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Hello folks - I'm curious to gather the collective thoughts of all the wonderful :: members on what I'd like to do to my 2001 rust-bucket XJ. I'm not interested in "extreme" wheelin' but would like to replace the worn and sagging suspension so I can get some more flex out of it. Mostly everything is currently stock, with some minor things like the VANCO 15" brakes and Currie steering added to the mix.
I'd like to lift the vehicle which accomplishes 2 of the issues I bring up. I want to put a rear disk kit on the Detroit Locker axle I had given to me recently. Install an SYE so I can hopefully avoid drive shaft binding. Replace the rear drive shaft with a proper beefy drive shaft after the SYE install. I imagine that will get me about 90% of what I'll ever want to do to this Jeep.
Based on maintaining the factory driving experience, it seems like an Old Man Emu 3" or Rubicon Express 4.5" kit would work nicely. I've heard a LOT of good about the OME kits and mostly positive feedback about RE kits. Does anyone have experience with either, or an opinion about which is better? How should I go about choosing shocks? It seems like the Bilstein 5100 shocks are really decent for the price - but I have no idea which model to get to fit the Jeep properly and can't seem to figure it out :tear:
Once the lift kit is on - what kind of drive shaft would one recommend for the SYE to 8.25" rear end?
As for the rear disk brakes - I was thinking of this: goo.gl/VtxeDD
Any help, suggestions, comments are appreciated! Thanks everyone!
I'd like to lift the vehicle which accomplishes 2 of the issues I bring up. I want to put a rear disk kit on the Detroit Locker axle I had given to me recently. Install an SYE so I can hopefully avoid drive shaft binding. Replace the rear drive shaft with a proper beefy drive shaft after the SYE install. I imagine that will get me about 90% of what I'll ever want to do to this Jeep.
Based on maintaining the factory driving experience, it seems like an Old Man Emu 3" or Rubicon Express 4.5" kit would work nicely. I've heard a LOT of good about the OME kits and mostly positive feedback about RE kits. Does anyone have experience with either, or an opinion about which is better? How should I go about choosing shocks? It seems like the Bilstein 5100 shocks are really decent for the price - but I have no idea which model to get to fit the Jeep properly and can't seem to figure it out :tear:
Once the lift kit is on - what kind of drive shaft would one recommend for the SYE to 8.25" rear end?
As for the rear disk brakes - I was thinking of this: goo.gl/VtxeDD
Any help, suggestions, comments are appreciated! Thanks everyone!