Finally a little closer to the clouds.

[crazycracka]

Well Being the first time lifting anything, taking my time, doing it right, and working just me and another person took me roughly 20 hours. Plus it was cold as shit out.
What I used:
Front: 2" coil spacers, zj v8 coils, zj v8 sway bar links, relocated brake lines, shock stud extenders(temporary), track bar relocation bracket.

Rear: Complete Dakota leaf pack under Xj main, new longer u-bolts, leaf clamps, leaf sliders, 95 Ford f150 shocks, dakota rear brake line.

Added 1" TC drop.

So far no drive line vibes, no death wobble. Handles really well actually, rear is a little soft without rear sway bar, but its ok.

What do you guys think? I know it needs a bath. The rear when complete made a difference of 5.5" Front i forgot to measure. upps.

Before:

After:

 

[NW-ZJ-SCOTT]

Congrats on the start!
Now that your almost fully addicted, pickup a second job, because it's all down hill from here.

 

[AIbandit]

Congrats! looks good.

 

[crazycracka]

Congrats on the start!
Now that your almost fully addicted, pickup a second job, because it's all down hill from here.

No shit. I just got done yesterday and I woke up this morning asking the old lady if we should go bigger, lol. Oh well this is a start and doing it myself I know it was done right with the right parts. Ohh yeah and it was cheap too. :rof:

 

[Tate228]

Cool man. what size tire do you plan on?

 

[XJOFFROAD]

needs bigger tires! Looks good though

 

[crazycracka]

Cool man. what size tire do you plan on?

Im still torn on tires. Doing some research on 8.8 rear and gearing first. My buddy has a set of 33 12.50 super swampers for me, but with stock gears not really worth it to put them on. Plus im still deciding if I want to cut up the body or not. So many routes hard to choose which one.

 

[NW-ZJ-SCOTT]

Im still torn on tires. Doing some research on 8.8 rear and gearing first. My buddy has a set of 33 12.50 super swampers for me, but with stock gears not really worth it to put them on. Plus im still deciding if I want to cut up the body or not. So many routes hard to choose which one.

I run stock 3.55 gears on 33" swampers, the gearing is not ideal, i am down to about 12mpg in the city... go ahead and throw them on! thats what the Fuel mileage is what the Teggy is for:wave:

I would suggest 4.88s when you do get it done tho!

 

[noutlawjeeper]

thats what the Fuel mileage is what the Teggy is for:wave:

What?

 

[crazycracka]

What?

In the second picture you can see my Integra (teggy) trying to say hello. Dont drive it much though its for PIR.

 

[NW-ZJ-SCOTT]

Hmm, i sure goobered that sentence up!

I was saying
Good fuel mileage is what the teggy is for!

 

[RlCHARD CRANlUM]

Start cutting.

 

[Bronzewyrm]

Start cutting.

big or small. i agree
Bronze

 

[2xtreme]

Well Being the first time lifting anything, taking my time, doing it right, and working just me and another person took me roughly 20 hours. Plus it was cold as shit out.
What I used:
Front: 2" coil spacers, zj v8 coils, zj v8 sway bar links, relocated brake lines, shock stud extenders(temporary), track bar relocation bracket.

Rear: Complete Dakota leaf pack under Xj main, new longer u-bolts, leaf clamps, leaf sliders, 95 Ford f150 shocks, dakota rear brake line.

Added 1" TC drop.

So far no drive line vibes, no death wobble. Handles really well actually, rear is a little soft without rear sway bar, but its ok.

What do you guys think? I know it needs a bath. The rear when complete made a difference of 5.5" Front i forgot to measure. upps.

Looks good. Looks level from the photos also. It is rewarding work when you piece a lift together like that and install it all yourself. Congratulations.

Rear sway bar shouldn't make it ride any softer. Are the bushings all good? Don't forget to re-torque all your suspention components after a couple hundred miles to make sure they are all to spec.

You mentioned "shock stud extenders" ? I assume you mean the Bar Pin relocation kits that move the lower shock mount up? If so, that shouldn't be temporary, keep them, they will help the ride and make the shock bushings last MUCH longer.

Michael

 

[crazycracka]

Looks good. Looks level from the photos also. It is rewarding work when you piece a lift together like that and install it all yourself. Congratulations.

Rear sway bar shouldn't make it ride any softer. Are the bushings all good? Don't forget to re-torque all your suspention components after a couple hundred miles to make sure they are all to spec.

You mentioned "shock stud extenders" ? I assume you mean the Bar Pin relocation kits that move the lower shock mount up? If so, that shouldn't be temporary, keep them, they will help the ride and make the shock bushings last MUCH longer.

Michael

The shock stud extenders I used were the $5 extensions from autozone. They screw onto the top of the shock and make the factory shock 2" longer. They were just a cheap solution until begining of the year when I upgrade a few things (shocks, better coil springs, quick disconnects, etc)

The rear isn't necessarily soft its mostly body roll in corners, just going to take some getting used to is all.

Thanks for all the compliments. I really enjoyed piecing it together. I feel i got a better quality lift for my money.

 

[2xtreme]

The shock stud extenders I used were the $5 extensions from autozone. They screw onto the top of the shock and make the factory shock 2" longer. They were just a cheap solution until begining of the year when I upgrade a few things (shocks, better coil springs, quick disconnects, etc)

The rear isn't necessarily soft its mostly body roll in corners, just going to take some getting used to is all.

Thanks for all the compliments. I really enjoyed piecing it together. I feel i got a better quality lift for my money.

Understood.
In that case, Yes, get rid of the extenders and before you purchase new shocks plan on relocators for the bottom and measuer with these in mind so you don't get shocks that are too long.

Michael

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

The shock stud extenders I used were the $5 extensions from autozone. They screw onto the top of the shock and make the factory shock 2" longer. They were just a cheap solution until begining of the year when I upgrade a few things (shocks, better coil springs, quick disconnects, etc)

The rear isn't necessarily soft its mostly body roll in corners, just going to take some getting used to is all.

Thanks for all the compliments. I really enjoyed piecing it together. I feel i got a better quality lift for my money.

you can use the brackets from the rear sway bars as bar pin eliminators for your front shocks, they will give you about an inch of extra shock length, I wouldn't feel confortable with a stud extender, justs puts more leverage on the section of the shock that IMO is most likely to break.