I had a local shop, which I had thought was reputable, install a lift kit on my '96 XJ AW4.
For $6450, they did the following things:
RE6300 5.5" Long Arm Kit
33x12.5 Truxs MTs on AR767s
Regeared D30 and 8.25 to 4:56
Track-lok rear
ARB air locker front
Slip yoke eliminator
Rear bumper install
Rock rail install
I put a $3k deposit down, and it took them three weeks to get the parts ordered in. They have given me a lot of BS and told outright lies during the install process. For example, they "lost" some of the bolts I supplied. The shop told me things were done that actually weren't (I came down for a progress check unannounced). Progress was delayed for two days because they had to order a 45 degree angled zerk fitting. Nevermind every single auto parts store in town carries them.
They scraped up my steering wheel and put a couple gouges in my dash during the installation.
OK, now to the real problem. While driving this thing, when the passenger side of the XJ goes over a bump, or more specifically, a dip in the road, you can hear a loud popping noise. It's quite loud, and obviously not supposed to be there, sort of metal-to-metal sounding. From the driver's seat, it sounds like the noise originates in the area under the passenger seat. Going over a gravel road is HELL. It sounds like the damn thing is going to fall apart.
My jeep has been back into this shop twice now for this problem. They had told me everything is tight, and they don't know what it is. They've already tried to pass it off to me as normal, but there is no possible way it can be. The shop doesn't know how to fix it, and they don't want to bother trying to figure out what it actually is either.
Does anybody have any idea what this sound may be?
For $6450, they did the following things:
RE6300 5.5" Long Arm Kit
33x12.5 Truxs MTs on AR767s
Regeared D30 and 8.25 to 4:56
Track-lok rear
ARB air locker front
Slip yoke eliminator
Rear bumper install
Rock rail install
I put a $3k deposit down, and it took them three weeks to get the parts ordered in. They have given me a lot of BS and told outright lies during the install process. For example, they "lost" some of the bolts I supplied. The shop told me things were done that actually weren't (I came down for a progress check unannounced). Progress was delayed for two days because they had to order a 45 degree angled zerk fitting. Nevermind every single auto parts store in town carries them.
They scraped up my steering wheel and put a couple gouges in my dash during the installation.
OK, now to the real problem. While driving this thing, when the passenger side of the XJ goes over a bump, or more specifically, a dip in the road, you can hear a loud popping noise. It's quite loud, and obviously not supposed to be there, sort of metal-to-metal sounding. From the driver's seat, it sounds like the noise originates in the area under the passenger seat. Going over a gravel road is HELL. It sounds like the damn thing is going to fall apart.
My jeep has been back into this shop twice now for this problem. They had told me everything is tight, and they don't know what it is. They've already tried to pass it off to me as normal, but there is no possible way it can be. The shop doesn't know how to fix it, and they don't want to bother trying to figure out what it actually is either.
Does anybody have any idea what this sound may be?