per lowerd or not

farleyd · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:52 am

OK I'm still real new to the Liberty. I have a 02 sport.
What is pre lowerd and is it a good thing or not? how do I find out if I have one?
Any help wuld be cool.

QuietOutdoorsman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:59 am

Towards the later part of the 02 production year Jeep lowered the stock ride height with some shorter springs. 0.75 - 1.0 inches all around. They did this in reaction to some bad publicity after motortrend (?) rolled one in a moderately high speed slalom course. I don't remember the production cutover date, but I'm sure it's on here if you search for it.

Se7enLC · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:13 pm

PreLowered vs Lowered KJ Information in this FAQ:

http://www.jeepkj.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=92

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:07 pm

Also when they lowered they Liberty, DCX revised the powersteering efforts to make it easier to steer at lower speeds.

raceinfan · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:15 pm

there's a sticker on your drivers door it has all kinds of info on it & also your vin# there will be a spot that says "Date Of Mfgr" & under it it will give the build date if it's before april 2002 or 4-02 than you have a pre lowerd KJ,hope this helps

farleyd · **Posted:** Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:09 pm

well I took a look and the date said 10/01 so it must be pre-lowerd.
I guess this is a good thing?
Thanks again.

Skyjump136 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 pm **Posts:** 1633

It gets you a little bit more height compared to newer, stock KJs. Not really a big deal since you plan on doing a lift anyway.

ManicMechanicJoe · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:48 am

the big deal is you get a tough 45rfe tranny which they put behind the hemi-if it can handle the hemi...It is the last thing you will need to upgrade on the driveline (we all know what should be first and it starts with a D and ends with a 30a)

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