XJ Lift Round 2
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03-13-2009
XJ Lift Round 2
So this is my girlfriends 1999 XJ that you may have seen before.
It is a retired Michigan State Police K9 unit. When it was bought, it sat super low (lowered by the police i believe, all of their Jeeps sit really low)
Soon after it was purchased, we put new 4 leaf packs on the rear with new coils and 1 7/8" coil spacers in the front. It looked good, the front was still a little low, but the handling of the vehicle with the spacers was undesirable. So today we installed Rough Country 3" lift coils and 3" shocks. The front is a little high for the time being, but I think it will settle a little bit. Also, for as long as she has owned it, there has been a clunking type noise in the front end i could never find, so today i removed the skid plate to find the sway bar bushings totally wasted, so those were replaced as well
The silver Jeep in the comparison shots is stock height with 225/75R15
And the lights on the pushbar are Lincoln Mark VII LSC lights
Total install time - 7.5 hours includes painting the underside black, axle removal, coil and shock install, sway bar bushing install, wash and wax, remove and wax rims and caps, clean interior
today was a busy day!
thanks for looking!
It is a retired Michigan State Police K9 unit. When it was bought, it sat super low (lowered by the police i believe, all of their Jeeps sit really low)
Soon after it was purchased, we put new 4 leaf packs on the rear with new coils and 1 7/8" coil spacers in the front. It looked good, the front was still a little low, but the handling of the vehicle with the spacers was undesirable. So today we installed Rough Country 3" lift coils and 3" shocks. The front is a little high for the time being, but I think it will settle a little bit. Also, for as long as she has owned it, there has been a clunking type noise in the front end i could never find, so today i removed the skid plate to find the sway bar bushings totally wasted, so those were replaced as well
The silver Jeep in the comparison shots is stock height with 225/75R15
And the lights on the pushbar are Lincoln Mark VII LSC lights
Total install time - 7.5 hours includes painting the underside black, axle removal, coil and shock install, sway bar bushing install, wash and wax, remove and wax rims and caps, clean interior
today was a busy day!
thanks for looking!
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well, its the girlfriends Jeep and she is all about purple (hence the purple Jeep) so when i was buying the shocks and saw they had purple boots, i couldnt get any other color
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#24
03-13-2009
if it doesnt settle any im gonna put shackles on it, im leary about getting the bolts for the shackles loose, theres a local place that deals with only Jeeps called Jeepers Creeperz that i like to deal with. Rustys has good stuff, but i have heard questionable things about the quality of their coil springs
