what would YOU do with all these parts

[summitlt]

So I scored a 10000 mile old rubicon express 4.5 inch lift for a ZJ from the junkyard. Adjust upper and lowers (all 8), shocks and both tracbars.

I have a 99 XJ with a 2" BB.

Do I...

A. Use the front parts and leave the rear at two for the prerunner look. Don't want to go any bigger in the rear because I don't want to buy a SYE.

B. Sell off the whole thing and buy something else for my rig

 

[Darky]

Suck it up and get an SYE and build a bastard pack for the rear using the money gained from selling the rear parts to partially pay for it. A hack and tap SYE is only $100 and you can use a stock front shaft. A bastard pack can be built for reasonably cheap.

 

[xcm]

The 'prerunner look', is for retards.

 

[blubullett]

The 'prerunner look', is for retards.

I never knew it was called the 'prerunner look'. I thought it was the 'retard look'.

 

[xcm]

I never knew it was called the 'prerunner look'. I thought it was the 'retard look'.

Thats what retards call it...

 

[RedHeep]

You might not need an SYE at 4.5. I didn't and I know other people who didn't.

The generalization that you need one over a 3 inch lift is simply that, a generalization.

Worst case, you drop the tcase down an inch.

You're only two spring packs away from a whole XJ lift kit. If that's what you want, then do it. If not, then don't. Asking us what you should do is silly.

 

[Johnnie Walker]

One thing you could do, that is if you have an AW4, is use a stock crossmember from an xj that was a manual. Do not remember which one, but gives approx .5"-.75" drop, with no other clearance loss.