I have had my 99 cherokee for about 2 years now and a 3 inch rough country suspension lift for about a year now. i now want to go bigger , unfortunatly not alot of cash. i got the idea of just adding the rough country 1.5 inch suspension lift http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep_xj_1.html im pretty sure the spacers and shackles would workout but i am i need to know if my shocks from my three inch lift will still be good, if not then is there any other details i am missing?!

 

those shocks wont work with a 4" kit. they are made for a 1.5". buy 1.5" coil spacer and 1.75" shackles and some good shocks. but once you go over 4"-4.5" you more then likely will need a SYE from drive line vibes. gonna have to think of gearing also since a larger tire will rob you some power with the stock gear.

 

stacking lift parts doesn't work with xjs, you really have to do it pretty right or don't do it... track bars,shocks,steering, drive shafts and control arms.. all very picky

 

thanks, so you think its just a better idea to wait for more cash to get the whole 4.5 lift set up right?

 

Get long arms too! U will be glad u did.

 

so this is technicaly possable?, i dont do alot of hardcore muddin really and im gonna be keepin my 31's for awhile, if i did this i would need the spacers and shackles of course new shocks, long arms and....?

 

trackbar, SYE, cv drive line and the list goes on.......

stick to what you have right now and save for doing it the correct way

 

okay thanks fellers! i was seriosly considering doing this but i think i gonna go ahead and do my previous idea of rhino lining the whole thing!!!!

dont worry i know a guy lol

 

I was going to do this same exact thing and instead i am going to buy a locker for the front and a limited slip for the rear. Then save for the 4.5" long arm and a shackle relocation kit for the rear.

 

wow this is some hardcore fabthere is a chat section that is alot better for these kinds of questions

and to clear things up when i posted this comment this thread was posted in the fab section lol

 

It's cherokeeforum what did you expect? Not much hardcore anything going one in this place. Lots of newbies!

 

ya know i didn't even notice that..... ALSO NO LINE X on the body for mud!!! it will be brown forever

 

ouch holmes.....

 

Well when everyone here runs some sort of rough country lift you don't expect much......

 

i did the same thing ur doing i started off with a RC 3" lift and i wanted more so i got on roughcountry.com and went to scatch & dent and they had a set of xj RC 4.5" coils for like $75 bucks with a little bit of powder coat chipped off so i bought those and some factory 98 chevy silverado shackles they bolt rite up with a little bit of grinding "no big deal" and as for tha shocks i ran tha ones that came with my RC 3" lift for bout 4 mouths tile i had tha money to buy more and i had plenty of travel with them...hope this helps