear.

So that being said, what would be the most feasible way to raise the rear end more to level the vehicle off?

 

a bastard pack with s10 or dakota leafs could net 4-5" lift from what i read. so yes your rear leafs being a bastard pack make sense. if you want to lift it a little more in the rear just get an extended shackle, or better yet get a shackle relocation kit as it looks like you shackle angle isn't the best. shackle relocation kit will net you another 1-1.5"