Lift Size

[W.O.R.P.Offroad]

I'm wanting to see what everyone's lift size is, staying there, going bigger, and why you chose that size.

[W.O.R.P.Offroad]

I have a 6" lift on mine. I started at a 3" and it grew a lil and then a lil more. Now its upto 6". i dont plan on goin any bigger unless it happens when i switch to the radius arms on the d44.

[4.3LXJ]

I started with a 3" and needed some more clearance for my front driveline after putting the 4.3 in. I ordered 6" coils from Skyjacker and when I installed them they ended up being 7.5" coils. They were too stiff so I got some RE 7.5" coils. And they seem stiff. I will give them a chance though. They have a good rep. I guess I have just kept the front a little to light.

[NickM]

2" right now, was on it when I got it.
Plan on 4.5 as money allows. Figure that and trimming will clear 33's nicely.

Nick

[W.O.R.P.Offroad]

with 3" and trimmin you can fit 33"s i did for a while. now im on 6" with 36's

[nismo5]

i dont have an xj at the moment but i have alot of parts 33's and a 6.5 rc long arm (ordered)just gotta buy another xj :)

[Xtreme XJ]

At 5.25 with short arms on 32s... hawg'd out fenders...
SOMEday a 6" or 6.5" longarm 3 link on 33s.
Many run a bigger tires, but I want the flex... many will say they flex a bigger tire... and they do to a point, but very few run a bigger tire AND flex the piss out of it... most bump it... I just can't see doing all the work & paying all the money to bump it. :out:
I like the LCG idea... just don't think it'll work for me...
I don't want anymore body by tire so 33s will be the biggest...

Curt

[cantab27]

3" skyjacker and 33s, aint going higher .. scared of heights :smiley-scared002:

[W.O.R.P.Offroad]

At 5.25 with short arms on 32s... hawg'd out fenders...
SOMEday a 6" or 6.5" longarm 3 link on 33s.
Many run a bigger tires, but I want the flex... many will say they flex a bigger tire... and they do to a point, but very few run a bigger tire AND flex the piss out of it... most bump it... I just can't see doing all the work & paying all the money to bump it. :out:
I like the LCG idea... just don't think it'll work for me...
I don't want anymore body by tire so 33s will be the biggest...

Curt

with my 6" and short arms it flexes like crazy. i have 36" tsl's. i can completely tuck one side up in the fender and drop the other side so much i unseat the springs about 2". granted i did do come clearance-ing on my front axle, have crossover, and custom track bar with heim.

[JeepinOutfitters]

At 5.25 with short arms on 32s... hawg'd out fenders...
SOMEday a 6" or 6.5" longarm 3 link on 33s.
Many run a bigger tires, but I want the flex... many will say they flex a bigger tire... and they do to a point, but very few run a bigger tire AND flex the piss out of it... most bump it... I just can't see doing all the work & paying all the money to bump it. :out:
I like the LCG idea... just don't think it'll work for me...
I don't want anymore body by tire so 33s will be the biggest...

Curt

If it's done properly, "bumping it" doesn't have any effect on you wheel travel. In fact, bumpstops are an important part of a properly tuned suspension -- they keep you from bottoming out your shocks and/or damaging other components. You can get just as much "flex" with 4.5" and 33s as you could with 6.5" and 33s, you'll just be a lot more stable doing it.

I running 5-5.5" of lift and use just about every bit of travel in my front shocks. The rear droop is limited by the leaf spring itself, and I've got it "bumped" to keep the leafs from inverting on compression. The tires in these pics are 35s. The pics are about 5 years old but the only things I've changed since then is removing the flares and going to bigger tires.

http://jeepin.net/photos/d/361-2/100_1508.jpg

http://jeepin.net/photos/d/367-2/100_1511.jpg

some more current photos with the 36s:

http://jeepin.net/photos/d/5215-6/100_5693.JPG

http://jeepin.net/photos/d/14346-5/IMG_1953.JPG

[alwaysxj]

i have a 6" Tera flex long arm with a spacer and shackel in the rear. i did 4.3lxjs measurements that he said and it added up to 9.5 in the rear and 7.75 in the front.

i plan on not going any bigger.
i have had a one jeep with 4.5 and 32s
one with 5.5 and 33s
one with 9.5 and 33s
and now the new one.

[XJ Rat]

Ive got a Rubicon Express super flex 3.5" with Bilstein shocks. This is the kit with complete spring packs. Added 3/4" spacers in the front and shackles in the rear.

Run 32" Swampers. The front fender flares required generous trimming. The rears are OK.

[rguignard]

well justin [w.o.r.p.] you know this allready but for those of you that i dont know im running a 3.5 RC kit with lower arms and if flexes like crazy i have some 31s on it and i wish i would have went with 4.5 and 33s so mine will go up 1.5 or 2 inches but for now im happy with it but it did drop about .5 inches whan i put the winch on it

[cantab27]

well after parking next to mates thing i what to go to 6" plus some 35s
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/cantab27/Image0137.jpg

[rguignard]

well after parking next to mates thing i what to go to 6" plus some 35s
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/cantab27/Image0137.jpg

let us know when it grows up :smiley-laughing021::smiley-laughing021::smiley-laughing021:

[4.3LXJ]

i have a 6" Tera flex long arm with a spacer and shackel in the rear. i did 4.3lxjs measurements that he said and it added up to 9.5 in the rear and 7.75 in the front.

i plan on not going any bigger.
i have had a one jeep with 4.5 and 32s
one with 5.5 and 33s
one with 9.5 and 33s
and now the new one.

I'm not parking next to you. The poor Jeep will get an inferiority complex :rotfl2:

[TheWeiss]

I'm rocking some slightly taller leafs in the back and the ACOS (Adjustable Coil Spacers) this gives me about 2 inches. In the works is a 6.5 inch Rough Country Long Arm Lift. Jumping from basically nothing to a big lift all at once has got my taking my time lining up the details.

[Xtreme XJ]

You can get just as much "flex" with 4.5" and 33s as you could with 6.5" and 33s, you'll just be a lot more stable doing it.

I can't... :D not without more bumping...
I spent a fair amount of time to make sure my shocks weren't in danger and limiting travel... I know guys do it & keep tires out of fenders or let them rub all to hell, but I think they've limited the flex that's available to them... 98% of the time I won't rub... when really twisted up in a tight turn will get some paint removal very little though.
There's also the thought that once a certain amount of flex is reached then it becomes moot after that.
Jason... I remember your XJ loooong ago sport'n a new Warrior rack & C4X4 :)
Several incarnations later it's still one of the best out there...

So what is that a 30 deg. ramp ?? Were them tires rubbing there ?

Curt

[JeepinOutfitters]

Yep, 30 degree ramp, no rubbing other than on the Bushwacker flares up front. :)

I think you're confusing up travel with flex though. There's only so far you can stuff a tire into your wheel well before it hits the inner fender (talking about the front here). It doesn't matter if you start at 6" of lift or 3" of lift, the tire still goes only so far before it hits stuff you can't trim away. Your ride height, ie: lift, only really determines how much up travel vs down travel you have for a given suspension set up, it's got very little to do with how much overall flex you have.

I don't have a lot of uptravel in my current suspension setup due to big tires and a low ride height, but what I lack in uptravel I make up for in down travel, and as I said above I use pretty much all the available shock travel I've got. The only way for me to get more flex would be to go to shocks with more travel (my current front Bilsteins have 10") and drop down to a 33" tire that I could stuff further into the wheel well before it hits the inner fender. I already drop my coils about 2" off the tower on droop, and my shocks aren't the final limiting factor my down travel, so there's not much more droop I could easily pick up. At this point, my ride height is immaterial to how much flex I've got.

At the end of the day though, it's your Jeep, not mine. ;)

[UKJeepThang]

I've got an RE 4.5" Superflex fitted at the moment with 33's but I want to go up to a 6.5" LA kit with 35's as soon as finances allow.

[Xtreme XJ]

Yep, 30 degree ramp, no rubbing other than on the Bushwacker flares up front. :)

I think you're confusing up travel with flex though. There's only so far you can stuff a tire into your wheel well before it hits the inner fender (talking about the front here). It doesn't matter if you start at 6" of lift or 3" of lift, the tire still goes only so far before it hits stuff you can't trim away. Your ride height, ie: lift, only really determines how much up travel vs down travel you have for a given suspension set up, it's got very little to do with how much overall flex you have.

I don't have a lot of uptravel in my current suspension setup due to big tires and a low ride height, but what I lack in uptravel I make up for in down travel, and as I said above I use pretty much all the available shock travel I've got. The only way for me to get more flex would be to go to shocks with more travel (my current front Bilsteins have 10") and drop down to a 33" tire that I could stuff further into the wheel well before it hits the inner fender. I already drop my coils about 2" off the tower on droop, and my shocks aren't the final limiting factor my down travel, so there's not much more droop I could easily pick up. At this point, my ride height is immaterial to how much flex I've got.

At the end of the day though, it's your Jeep, not mine. ;)

So wouldn't you want as equal as possible crush/extend travel ? If I can keep the axle(s) at the bump from putting allot of pressure on two opposite corners when twisted up by allowing the suspension to fully cycle as opposed to bumping it and applying allot of force to opposite corners of the rig then the rig will be under less stress... don't know if that makes any sense...
Might be jumping around here a bit, but that's what I'm trying to avoid...
I want to tuck as much as I can (without body by tire) and droop as much as I can 50/50... 60/40... I just want the $$$$ suspension to be able to be used to to it's fullest...
Maybe I am confusing the two, but I want it as balanced as possible as opposed to biased one way more then the other and the... "I wonder if I can run a bigger tire thinking"... I know I can't without bumping & changing things, I don't know that it would be an advantage to me... out here... I think if I were in those places that had that thing called... MUD is it ?? or whatever that is when you mix water with dirt or whatever that mythological substance is... I might run a different set up... most all the guys on big rocks neeeed the big tire... as well as the deep mud/water, but the vast majority of stuff out hear can be picked through with a moderate tire and allot of suspension... travel/flex... obviously there are exceptions in both places...
And obviously the nutbuckets I see throwing big tires on a rig and cramming tires into the body don't really care about how the suspension works or how balanced it is(n't)...

Like I said I do like the LCG idea and think it can work I just don't know of too many who've done it... successfully...

Curt

[troys96xj]

Hey .I'm new here and wanted to show you my rig.Heres one of me and the rest are my rig.
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413541109025_1547465023_1010.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413541229028_1547465023_1010.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413541309030_1547465023_1010.jpg
Heres one of my kid.

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413541429033_1547465023_1010.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/c.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413577709940_1547465023_1011.jpg
I'm kind of pic happy so I'm sorry in advance.

[Indiana Jeep]

"I'm kind of pic happy so I'm sorry in advance."

Hey we can't get enough pics!!:camera::smiley-laughing021:

Have a 2" Rough Country lift. Have to get new tires and then gonna get some new shocks and try and finish some other projects. Would like to get some more lift but budget wise this is the best for now.

[sexy96XJ]

im running a 6" full traction long arm the flex is insane!!!!!! running for now a 33 but going to out on a 35 here soon.......

[Mudderoy]

Hey .I'm new here and wanted to show you my rig.Heres one of me and the rest are my rig.
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413541109025_1547465023_1010.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413541229028_1547465023_1010.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413541309030_1547465023_1010.jpg
Heres one of my kid.

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413541429033_1547465023_1010.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/c.jpg
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/Troys96XJ/1%20Bad%20XJ/31659_1413577709940_1547465023_1011.jpg
I'm kind of pic happy so I'm sorry in advance.

Great shots. Love the one of your kid with the big smile.

[93gc40]

Currently at 2" front and 3.5" rear. When I get a SYE, adjustable TB, and CA drops. I will put the 3.5" springs back into the front and Use the rest of my S-10 packs. Get it back to the 5", It had when I got it.