xjdavid1
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- Brisbane Australia
How high can I lift the XJ and still keep the factory control arms. I am disconnected and do a lot of hard offroading.
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Bigest lift with factory control arms
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Jeepkid8037
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- Location
- Moraga
Probably just a 2" budget boost
- Location
- Port Orchard, WA
xjdavid1 said:
id get or buy or make some after market stronger arms with a stocker - just for strength and so i dont worry when i drag them over a rock... JMHO...
xytrix01
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- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
I'm at 4.5" and haven't changed the arms yet!
xjdavid1
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- Location
- Brisbane Australia
Do you find they bind at the end where they connect to the axil at full droop.
Jeepkid8037
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- Moraga
xytrix01 said:
4.5" lift, stock CA's and drop brackets right? Otherwise i want to see how it sits w/ the stock CA's and no drop brackets. By guess is it would be sitting back far in the wheel well...
orvpark
NAXJA Member # 1374
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- Superlift ORV Park
3" is okay ran it that way for a long time with mild trail riding
When the bug bites and you really start to go wheelin' frequently strength is the issue
When the bug bites and you really start to go wheelin' frequently strength is the issue
I am acually at 6" with stock control arms and no drop brackets. I do plently of wheeling(hard) and also is my DD. Yes the tire is further back than normal but I dont rub at all. I am also running 33's. The drive could be better but I am used to it and havent had any problems yet(been running for 2 1/2 years that way). Eventually I will go LA's but until I get them made I'll continue to run the stockers. I wouldnt recommend it to anyone though, but thats just me. I also drove it from arizona to kentucky that way in two days.
CartsXJ
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- Location
- Glenville, NY
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CartsXJ
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- Location
- Glenville, NY
CamoXJeep said:
That thing must ride like a stiff brick. Do you ever get that feeling of your XJ wanting to drive over your front axle? Do you have any droop or are you there already? And finally, hows your alignment? I couldn't imagine bringing that set-up into an alignment shop around here, they wouldn't touch it. I mean I know it can and has worked, but DAMN. The highest I would og on stock arms in the stock location would be 3", after that you start to get into the death wobble and bind area of life.
allthingsoffroad
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- Location
- Knoxville TN
i had 5" and stock arms but they limit your flex
HaZakated
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Fairfield OH
Cut the stock control arms in half then weld spacers in. Buddy of mine used three 1/4" thick by 2" long plates for spacers for each control arm. Put the spacer plates in following the stock design of the control arm. Just make sure somone that knows how to weld does it, otherwise, the welds can break. Weld on the inside of the plate, and the outside for extra strengh. This guy has been wheeling hard on these control arms for a while now with no problems. He rolled his XJ about 3 weeks ago if that gives you an idea as to how hard this guy wheels. If done correctly, this method works just fine. Plus, if something does happen and the modified arms break,(which they wont if done right)you can pick them up a dime a dozen.
Brian
Brian
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CartsXJ said:
Actually no it doesnt ride like a stiff brick. And if it did its a Jeep, not a caddy. I have plenty of droop and my alignments just fine. Its all how you set it up. I dont know why people put there opinions of "it might, it could, my brothers dogs owners dad had done it and he said" if you have never done it yourself. If you have never done it then you really dont know do you? Not every set up is the same, different shocks, different leafs, different coils. Hell, I dont even run front or back sway bars for that matter. And yes I do wheel it pretty hard
This is me with all the above sitting on top of 39.5 Iroks. So yes it still does flex.
This was in arizona
Heres another flex
Lawn Cher'
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- Westampton, NJ
I like your front license plate.
I personally ran reinforced stock LCA, and UCA's with RE DB's on Rusty's 6.5 coils. MY caster was only off 1*. Drove and rode great, but I am in the process of upgrading to LA's. Despite popular belief the stock arms are plenty strong, if reinforced. I finally realized this after I bent a stock lower arm on a rock. Kinda a scary ride home. After that point I carried spare LCA's and spare uppers.
Patrick
Patrick
