ok kids, i have a 95 2.5L i am going to do some wheels/tires
on it and a suspension lift. i am looking at the **** cepeks
DC-1's but i dont know the sizes i need to do or the tire
sizes i should do. as far as lift kits go, i want to do
about a 3" lift. do the kits come with everything i need or
do i have to buy more cr*p?
HELP ME PLEASE!!Federal Firefighters!
we fight the fight and live the dream!
Hey jturner18 .. I have a 95 2.5l as well. If you are doing
3" lift .. you probably aren't going larger than 31 x 10.50
tires. I have 4" of lift and run that tire size. Probably
could have squeezed 33's but I wanted a little gap between
fenders / tires.
If you do it right and order a suspension kit, many come
with everything including shocks. You'll just have to shop
around.
Rough country have some inexpensive options, while BDS and
Old Man Emu are more pricey, but better quality.
Hope that helps and welcome to the club.'95 YJ 4" lift 31 x 10.50 TRXUS MT
I went el cheapo on the lift .... 2" body and 2" shackles
all self installed. Everyone on this forum seems to hate
this setup, but it has worked fine so far for me. I'd like
to replace the shackles with teraflex revolver shackles and
a 4" supspension lift (total 6" lift and run 33's later, but
then axle mods come into play and i'm not quite ready for
that.
It handled great with that lift on the worn out goodyear
30's (measured only 28.5 worn down) and looked a little
funny. I haven't driven on the new tires yet due to trans
trouble. That'll be fixed soon and I can give you a full
report.'95 YJ 4" lift 31 x 10.50 TRXUS MT
ok thanks man I am thinking about puting the 4" Rc lift
becaus I am still in high school and money is tight right
now lol Dose anyone know how RC lifts are in particular the
4 " lift
Thanks
Jack Black 1992 YJ with 4banger cd player, 2000 Jeep rimes and every thing else is stock but that will soon change
o and hey man thats is a nice looking yj guitardudeBlack 1992 YJ with 4banger cd player, 2000 Jeep rimes and every thing else is stock but that will soon change
Regarding your rough country 4" question, search it on the
forum. There is A LOT of info, opinion on it. I for one am
considering that lift myself and ditching the 2" shackles
for teraflex revolvers. We'll see what the rest of the year
brings.
Jturner18 the most inexpensive 2" Budget Lift that I've
found is available from RRO
http://www.rocky-road.com/jeepbudget.html . You don't have
to buy new shocks for this one. It's $145.00 and you can run
31 X 10.50 15's with it.
Guitardude, X2 on the nice lookin' YJ! Just so that you
know, if you did a 2" shackle lift and a 2" BL, you actually
got a 3" lift. This is due to the fact that when you put
shackles on, you only gain half of the actual shackle
height, just an FYI . Do you have any
more pictures of your Jeep from the front, back, and side?
I'm interested in seeing them if you do, as I am considering
doing the same lift on my '87 YJ. I would like to run 31's,
and had thought that I wouldn't like the look of a 2" BL,
but your YJ looks great! I would rather have some space
between the fender flares and tires too. Are you using
swaybar discos, I couldn't tell from your picture? If not,
you can gain like 20% more flex by adding a set .
Be well,
Richard'47 CJ2A
'48 CJ2A Project
'65 & '66 M-416 Trailer Projects
'87 YJ Laredo My Daily Driver
'02 TJ X Fiancee's DD, and our Trail Rig
Live each day as if it were your last, 'cause you just never know.....
richardd is right about the shackles every inch of lengt to
the shackles gives you half an inch of lift..:stock shackles
4inches...a 6inch long shackle is 2 inches longer so 1 inch
lift...
also 2.5 susp lift clears 32s
4.5 susp lift clears 33s.
with a 4.5 lift,to do it right, think about longer pitman
arm,longer sway bar links(if you keep em at all...)and maybe
sway bar disconect could be a good investment,either 1 inch
motor mounts or 1 inch transfer case lowering kit,track bars
extentions front and rear(again if you keep em...)and longer
shocks...
buying a complete 4.5 with everything included will be
cheaper than upgrading from 2.5 to 4.5 later on unless you
get good deals...good luck...
I know that this has been discussed everywhere a bunch, but
I was originally considering doing a spring over using my
stock springs, which many are against here. If it's done
right it works well, and ends up costing a bit less than
replacing springs, but this only works if your stock ones
are in good shape. You get a 5.5 inch lift and can run 33's,
and with trimming, 35's. That being said, you really don't
want to run 35's unless you upgrade your axles though. We
decided that we would use the TJ as the main wheeler and
continue to build it up (are you ever really done???), and
just put the YJ up 2" using a 1" BL and 2" set of shackles
on 31's for light duty trailriding with a couple of diff
guards .
.....and I still want to see more pics of Guitardudes YJ
with the 2" BL.
Be well,
Richard'47 CJ2A
'48 CJ2A Project
'65 & '66 M-416 Trailer Projects
'87 YJ Laredo My Daily Driver
'02 TJ X Fiancee's DD, and our Trail Rig
Live each day as if it were your last, 'cause you just never know.....
Thanks for the comments guys. I am aware of the shackles
and how much lift they give. I bought shackles that are
twice as long as stock (8") thus gaining 2" of actual lift.
Added 2" body lift .. now 4" higher. Gained another 1 1/2"
from the worn out goodyears being replaced by the new
interco trxus 31's.
In the same garage a before after measurement of my front
and rear fender flares to the floor verfified a total lift
of 5 1/2".
I drove this setup for a week on the old tires and
everything seemed just fine. I have yet to drive on the new
tires, so I'll fill you in once I am driving it again.
Hopefully by march.
I'll post those pics you wanted later tonight richard.
Thanks for posting more pics, that is one sharp lookin' YJ.
Be well,
Richard'47 CJ2A
'48 CJ2A Project
'65 & '66 M-416 Trailer Projects
'87 YJ Laredo My Daily Driver
'02 TJ X Fiancee's DD, and our Trail Rig
Live each day as if it were your last, 'cause you just never know.....
I'm also thinking about doing the RC 4" lift but I'm
curently running 30*9.5 bfg a/ts I know the 4" will clear
33's but I just put on the 30's and was wondering if I did
this lift and kept my tires if it would look retarted. Also
instead of doing the x-fer case drop kit I think I'm just
going to run sye to save the trouble
Quote:
Originally Posted by giggityjeeper
So is ita 2.25 now or....... something broked in your jeep there.....never seen one actually break in half.....seen them let go...how far in the red was the tach...
It is going to look a bit odd with the smaller tires. You
could put them up for sale, and then get larger ones with
what you get out of them. Don't know if you got them online
or through a tire shop. But if you got them from a shop, and
if they are still really new, maybe you can trade them back
in against a larger set. Worth the ask, all they can say is
no.
Good idea on the SYE, I think it's the way to go to, why
drop the Tcase, loosing ground clearance!?!
Be well,
Richard'47 CJ2A
'48 CJ2A Project
'65 & '66 M-416 Trailer Projects
'87 YJ Laredo My Daily Driver
'02 TJ X Fiancee's DD, and our Trail Rig
Live each day as if it were your last, 'cause you just never know.....
yeah I've only had the tires for about 3-4k miles. I was
thinking about selling them but I think when I buy a new DD
I'll put them on it... if theyll fit lol I think theyll fit
on a patriot... anyway theres another guy that has the same
tires I do and he just put a 6" lift on and he was saving up
for 35s and it looked stupid so I kinda figured mine would
as well. As for the sye its expensive but its pointless to
put a lift on your jeep then lower something.
Quote:
Originally Posted by giggityjeeper
So is ita 2.25 now or....... something broked in your jeep there.....never seen one actually break in half.....seen them let go...how far in the red was the tach...
Jeep, Wrangler, Cherokee and Grand Cherokee are copyrighted and trademarked to the Jeep/Chrysler Corporation
JeepForum is not in any way associated with Jeep or the Chrysler Corp.
. Do you have any
more pictures of your Jeep from the front, back, and side?
I'm interested in seeing them if you do, as I am considering
doing the same lift on my '87 YJ. I would like to run 31's,
and had thought that I wouldn't like the look of a 2" BL,
but your YJ looks great! I would rather have some space
between the fender flares and tires too. Are you using
swaybar discos, I couldn't tell from your picture? If not,
you can gain like 20% more flex by adding a set 
.
good luck...
