bigkahunaguy wrote:
Aloha Guys,
I promise, I have read everything on this forum about my jeep in preparation for a lift, still I have some concerns... I would welcome everyone's comments about my particular situation.
Last year I scored a 2004 liberty with only 15k on it (long story) It is a spare vehicle that I use when company visits the island and on rare excursions down to the Waipio valley. The vehicle is maybe driven 5000 miles a year and perhaps a few hundred of those are off road. The problem are the rocks here. The original owner had factory skid plates installed everywhere under the vehicle and I bang them on every rock larger than a grapefruit. It is embarrassing and annoying.
All I want is a few inches but unfortunately I cannot put any larger tires under the vehicle without a lift. The tires have plenty of tread left but are 11 years old and the rubber is not what it used to be, I want new tires but don't want to buy new tires that are still too small... Hence the need for a lift.
I don't mind spending a little money on the vehicle and would be comfortable putting $1000 into the lift (my mechanic will probably get most of that) Because shipping to the middle of the pacific is prohibitively expensive I keep looking at the daystar spacer lift because amazon will ship it for free. I just really hate doing stuff cheap. However, it seems my only other alternative is a Silver kit from JBA for $2200 and hundreds more in shipping.
My question to all of you is: Is there no middle ground? With my limited use of the vehicle will the spacers be adequate?
Mahalo plenty,
Jay
What do you mean by middle ground?
There are plenty of options, not sure why you are only looking at Daystar ( which is junk) and JBA coilovers. Have you missed the OME whic gives you 2.5 inches of real lift over new stock height or Ironman which gives you 2.25 inches without extras added