XJ lift necessities

[Paul T]

The old lady finally gave me permission to order a lift! yay!!!

So far, the cheapest 3" lifts i've found are

Zone Offroad $290.xx
Rustys 250ish
NTWonline.com $240

all are add a leafs, include shocks and ubolts, and thats it.I'd rather go with a full leaf pack, but aal is cheap, and i'm not too worried about ride quality as this is 100% beater.

Will i be able to bolt this on and wheel, or are there other parts i should invest in before attempting to take this on the trails?

[ddewar53]

I did a 2" lift on a Cherokee once. I used a front spacer and full 2" springs for the back - just bought the pieces and bolted them on. One thing I can promise - the leaf spring bushings will be frozen to the bolts and you will not be able to separate them. I ended up cutting both ends of the bolts and replacing them. Don't expect to get anything bigger than 30" tires under there without cutting

[norstar]

Bolt the parts on and wheel it....
You might need to bend/straight out the front brake lines a bit to pull them lower for the added lift. I think you might be ok without a SYE on '91 with 3" lift. What tire size are you running? You might also need bump stop up front.

[Paul T]

went with the Zone offroad aal, and I'll be running carl's old 31s with my 2 non slashed 31s as spares.

I'll keep an eye on the brake lines, thanks for the heads up. hadn't even occured to me!