mall crawling heep
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- SE Michigan and SE Ohio
Hi guys, I'm new here so hopefully this isn't too stupid of a question, i tried searching but have not found what i'm looking for yet.
I bought a wrecked 97 4 door xj that I plan to use as a trail rig. Right now my plan is a 4.0/aw4/203/300 with a chevy 60 front and 14 bolt rear. Naturally 5.13 gears. I am planning to run 40" iroks with leafs front and rear. I realize I need to cage and sleave this thing, just wanted to let you know i'm not that new.
I plan on cutting as much sheetmetal as possible and lifting as little as possible to get the clearance i need for these tires. I was wondering if a 4.5" lift pack would be enough in the rear, will it be too much with a god amount of cutting? I'm trying to build for mostly downtravel and set bumpstops accordingly. I may flip the springs around to get more wheelbase so i can cut out to make more room for the tires. I still want some uptravel on this thing.
I don't want to make this thing way top heavy and too tall. I will probably run stock waggy springs in the front since i already have 2 pairs of them. Will the front sit too low with stock waggys compared to the back if i run 4.5" of lift there? Should i just get a set of 44044s and be done with it?
Sorry if this has been covered, I didn't find much info on 1 ton xjs. Thanks for the help.
I bought a wrecked 97 4 door xj that I plan to use as a trail rig. Right now my plan is a 4.0/aw4/203/300 with a chevy 60 front and 14 bolt rear. Naturally 5.13 gears. I am planning to run 40" iroks with leafs front and rear. I realize I need to cage and sleave this thing, just wanted to let you know i'm not that new.
I plan on cutting as much sheetmetal as possible and lifting as little as possible to get the clearance i need for these tires. I was wondering if a 4.5" lift pack would be enough in the rear, will it be too much with a god amount of cutting? I'm trying to build for mostly downtravel and set bumpstops accordingly. I may flip the springs around to get more wheelbase so i can cut out to make more room for the tires. I still want some uptravel on this thing.
I don't want to make this thing way top heavy and too tall. I will probably run stock waggy springs in the front since i already have 2 pairs of them. Will the front sit too low with stock waggys compared to the back if i run 4.5" of lift there? Should i just get a set of 44044s and be done with it?
Sorry if this has been covered, I didn't find much info on 1 ton xjs. Thanks for the help.