The New Lift

[ty20404]

Well, I started out my lifting days with a RRO 3" BB. The actual parts were pretty nice, i know this goes against common belief, but the problem with the kit was this: It was 3", they didn't include a TC drop, TracBar solution, or LCAs, which cause problems. Their response: oh you don't need that stuff, you should be fine. Yeah, right.

So after a year, I decided I wanted to go bigger anyways... Got a whole multitude of parts from all different places. Here's what i got:

3.5" RC coils - $30
unknown brand LCAs (built for 4.5" lift) - $75 shipped
Rusty's Adjustable Trac Bar - $80
Sway Bar Drop Brackets - $20
S10 leaf packs - $50 from pull-a-part
4 degree BDS shims - $10
Cherokee front DS - $40
PORC SYE - $180 shipped (x-mas present)
OME N35L and N36L shocks - $320 shipped (x-mas present)

Along with all of that i used these parts from my RRO BB:

2" Polyeurethane Coil Spacers
1.5" Lift Shackles

And here are the pictures:

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And here are some pictures of my bastard pack, considering everyone asks questions about them. i got a little more than 4" of lift with this setup. (XJ main, S10 main, S10 second, XJ third, XJ fourth). And I just realized that these pictures are from before I rebuilt it, I replaced that 3rd S10 leaf with the 3rd XJ leaf.

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And a before picture with the RRO 3" BB

 

[ZacSquatch]

Nice, looks itty bitty with them tires though, haha.

 

[ty20404]

yeah, I think i'll go up to 32s but only when these ones are done. Besides, you get a lot of flex out of 31s on 5 inches of lift.

 

[ty20404]

and new tires cost money. even retreads. oh, and gas mileage.

 

[UNCC_99XJ]

Lookin good! And I see you've gone red as well, congrats!

 

[WVUwheeler]

looks good, reminds me of mine when i was on 31's

 

[shelbyluvv]

Nice rig on a budget, great job.

 

[Lowrange2]

I especially like those coil springs... ya got there.

 

[ty20404]

yeah, got em from a guy in SC, had a jeep that look almost identical to yours. Except his was in pieces and didn't look like it was very driveable. haha.

 

[ZacSquatch]

I got my coils from the exact same guy.. except one of mine was bent... But he was crazy good on shipping

 

[Lowrange2]

lol You'll have that. I'm all out of coilS! Darn.

 

[ty20404]

well, it's been some time now and the rear sagged out about an inch...

So, right now i have XJ main, S10 main, S10 2nd, XJ 3rd, XJ 4th....

I'm thinking that I'd like to go with XJ main, S10 main, S10 2nd, S10 3rd without the XJ 4th... or should I leave that short bastard in there to prevent axle wrap????

If I kept it out, I'm sure it would flex like maddddd w/o that overload effect.