I need some xj opinions *New lift and new pic's added*

desertliberty · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:17 pm

Well I have finally brought the XJ back into the garage to finish her up and I am having trouble deciding which route I want to take her. I have decide to relift her and start new, but I am having trouble deciding on which route to take. Right now I am leaning towards the Rubicon 5.5 extreme duty lift and the Clayton long arm kit. I am lookin at acheiving 7 inches total with the rest of the parts I have and I have a month to complete it ( a small bet has been made ). I guess what I am asking is which kit would best suite this vehicle. All opinions would be appreciated.

Brian

I finished the lift today! This is a Rubicon Express 8" Long Arm W/ 33" BFG M/T's. I also installed Curries 1 1/4" crome moly Steering. I still need to install the SYE and the drive shaft. Here are a couple pic's before it rolls out of the drive way and hits the trails

skrracing · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:27 pm

RE kit for dang sure... Later...Clint

Burchie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:43 pm

What's the bet?

-Burchie

:?:

lilmatty · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:24 pm

Sounds good. Just do it. As a minimum do the RE kit. We had great luck with the 4.5" kit.

desertliberty · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:49 pm

Bigger is always better. RE 5.5 looks like the winner. Anyone wanna help me do the install? I'll provide the food and comedy ( you can watch me smash my fingers and run around screaming like a little girl :lol:

) only thing is we have to do this at my house. It's kinda on stands right now having brake work done and steering box issues repaired.

What's the bet?

-Burchie

We dont even want to go there :shock:

Brian

MJR · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:06 am

As the owner of a slightly modified XJ might I suggest a few things? What size tires do you want to run? How much money are you willing to spend?

I would not "just buy a kit" but rather carefully pick and choose my parts for what type of wheeling I plan to do. I have tried a few items over the years and picked up a few tricks (from those in the business or on my own).

Mike R

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:08 am

Listen to Mike, I bet he could save you a few bux and you would definately end up w/ a great working XJ.

desertliberty · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:35 am

Kit purchased from All J's. We came up with a great lift for what I am hoping to achieve. I will not give away the lift just yet but here is a little bit of info you can have. Rubicon lift, Curry Steering upgrade, advance adapters SYE, New driveshaft, and RE Monotube Shocks. I have done the mix and match with this vehicle before and kind of got burned a few times. So I decided I would go with everything from one proven manufacturer. I cant get any better than from Quinn and Rubicon. Thanks for all the help guys. Plan on seeing this monster at Calico!

Brian

desertliberty · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:03 pm

Pic's above!

Brian

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:43 am

Looking Dang good! Can't wait to see it on the trail. :wink:

I need some xj opinions New lift and new pic's added

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