partial lift at a time?

joshmarchand · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:49 pm

hey guys first time poster, but this site is where i feel in love with the KJ that I had made fun of for years.... used to rock the cherokee, and was disgruntled to say the least when JEEP replaced it with the lib.... anyway, I
m back in the fold!! ha ha

I have a question regarding doing part of a lift at a time.

I know OME is the only thing that gets recommended and I would love to go that way but heres the deal.

wife's jeep needs new tires for winter. I don't want to drop 600 bones on tires that will be too small after the lift, and since she's a stay at home mom, it will take 3 years or so to wear them out.

So i am looking at the BDS lift. yeah I know the rear shocks that come with it aren't the greatest, but it has some and brackets to reuse the stock front shocks. so for 450 I can get a 2" lift and then can still afford my tires.

then next year I can drop another 320 and do the shocks all round.

this is doable for me.

now my question is: is there anyway to do this approach with OME? is there a way to do half the lift, and live with crappy shocks until I can afford new ones while still being able to drive one bigger tires?

thanks

audiboy86 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:57 pm

I believe you could acttually do the same with the OME without to many issues. Except for a crappy ride have you looked at possibly going with other longer shocks that are cheaper.

joshmarchand · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:26 pm

I can't seem to find any...
As far as I understand there are bilstiens, ome and ironman for decent long shocks. And they all seem to run over 300 for a set of 4. Maybe I'm reading this wrong?

I need to keep this lift to 600 or less with shipping to canada

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:34 pm

You have to remember if you install new springs and use old OEM shocks then it will put more stress on the new springs and wear them out quicker
I would sooner not do it at all than to half donkey it
Ironman is 640 free shipping ( although maybe only in the US)
BDS works out to 720 or so with decent shocks and their kit
Plus you have to break down the front spring / shock combo twice
but its your $$$$ and time
Ironman rear shocks are stock length
OMEs you have to get the 132Ls for a lift in the rear
fronts are all the same
After talking to the guys at the Butler Jeep Fest I wouldn't buy their products for my wheelbarrow

yellowsv · **Posted:** Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:53 pm

The cheapest I could do it for is OMEs and teraflex bumb stops from jeepinbyal and kyb shocks from amazon. Total came to $610

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:08 pm

Ironman springs front and rear are 240
then shocks and etc

gottorque · **Joined:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:03 am **Posts:** 100

All or nothing man. I have a full OME lift with new springs and shocks with no add ons. My 235s are still in good shape and it looks pretty decent with OMEs. Just enough lift with out looking stupid

joshmarchand · **Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:02 pm

After talking with tommudd I think I'm gonna go with ironman springs and shocks and do the clerics lift. 640 gets me a whole set up the I won't regret.

I wish there was a way to save some coin though, but quality is never cheap.

Next would be some good duratracs as we see a lot of snow up here.

joshmarchand · **Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:52 pm

Ha ha "clerics" lift. Funny auto correct.

I meant "clevis" in case you were wondering

joshmarchand · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:12 pm

So now my question is how much of a hieght difference will there be between ome and ironman? At rocky road outfitters (have heard nothing but bad about them) they have the ome lift with GR2 struts for 684 (44 more than ironman) is this the way to go? What about ironman springs with bilstiens? on jeepin by al, the bilstiens only seem to come in stock height. Is this always the case? How do I check out other places for available shocks?

And does anyone carry this stuff in Canada so I don't get raped on customs?

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