XJ enthusiast from Italy - where lift kits are hard to find and very expensive...
Im planning a budget 3" lift + 30's for my '88 XJ (with the weak 2.1 liters Turbo Diesel).
I have previous experience in fabricating lifts, as well as lathe, mill, MIG and TIG welders, but no specific experience on XJs so I guess I better ask first, instead of learning the hard way.
So I am planning on the following:
Front
- 3" spacers
- Relocated brake lines
- Additional shim on LCAs
- Extended swaybar rods
- Adustable Trackbar (probably buy this)
- Shocks
REAR
- 2" Shackles (buy)
- T-Case drop
- 1" lift block (tapered to match the T-Case drop for proper operating angles).
- Relocated brake lines
- Shocks
I wonder if anything else would be required, and if the adjustable Trackbar and longer swaybar rods are indeed necessary on a 3" lift, because these questions are apparently questionable.
The truck won't see any off road use, but must be safe and dependable on road, because insurances may refuse to cover modded vehicles here.
Im planning a budget 3" lift + 30's for my '88 XJ (with the weak 2.1 liters Turbo Diesel).
I have previous experience in fabricating lifts, as well as lathe, mill, MIG and TIG welders, but no specific experience on XJs so I guess I better ask first, instead of learning the hard way.
So I am planning on the following:
Front
- 3" spacers
- Relocated brake lines
- Additional shim on LCAs
- Extended swaybar rods
- Adustable Trackbar (probably buy this)
- Shocks
REAR
- 2" Shackles (buy)
- T-Case drop
- 1" lift block (tapered to match the T-Case drop for proper operating angles).
- Relocated brake lines
- Shocks
I wonder if anything else would be required, and if the adjustable Trackbar and longer swaybar rods are indeed necessary on a 3" lift, because these questions are apparently questionable.
The truck won't see any off road use, but must be safe and dependable on road, because insurances may refuse to cover modded vehicles here.