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Lowering XJ
- Thread starter eric91xj
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hubs97xj
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- Fort Wayne, IN
Yeah, station wagons need to be lifted and sitting on monster truck tires. 
Talyn
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- Location
- Radford, Communistwealth of Virginia
Nice entrance, not get back in the clown car and leave. I hear Jeepforum has an opening.
Ours is lowered about 4 inches and it would clear the pan but it would be close so we notched the axle as you can see in my pics earlier. A 4wd front axle is a different story, not sure about that.
It's is a LITTLE silly to lower an XJ but so what?! Is it really harming you? Go away troll.
I haven't worked on mine in months but hopefully ill have some more updates soon.
It's is a LITTLE silly to lower an XJ but so what?! Is it really harming you? Go away troll.
I haven't worked on mine in months but hopefully ill have some more updates soon.
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chedisme
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- Location
- middletown, NY
why do people come into this section of the forum with that kind of attitude? its F-ing Street and performance! would lifting an XJ make it perform better on tarmac. I bet that high center of gravity would help in the long sweeping bends. Oh I bet it would really help with the steering response! if you don't like it dont do it.
hubs97xj
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- Fort Wayne, IN
Don't even bother- it's just some 14 year old kid. Fool can't even drive yet. :roflmao:
IXNAYXJ
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- Wherever the next race is.
Correct; we just plasma torched off the perches, sway bar mount and shock mount, and rewelded them onto the bottom of the tube. 2" RE add a leaf and voilà, an XJ that handles. It didn't lower it all that much, but we were far more concerned about how it drove than how it looked.
-----Matt-----
seanyb505
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- Location
- Simpsonville, SC
Which axle did you use? It seems the mounting point for the leaves would be about 5-6 in lower if the perches were on the bottom of the tube, and a 2" lift should net you around 3-4". Do you have a pic of the Jeep like this?
How much travel before the bumpstops hit?
IXNAYXJ
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- Wherever the next race is.
It's a D35, and your math is about right, though as light as the ass end is, it didn't drop it that far. Tires are Toyo Proxes 4 in 245/50R16:
Fronts are JK coils with one coil cut out. When we swap in the 8.8, it should bring the rear down just a hair (due to the larger diameter tube) and make it dead even with the front.
-----Matt-----
D.I.T.A
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- Location
- Malboro NJ
I like it i would love to have that as a sleeper on the street
D.I.T.A
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- Location
- Malboro NJ
And as a proper gearhead you have to be open minded to other people and their tastes you can't be a Nazi and tell people that their ideas are wrong because it go against the grain of others. More power to the people that think out side of the box
IXNAYXJ
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- Wherever the next race is.
I drove it around this weekend and it's a blast on the street. Up to about 50 mph it's damn quick.
x2. One of the beauties of the XJ platform is the versatility of it. FWIW, I also have this:
-----Matt-----
- Location
- Columbus, In
You know I used to think this before I wanted a Turbo Stroker in a 2wd MJ!
GTFO if you are gonna be a Dick dude!
IXNAYXJ
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- Wherever the next race is.
On the blue one? Couple hundred bucks for ~70' of 1.75/.120 DOM, couple cases of beer, a few buddies and a solid day of work. It's a very basic cage, and not having an interior meant it was very easy to do quickly, even for us relative novices.
The Hybrid cage on the white one was a little more involved.
-----Matt-----
D.I.T.A
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- Malboro NJ
I drove it around this weekend and it's a blast on the street. Up to about 50 mph it's damn quick.
x2. One of the beauties of the XJ platform is the versatility of it. FWIW, I also have this:
-----Matt-----
i've seen your truck in a magazine it's fuggin sweet :loveu:. If you don't mind me asking what front bumper is that
IXNAYXJ
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- Wherever the next race is.
Thanks! She kinda gets around.
The bumper is made by Moab 4x4 Outpost; super high quality and without equal in terms of strength and clearance (IMHO). Steve and Andy always build nice stuff, and they're open 24/7 the entire week of EJS to help busted Jeepers get their junk wheeling again. Top notch operation and people.
-----Matt-----
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