Budget lift Issues

I have a 96 xj with a homebrew lift consisting of zj coils, .75" spacers, and s10 leaves in the rear.
I want to lift up the front more to compensate and get some more balance since the rear is higher and stiffer, i need the height in the rear (i think becasue) i am going to be running 31" truxus m/ts in a week. So the rear is around 3.5 inches of lift and the front I think is around 2 -2.5inches.
So my thought is to take out the .75" spacer and run a 2" spacer putting the front in the neighborhood of 3.5". At this height other than shocks, will i have to replace any other parts like the trac bar or lca's? I am kind a fuzzy on those parts and when they are mandatory. If i have to replace too much i may just lower the rear and hack up the fenders some more. thoughts?


My Jeep
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=904814

i'm running zj coils with 2" spacers up front with blazer leaf packs in the rear...i've got 32" BFG MT's. I trimmed my fenders a bit and unmounted the front brake lines...i have little rubbing issues in the front when offroad but nothing i can't handle. Pretty straight forward, no need to replace the track bar although i think it would be beneficial because you can adjust for the changes made after the lift. T-case drop may be something you want to look into, because that will be out of line afterwards too. I'd like to replace lca's with adjustables although it isn't required. I hope this helps.

-Brandon

here's a picture of my XJ

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=905559

BGXJ said:

i'm running zj coils with 2" spacers up front with blazer leaf packs in the rear...i've got 32" BFG MT's. I trimmed my fenders a bit and unmounted the front brake lines...i have little rubbing issues in the front when offroad but nothing i can't handle. Pretty straight forward, no need to replace the track bar although i think it would be beneficial because you can adjust for the changes made after the lift. T-case drop may be something you want to look into, because that will be out of line afterwards too. I'd like to replace lca's with adjustables although it isn't required. I hope this helps.

-Brandon

here's a picture of my XJ

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=905559

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Thanks yeah almost the same setup, and i have a PORC sye so no issues with a tc drop. I am building to eventually go big but im gonna wheel on 31 m/ts for a while and throw things on as i can afford them but i really want the extra 1.25" now. Does look like your driver side tire sticks out a bit, but maybe thats the weel offset.

i need to adjust it a bit, but there are no flares too

I suppose you could just carefully drill an extra hole in the stock track-bar to compensate for a 3"-4" lift. Lots of folks have done it.

I have about 3.5" upfront (Rusty's HD 3" coils for a winch bumper, but I've got the stock bumper) and I run 32s and I have a stock tracbar. I'm on my second one...they wear out and I just replace the whole freakin assembly...cause I got a good one for free when I was still poor and in college!

I would recommend unbolting the front brake hoses from the "frame." You can just leave them hanging, or relocate them a little lower. Definitely want to get a longer rear brake hose. One from a YJ does the trick. If you combine that with a rear brake hose relocation bracket, you'll be in great shape.

Also, at the very least you'll want new rear shocks for a 3" lift. When I lifted my current XJ a little over 2 years ago on a tight college budget, I didn't do shocks. It took my father and my brother sitting in the back of the jeep for me to even be able to get the driver side rear shock on the stud!! It rode kinda funny, was good when you hit a bump, but then the rear axle ubrubtly stopped halfway through the suspension cycle, when the rear shocks jolted it to a halt, not allowing it to go down (away from the body). I'd recommend a set of DT3000s, they're a great bang for the buck. The front shocks weren't quite as bad, they still had an inch or two maybe of downtravel. If you're on a real tight budget you could maybe just do the rears first. Also, using BPEs will increase the effective length of your shocks...so you may want to throw some of those into the combo. You can use the brackets from the rear swaybar as BPEs!

i love this site () i learn so much here. i found this the other day on here and i learned a lot from there to. if you have someone who welds or are good at making friends there are some more options there for moving shock mounts and a lot of other good stuff.

http://www.go.jeep-xj.info