That is correct the one pic of mine was before I trimmed. The others I posted are after I trimmed. But I do have more flex now that my springs have broke in

 

Okay, figuring my taxes and looking at tires, it looks like my decision to make is actually RE6025 superride full packs $590... or RE6010 superflex AAL $575... ill still be getting the bilstein 5100 shocks. Now I am really torn which way to go, superRIDE with packs, or superFLEX with AAL

 

The best thing you can do to save money is start looking at different vendors and buy your Kit in Pieces it will run you less money. I pieced together my RE kit for 680 including my bilstein shocks and Extended brake lines. However I bought my parts at cost from a supplier I had used at work my coils ran 99pair and I was around 86 ea for the leafs, and 104 for the trackbar. I reused my Lower control arms from my previous lift


Either way a Full Spring pack is always better then a AAL system

 

i 2nd piecing together a kit. im running 4.5 RE coils, 2 icnh spacers, 3.5 RE leafs, i inch boomerang shackles, IRO double shear trackbar, RE twintube shocks, RC long arm kit, RC brake line RC quick disconects, and rustys steering conversion.

3 rd suspension setup on this jeep. granted this is probably more than you might be looking to spend but it is well worth it.

 

see that's my problem I have two jeeps a 2 door 96 5 speed manual and a 4 door 2001 automatic the 96 has a 2 inch lift already by spacers in the front and shackles in in the rear I'm and new bilstein 5100's I'm switching to the 2001 cause its automatic and has 4 doors but I want a bigger lift but I just bought new bilstein shocks for a 2 inch lift haha what size tires can you fit on a two inch lift without any problems?

 

I'm not sure if anyone here is good enough to figure this out what size tires, rims and lift do you think is in this picture? Cause I would really like my xj to look like this

 

Silver jeep looks like it has 33x12.5

Heres me on 3" coils with sway bar removed


shocks are kyb monomax

This is only about 8" of shock travel from ful stuff to full extension more articulation than is needed

quite alot of fender needs removed to make use of this much I doubt long arms do much better though they will ride better

 

30" on the street.

 

4.5" lift with 33x12.50" tires on 10" wide wheels. I have 8" wide on mine.

 

I have the super ride but haven’t wheeled it yet because other things keep breaking and I won’t trust it to not fall apart until I fix a few things. That being said, it rides decent on the road, but I kind of wish I had been a little more patient and saved for the super flex because I know it would be more capable offroad. I may end up upgrading the control arms and get the quick disconnects later if I’m not happy with the flex, costing me more in the end 🤦‍♂️

 

Sheeeeeeesh, all of this lift talk that I'm constantly reading about has my head spinning around like Beetlejuice.....
I would really like to piece together my own from JY parts (for personal satisfaction), but I feel like I'm only going to save a couple hundo after its all said and done. And to me, my time to piece together a kit and having to remove parts at the JY, just to reinstall on my XJ, is worth a couple hundo to me. I'd rather spend the $ for a brand new kit, than spend hours, or days, at the JY removing parts.... Plus, I get really OCD about doing things perfect the first time and in a timely manner, so ensuring I get ALL the CORRECT parts I need for a proper 4" +/- lift will drive me nuts.
If I buy a kit, I will be getting everything I need the first time.
Then the more I read, the more opinions I see and it starts to get me thinking about other options or paths to take (that probably aren't necessary)... Like "buy this kit, but dont use the CA's from that kit, order CA's from this place.
Or, piece together your kit from new stuff, but buy springs from here, leaf packs from here, sway bars from here, CA's from here, shocks from here.... etc.... that's just going to lead to me forgetting something...
It would be AWESOME for someone to put together a nice thread (sticky, thats locked to keep opinions out) to state the obvious for us "less than fortunate" ones that aren't 100% sure what path to take when it comes to doing a lift. I know there is the NKOC thread about what parts are needed according to how high you are going......
But what about the scenario of:
Buying a 3.5" lift from RE, then if you want 4.5", this is all you have to do....... ( I use this as an example because a 3.5 is about $600-$700 for all the parts, but a 4.5" is over $1000, so... is there a cheaper way to get to 4.5 by buying the 3.5" and adding a couple components to get 4.5" without spending another $500...???)
Like I said, there is a **** ton of info here about lifts, but interpreting it all and trying to make the best educated decision is what's probably hindering people from moving forward with ah lift.

 

Why is there such a price difference between some lifts?
Is it because some lifts don't come with all the parts you need for a proper lift? (I'm not including shocks in the price.
I feel like I see full leaf pack kits for a 4.5 at like $800, then another companies 4.5 is like $1400....

What gives?

 

RockyMtn96XJ you are right about that. I pieced together a lift and it ended up costing me way more in the end. I bought the Zone Offroad 4.5" lift and all I bought was longer sway bar links. That's it. I never had any problems with it and I didn't do a sye, like some people say you MUST HAVE or your tcase will explode. After lifting very many Jeeps now, I go with what I know to be true and ignore the internet experts.

 

I just wish there was a simple explanation to it all so we didn't have to spend so much time trying to figure out the path that makes most sense to get a lift.

I just want to order a kit, have all the pieces necessary for a functioning kit for a 75% DD 25% trails (if I'm lucky to get out that much) NOT have to buy other parts so it will work, and not spend a weeks paycheck on it...

Maybe I'm thinking in to it way too hard, but like I said, I see 4.5" kits for $700-ish, and 4.5" kits for $1400..... So how am I supposed to know why the $1400 kit is so much better? (assuming both kits come WITHOUT shocks)

Does someone want to help out an OCD, overly thinking about it, too concerned with getting the right parts, idiot that can't make up his mind? (That idiot would be me)

 

Price difference is usually name brand. Some people think you get better quality if you pay 5 times more. It doesn't always work that way. A BDS lift cost more than a Zone lift even though they're the same company. The main difference is the warranty. BDS is lifetime and no questions asked. I had their shocks and springs on one of my Jeeps. I think Rubicon Express and Skyjacker are lower quality, but they have lifts in the $1200+ range. Long arm lifts cost more too.