made my own frankenstein lift

luigi1285 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:21 am

for past couple months been slowly collecting parts for my new :frankie:

lift. shes a lil bit of a mut but works like a dream. i mixed rusty 2.5 front coils with jba 2.5 rear coils. i went with bilstein for shocks and struts. added strut shims and an extra rear iso. so far shes nice and high drives like a dream... just gotta get some mud on her :JEEPIN:

was worth the hours of research :ROTFL:

ill post some pics up in a bit

Elt31987 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:28 am

Id like to see pictures the KK and pictures of the suspension

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:24 pm

and also center of wheel to fender flare measurements

luigi1285 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:40 pm

worken on all that right now ... and as usual forgot to do before and after measurements :ROTFL:

luigi1285 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:54 pm

some pics
front - 21 3/4
rear 22 3/8

mag03kj · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:17 pm

Man that looks good!

Now get you a backbone winch mount for it and it will looks bad@ss!

drewkk · **Joined:** Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:39 pm **Posts:** 12

Looks awesome! How much did it cost in the end?

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:07 pm

Have you flexed it at all? Things to look out for... uca and spring contact, overstretching rear brake lines and tank skid/driveshaft contact. Looks good, need some spacers to set the wheels out a bit and make it look meaner.

infernicus · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:51 pm

Looking Good Luigi! Now we have to test it out!

luigi1285 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:15 pm

thanks guys... ya wanna play in the mudd with it... the end cost was around 680 plus or minus som money if im forgetting something. i did manage to get the springs used with veryyyyy low use on them. i havent flexed it out havent had to much time as is did the lift after work yesterday with a buddy. gonna double check the break lines and uca contact either tonight or tom. will get some flex pics when i can. i was also thinken bout wheel spacers but my only concern is how well the wheel will tuck when flexed if it is spaced :juggle:

....time to start building new stock pile of some parts :ROTFL:

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:48 pm

Nice

At The Helm · **Posted:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 12:19 am

Looks great! I like your willingness to venture out on your own to build your own. Are the rusty's 2.5 springs the ones they make for the KJ or did they come out with some for the KK?

Elt31987 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:55 am

Very interesting Lift, pricing it out by buying the front coils from Rustys and the 1/2 Metal Spacer Plate from Rustys, the 4 Bilstein Shocks from JBA and the Rear Coils from JBA it comes to 707.55 W/ Out Shipping.

luigi1285 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:23 pm

thanks guys... wanted to try somethin different with this just didnt want it to come back to bight me in the butt :ROTFL:

E2 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:17 pm

Looks GOOD!

DoubleK · **Posted:** Wed Sep 15, 2010 4:56 pm

wow she looks mean!!

in a good way lol yea im with dean on this one, we gotta go try it out! once i get my lift were def all going wheeling. :JEEPIN:

we will all fly over the trails like its nothing! :rockon:

ericw08 · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:27 pm **Posts:** 2

Looks great! What size tires are you running there?

Long-term quality-wise, how would you guys compare this to doing the JBA 2.5 all around for roughly $300 more? http://jeepinbyal.com/prod-2_5__Lift_Spring_Kit_Jeep_Liberty_KK-610.aspx

luigi1285 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:06 pm

the tires are 245 75 16

onegoodpunk · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:49 pm

Curious how this lift is working out for you now that its been on for a while? :?:

Also is it me or does this lift sit higher than all the Spacer and RK lifts?
I might end up doing the same lift but for now im putting on my rusty's spacer lift as soon as i get my BDS shocks in.

luigi1285 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:52 pm

The lift is holding up great. I wheel it hard and cant complain at all. Its onroad drivability.is great. It is deff higher than the rk lift i sit about 3 inches over stock vs 2 in like i was w the rk lift. So it def gave me some more hight and better flex.

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