Check out rocky off road i bought a set of there fixed lower controll arms for $99 they are nice greaseable bushings thats the best deal l could find not saying thats why your end links bent just saying whai i did and l havent had any problems

 

Buy the disconnects (Or make some). It makes zero difference how "Hardcore" of wheeler you are... you still lifted the Jeep and obviously need to do something about it. The sway bar drop bracket nonsense is junk.

Here's some plain RC ones.
http://www.roughcountry.com/sway-bar...ects-1128.html

You can make your own very easily if you have more than 10 brain cells.

 

how do I go about counting my brain cells. I know how to kill them.

 

One of my bug pet peeves about kits. You would think the vendors selling the stuff would give you all the information you need. The truth is they dont and most kits arent worth the money they ask. Just buy longer links or as suggested disconnects. When I started my journey into lifting an XJ I went through the same thing. I broke two stock links on different occasions until I bit the bullet and got longer. A broken link is no fun on an uneven highway either. It takes a lot more than shocks and springs to lift properly. Thats all the basic kits come with.

 

Or you can say screw ordering anything and run without sway bars, I have a RC 3" kit and took the sway bars off about a week into having it. Although neither had issues with bending the links, and I also run stock LCA's. I wheel the **** out of my XJ, sometimes I think I beat it up too much

 

it dont look beat up sure is shinny

 

Haha paid some crackhead 20 bucks, he sat there and cleaned/wax/polished it for like 4 hours. If you see it in person youll notice all the dents and scratches, and I just went wheeling sunday(top pic) and Its covered in dust and more scratches and dents. Lol on the bottom pic you can see that my tires keep smacking my fenders and denting them, there worse now

 

You should bumpstop it before your fenders are totally trashed.

 

Can you post a link to the lift you bought? I don't see one for $508.
The one With full leaves that's $610 has the sway bar drop brackets with it.

 

Theyre coming off anyway. Im gonna narrow the front and truggy the back. I wont have to worry about tires hitting anything

 

509.95 ....rough country web sight. 98 cherokee Xj. Sorry not computer smart .

 

That's a sweet ***'ed ride there purple toxin!!

 

Speaking of bump stops...as I was installing my leafs my bump stop was staring me in the face....I couldn't resist...I grabbed it to see how sturdy it was and it broke off!!! Popped off like rotted styrofoam .

 

There is one that is 609.95 it comes with sway bar drop brackets.

 

That means they need to be replaced. Might as well buy extended ones so they'll actually do something.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jeep-Cheroke...-/120771995405