do i need a drop pitman arm?

6" lift on mj, i dont know if im gonna have to beef up the steering at all or if i should get cross over steering... any ideas?

you need a steering box brace and a drop down pitman arm, the cross over steering is just an option to do

Six inches of lift is about where you should be looking for some steering up grades. The 1" drop pitman arm, which is a ZJ pitman arm, is a no brainer. It actually lines the drag link up with the track bar better than the stock pitman arm does, and the 1" drop helps the angles some. You can do a search of this forum for steering upgrades to find quite a bit of info and possible upgrades.

zj tie rod too

does it matter what year ZJ for the pitman arm and tie rod?

Bob

Pitman arms are generally generic...If you want to try... you could try using the teraflex setup and replace your outer passenger ear with thiers they also recomend using thier aluminim hexogonal drag link and tie rod with thier ear....I use it and it works really well...Four Wheel Drive sport and utility did a write up on it on an XJ a couple of months back...You really should check out the article it will give some great insight and ideas...

It does require you to relocate your track bar..