A liberty with 33's

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:33 am

This pic is with the tire on the ground...4"+ lift and the CVAngles look pretty flat as well as the lower control arm...hummmmmm...I guess it could just be longer springs and a different top mounting plate. We need a similiar side by side pic of a Liberty with a 2.5" lift or even a stock one to compare better.

Sport · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:36 am

DarbyWalters wrote:

This pic is with the tire on the ground...4"+ lift and the CVAngles look pretty flat as well as the lower control arm...hummmmmm...I guess it could just be longer springs and a different top mounting plate. We need a similiar side by side pic of a Liberty with a 2.5" lift or even a stock one to compare better.

It doesn't look like he is flat on the ground, he is in the water and it looks angled, I think that side is being compressed a bit.

Dje Ryu · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:37 am

Yeah, it's on the ground but it looks like it may be stuffed a little. I wonder what the other side looked like at that same moment, myself. I've been curious about the CV angles and stuff since page one of this thread.

Jeger · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:44 am

You ever talk to Lilredlibby (ron) before we lost him. (Still chokes me up a bit :cry:

) I believe he used a longer strut and some spacers to get his lift. Moose and Eddo should know?...

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:52 am

_UnLiMiTeD_ wrote:

Hope we can get along after this.

Consider it done

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:54 am

DarbyWalters wrote:

All in good here on L.O.S.T. . Brain has been here and has contributed in positive ways 99% of the time...and we all have bad days :wink:

One other thing, I know we all take some things personally but don't. Brian would be the first to help you on trail if you needed it and he would do the same here.

Greatly appreciated

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:55 am

CDKJ wrote:

I've seen a lot of crap that TJ & XJ drivers like to post up against KJ's & that's probably why I tend to spend more time on LOST than else where. Brian seems OK to me, we all have bad days (good intentions but perhaps a but if KJ envy :lol:

Thanks

No KJ envy though :twisted:

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:57 am

AZScout wrote:

KJ in a tight spot,

I, for one, agree and am thankful for the interruption from the Moderator. I found your posts so JU like that I was calling you JU mentally before reading your posts. It quickly went from JU to Pirate guy. However, no matter how grating your posts were this past week, for what it's worth, I give you props for coming on and publicly apologizing to the board when you could have just left. It took a lot to do what you did and it shows you want to stay. Which is good. I mean, you could be a valuable resource for guys thinking about putting TJ stuff on their KJ.

I will try thanks

I aint even a member on JU :lol:

Pirate yes :wink:

Jeger · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:02 am

kj in a tight spot wrote:

.....I told em all..."darn we're in a tight spot" .....

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:15 am

DarbyWalters wrote:

This pic is with the tire on the ground...4"+ lift and the CVAngles look pretty flat as well as the lower control arm...hummmmmm...I guess it could just be longer springs and a different top mounting plate. We need a similiar side by side pic of a Liberty with a 2.5" lift or even a stock one to compare better.

Agreed, looks to have a pretty dam flat CV angle considerin the lift...the spacer is minimal on top of the coil, maybe .5" or 1" max...gotta be the strut. Swmpthng still hasnt said how he achieved this lift. I mean it says it was a "combo" lift for 5.5" but what is a "combo" lift consist of? I am assumin he means spacers and longer struts up front obviously but in the rear its hard for me to tell if he got on some spacers...obviously he's got long travel shocks back there...

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:16 am

Jeger wrote:

kj in a tight spot wrote:

.....I told em all..."darn we're in a tight spot" .....

Thats what the name is for, not to bash KJs :wink:

I have tj in a tight spot on every other forum...but this is a KJ forum :wink:

jerbacher · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:32 am

if i remember correctly it was a rusty's 2.5 coil and a rusty's 2.5 spacer. thats all i know though

C co Crusader 2/127 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:35 am

Im startying to see a commom trend and this thread an even the rest of the forum. That everyone jumps all over whoever is the subject of the threrad for a few day talking all sorts of things until some kind of credible things are brought up then everyone seems to be buddy buddy again. Is anyone else seeing this besides me?

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:53 am

C co Crusader 2/127 wrote:

Im startying to see a commom trend and this thread an even the rest of the forum. That everyone jumps all over whoever is the subject of the threrad for a few day talking all sorts of things until some kind of credible things are brought up then everyone seems to be buddy buddy again. Is anyone else seeing this besides me?

We already put this behind us, its already been brought up in this thread, just let it be

_UnLiMiTeD_ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:45 pm

kj in a tight spot wrote:

C co Crusader 2/127 wrote:

Im startying to see a commom trend and this thread an even the rest of the forum. That everyone jumps all over whoever is the subject of the threrad for a few day talking all sorts of things until some kind of credible things are brought up then everyone seems to be buddy buddy again. Is anyone else seeing this besides me?

We already put this behind us, its already been brought up in this thread, just let it be

yea that was soo last night man, your way behind!

raceinfan · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:48 pm

DarbyWalters wrote:

This pic is with the tire on the ground...4"+ lift and the CVAngles look pretty flat as well as the lower control arm...hummmmmm...I guess it could just be longer springs and a different top mounting plate. We need a similiar side by side pic of a Liberty with a 2.5" lift or even a stock one to compare better.

almost looks as if something has been added to the top of the spring perch where it bolts to the body...but I'm not the best one to find " wheres waldo"

swmpthg · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:27 pm

Okay, In that picture you pasted i am not flat at all im angled quite a bit, my cvs are at a great angle when its level.. and with the stock KJ i can drive right next to it and my mirror goes well over theirs with even more room but i will get a picture with mine and a stock side by side..

2.5 strut spacer you can kinda see in the pic and a 2.5 coil spring. can't really tell in the pic but its there.

And i am replacing the ball joints and tie rods this week!! and hopefully it will do better wheeling because i noticed a change in the past month of the wheels hopping like someone saide in on of my videos.. that is due to what i think is my bad ball joints and tie rods.. but when i first put the lift on i could climb up the hills in low easy but after 5 months and before the recall on the kj when i have it in low it wants to hop real bad going up the hill thats why i only used 4wheel high.. but i will put more pics on here soon.. :lol:

thanks for clearing everything up for me since im new

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2644557

you can see a few pics of thunderbird stocky by mine but not level... and also by an older dodge ram.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:58 pm

So swmpthg how many miles do you have on the set up now? If you were starting over again what would you do different or change since using it for a while? What else would you like to have as far as front /rear suspension goes?
Just curious
Thanks
Tom

swmpthg · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:17 pm

tommudd wrote:

So swmpthg how many miles do you have on the set up now? If you were starting over again what would you do different or change since using it for a while? What else would you like to have as far as front /rear suspension goes?
Just curious
Thanks
Tom

Well i have about 6,000 miles on it with the lift, and i drive 200 miles every other weekend on the highway at about 75mph.. and really the only thing i would get differently would be new top control arms, gears, and lockers. also get a larger spring front and rear to get rid of the spacers because that would give me better articulation. I am going to buy the jeepin by al control arms for his 4 inch lift at least until i get a SFA.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:31 pm

swmpthg wrote:

tommudd wrote:

So swmpthg how many miles do you have on the set up now? If you were starting over again what would you do different or change since using it for a while? What else would you like to have as far as front /rear suspension goes?
Just curious
Thanks
Tom

Well i have about 6,000 miles on it with the lift, and i drive 200 miles every other weekend on the highway at about 75mph.. and really the only thing i would get differently would be new top control arms, gears, and lockers. also get a larger spring front and rear to get rid of the spacers because that would give me better articulation. I am going to buy the jeepin by al control arms for his 4 inch lift at least until i get a SFA.

Thanks for the reply, sometime when I am coming "south" will have to look you up!

Tom

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