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| Author: | jkkj [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | To Lift or Not to Lift... |
The burning question for me now is, do I really need to lift a 2004 Jeep Liberty Sport? Some of the trails I'd like to explore are described at: http://www.dirtopia.com/wiki/Lake_Arrowhead and http://www.dirtopia.com/wiki/Big_Bear I don't think I would try to do any kind of rock crawling in it, and more than likely my wife and kids would go along so I'm imagining that would be limiting. I would probably classify it as "occasional" off road use, maybe once a month. I do need to replace the shocks, struts and get an alignment, so naturally I figured I should just get the Frankenlift and take care of everything in one shot. What do you think? Also, what order of items assuming I'm not going to drop 5k at once (ie...Recovery Points, Tow Hitch, Tires, FrankenLift, etc...). |
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| Author: | WWDiesel [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: To Lift or Not to Lift... |
If you want to hold the price down; you can order springs by Ironman or OME and Bilstein shocks and install them all yourself. Throw in a clevis spacer and you can get 2.5 to 3.0 inches of lift for moderate trail use provided you got some decent tires.... 
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| Author: | Grannysgoat [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: To Lift or Not to Lift... |
If you stay on the Blue or Green rated trails you should be OK with decent tires and no lift, do not go on any black rated trails. Also, please don't wheel alone. Check out our group, Lost Jeeps SoCal for a bunch that loves to wheel and takes care of our forest. New members always welcome and you get great experience from being with an experienced leader group. IMO, 1. Recovery points 2. Tires 3. Lift However, if you need shocks and stuff now you could do the lift which would keep you from having to deal with shocks twice. |
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| Author: | tommudd [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: To Lift or Not to Lift... |
Lift it, better overall ride on and off road, better handling all around, it'll be like driving a different vehicle |
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