Okay so I had my Frankenlift II Deluxe installed last Saturday. However, with all said and done I got a 4" above factory stock lift. I did not add any clevis or other spacers just what came with the kit. I'm coming here as I understand this is the place where Franky was born so to speak. The thing is I was told by to different people at All J that the lift would only give me a 2.5 above and as a result JBA UCA's are completely unnecessary. I was just told this again by All J about 20 minutes ago over the phone and was told if my vehicles is currently lifted 4" above factory stock it has to be installed incorrectly.

However, this morning over at jeepkj.com I've been told by tommudd and others that 4 inches after install and 3.5" after settled in is normal. I trust tommudd as I've read here and over at jeepkj.com that he is the authority on everything Jeep Liberty.

So has anyone actually gotten a 2.5" lift from a Frankenlift II Deluxe? Does the fact that my Liberty is now 4" above factory mean my lift must have been installed incorrectly?

What say ye?

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~Tom
04 Jeep Liberty Limited - Frankenlift II Deluxe, 245/75 16 E rated Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs.

What are your measurements?(center of wheel to flare)

You maybe way les then 4" over "factory" spec since your '04 could have sagged as much as 1" or more in the last 10 years.You will never get "only" 2.5" of lift from a Frankinlift is using the 927 coils unless you put it on a CRD or run it for 100k+ miles.

He is at 23 inches front
rear I think he posted 21.5 or ??

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

Thanks tommudd that is correct 23" front 21.5" rear.

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~Tom
04 Jeep Liberty Limited - Frankenlift II Deluxe, 245/75 16 E rated Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs.

That sounds right. I got a franken I'm a little over 23 but added 2 washers on the clevis. I suggest jba arms with your lift unless you go with a ome lift that would put you down at 21-22 in the front.

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Outlaw KJ '04 4X4 v6 Sport
Frankenlifted front, custom springs 4" rear, 23.25" F/R - 265/75 Duratracs 16x7 D windows- JBA 4.5 UCAs, Y-link - AEM Brute Intake - Rockcrusher diff cover, Mopar Front Skid, All J belly skid, Skink Sliders - EBC Green Stuff F/R - DTT Front, 4.10s

I've been running a Frankenlift for a couple of years now, with an ARB, and a Superwinch 9500...I'm still just a little over 23" in front... As I understand it, a Frankenlift is 2.5" over BRAND NEW 2002 height....In 2002 Car and Driver magazine (?) rolled a brand new KJ, because they were trying to drive it like a sports car through a slalom course....Diamler/Chrysler/Jeep's answer to that "problem" was to lower all subsequent KJ's by 3/4 of an inch... Your 2004, as it rolled off the assembly line, was 3/4" lower than a 2002 and your KJ's front suspension had ten years worth of sag. Your KJ now sits 2.5" higher than a BRAND NEW 2002 would have.... I had to have JBA's upper arms to get my KJ to align correctly...and I'm glad I did; they are a vast improvement over the factory upper arms, with the cast in upper ball joint. When I removed my factory upper arms I found a large tear in one of the the boots that I couldn't see without removing it...Replacing a ball joint, or boot on a JBA arm beats the heck out of having to replace an entire factory upper A arm...

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Black '05 Renegade. Front suspension: Frankenlift, Moog HD LBJ's, Audiboy cut CV's
Rear suspension: OME 948's, 2 extra upper ISO's, Rancho RS 5000 shocks.
31X10.50X15 Duratrac's/ProComp 152's
ARB bumper, Mopar skids, JCR stage III's, Reese hitch with tractor lights, Champion shackle insert, "homebrew" on board air, 1000 watt inverter

Early models were about 19.75, so with the reasoning that a Franky gives you 2.5 inches over those then that would mean you would be at 22.25 not 23

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

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'05 Sport 4X4, 3.7L - Black | Frankenlift II Premium, JBA KJ Lifted A-Arms 4.5 | Cooper Discoverer A/T3 - LT245/75R16, Load C