lifting

[Brian Z]

I'm looking for a way to do an easy cheap lift. (Can I use those two words in the same sentence?) Either way , looks to be some work, Body lift or suspension lift? I'm thinking since the body mounts are shot to hell any way, just doing a body lift. But a suspension lift seems better. any ideas from the brilliant minds here? Thanks

 

[stumblnyj]

My body mounts were shot and I thought about doing the same thing. Terry made a good point when he posted on my thread about putting the lift straight to the frame. It will make your ride really rough because the rubber is no longer. Plus a body lift is only cosmedic and doesn't serve much of a purpose unless its to add bigger tires.

Save you pennys and buy a suspension lift and buy a BDS lift. You pay more up front but you can't go wrong with that warranty (you get what you pay for). I plan on replacing my current lift with one from them. Just as soon as I get my winch, V8 installed and pay for my wedding.

 

[69jeepcj]

what size tires are you going to run? A small body lift will raise it some but not enough if you are running large tires. You can buy poly or rubber body mounts, I have used poly mounts and had no complaints with them. If you are wanting cheap and a slight lift, I would get an inch or so body lift and and inch or so shackle lift. putting on a body lift like a 3" will probably require extended lines and may interfer with shifter towers or anything attached to the frame and body because you are seperating the two a good distance, staying around a inch will elliminate that issue, and staying around an inch or so with the shackle lift should elliminate any steering geometry issues you can run into with larger shackle lifts. Going this route should cost you a couple hundred bucks and give you a couple inch lift and avoid other mods that may be required when lifting all in one area. (3-4" suspension lift, 3"body lift)

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

If you really want cheap, find a used pair of front springs and cut them up to add 1 long leaf to each of your 4 spring packs. I've done this on a few YJ's and it lifts 1.5" without stiffening the ride. Then install TJ fender flares to run an even larger tire. You can run 31" or 32" tires with this setup.

Or get an entry level 4" spring lift for around $500, either Rusty's Offroad or Rough Country will work.

 

[Brian Z]

Ok, thats what I was looking for, I think I'll just replace the body mounts with originals, and try a small shackle lift, then do a suspension lift. Ill be putting bigger tires on it, but not huge. Im not going rock climbing. maybe 3" is all im looking for.

 

[69jeepcj]

I wouldnt get more than a 2" shackle lift, you can start having steering issues with any larger. If you can I would add a 1" body lift with it and you could probably run 32" tires. That small of a body lift shouldnt interfere with anything.

 

[bugleboy]

anything bigger than 2" could cause axle wrap

 

[superj]

I have 5/8th boom shackle on mine with trimmed flares and I am running a 265/75/16 tire which is a 31.5.

As you can, it rubs when one aid of the axle drops and weight is on the back. For normal driving, it doesn't rub

 

[Brian Z]

I like that pic, thats about what im looking for. little bit bigger tires with a small lift. But id like to add some bush wackers on it. just a bit bigger than factory...