Just got a '99. suggestions?

[RCP Phx]

Since its a 97+,I'd budget for a SYE kit also!

 

[KI4KWF]

I'd go with the saving up for about a 4 1/2" lift instead of farting around with the budget boosts and aal kits. i did a rusty's 3" aal kit and its just been 3 months and i'm already looking to add on to it to make it a RC 4.5" kit.
if you can save up enough, go with Rubicon Express. Everybody here will tell you that if you have the funds then go with them. I'm also your age, and my budget is limited, so I'm going with RC because of GRIMUS99XJ on here that can hook you up with Rough Country.
My $.02.

 

[Darky]

I have a '99 too.

Take some time and read a lot of threads.

Once you start lifting the jeep you will run into countless problems. Drivetain angle for one, steering angles and track bar length for another.

I concur Read, learn, talk to people. Each Jeep is unfortunately different, so you may or may not need to worry about steering at <2"

1. To do anything to the coils you have to remove the lower control arms, and thats a pain in the ass. Once you undo those bolts, you have opened pandorahs box and death wobble is soon to come. Read about Death Wobble.

Borrow spring compressors from AutoZone. Saves you from having to wrestle the axle. As far as death wobble, I had my control arms dropped a couple times with no issues. What generally causes death wobble is worn/loose components (ball joints, etc) and bad steering angles. I got a mild case of it after swapping in some 4.5" coils with stock steering and control arms. Even mild it'll make you wanna piss yourself at highway speeds...

What do you have to say about the rocky road 2" boost or rustys 3" lift kit aal

Rocky Road is where I got my original BB from. Good product, crappy to deal with. The shackles are pretty beefy, they make stock shackles look like they belong on a Liberty . The spacers have held up great. They screwed up and gave me 2 pair of 1.5" spacers so I ran 3" of lift up front. I just sold one pair recently and have the other pair reinstalled on top of my current lift. Still have the shackles in also. I may be removing the BB soon to drop back down to 4-5" or so, but no complaints about the product that I was able to actually use. My problem came in when installing the bar pin eliminators. They didn't fit. And they were so far off that we couldn't even drill the holes out or modify them in any to make them fit. When i contacted the company, I got Glenn, the owner. His basic attitude was, our parts work, its your Jeep that's wrong, screw off.

 

[evac99]

ok i think ill stick with stock then when i have enought get a 3.5" lift and some 33's then save for a rear locker and sye. would that work fine?

 

[kmanxj5050]

I am 19 and this is mine i bought it stock my high school graduation open house money bought the lift and tires

 

[Mc2KXJ]

They let you graduate?

 

[Ba-Riedo]

They let you graduate?

ha they let anyone graduate these days, and seriously look at his rims.:wow: Im sure those look pretty all covered in mud.

-Alex

 

[coastie124]

Yeah that is some serious coin in rims there. I did the same thing with my graduation money. Except I bought a 69 Roadrunner.

 

[Mc2KXJ]

ha they let anyone graduate these days.

-Alex

I guess so. But, c'mon! Did you try reading this?

I am 19 and this is mine i bought it stock my high school graduation open house money bought the lift and tires

 

[rocknxj]

I am 19 and this is mine i bought it stock my high school graduation open house money bought the lift and tires

That's a lot of rubber on that front bumper. I'd remove it, slap on some old pre-96 end caps, and save that rubber fairing for the mall.

 

[kmanxj5050]

it has homebuilt bumpers now and the rims were only 100 a piece, they do look pretty covered in mud and what the hell is that supposed to mean Mc2KXJ!

 

[Mc2KXJ]

You're adding a bunch of other peoples comments in with mine. Keep up the good work though.

 

[kmanxj5050]

thanks i just hate when people down stuff other people have done