My 05 Liberty Renegade with 3.5" Rock Krawler Lift pics

Guest · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:27 pm

And that's why women have a terrible ability to judge distance...

CD · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:49 pm

Looks good Chris & welcome to LOSTKJ's.

chrisgt2 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:53 pm

Tommud, that pic is on a slight slope but not much

Also, a coworker has the skyjacker full coil kit and my jeep is about 1/2 to 3/4" taller

scarletbegonias · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:55 pm

easy there, thunderbird....

chrisgt2 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:03 am

That is "claimed" lift and I'm sure each company is different so take it as it is.......

3.5 supposed front and 2.5 for sure rear so its level

I am 36.5" to my front wheel well.

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:26 am

but that measurement changes with the tire you have, so recommended measurement is from the center of the wheel to the bottom of the flare, takes the tire size out of the mix, more accurate

Tom

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:44 am

Hello and welcome to LOST Chris! You said your from pittsburgh. You should check out Beaver Run Dirt Days. It's an outstanding event.. my father and i have been to 2 of them so far (they've only had 2) but they have them once a month. great trails!.. probably less than an hour from where your at. Heres the link.. we're going to try and make it to the next event (May 11th) http://www.beaverun.com/thrills_dirt_days.htm hope to see you there!

chrisgt2 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:36 am

Yeah actually its like 10 mins away.... lol I'm in Beaver but I say Pitt cause its easier for people ya know. Have looked into it but I only have A/T's right now I sold my smaller M/T's....... Not sure it I'll be ok with them or not

MNKK · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:59 am

scarletbegonias wrote:

easy there, thunderbird....

Own3d.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:46 am

Nice pics and glad the RK lift is working for you.

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I am 36.5" to my front wheel well.

I'm at 37 5/8" in the front and 37 1/4" in the rear with my SkyJacker coil lift(and after 4 years).

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:37 am

you should def. go! theres 3 levels of trails. 1,2, and 3... the first time i went (with my liberty) i did the 2 (medium) trail. it was right after winter and a large snow that had melted so it was MUDDY!!! had to get winched twice.. i also have A/T tires. my dad and i took his rubicon last weekend and it was dry as a bone.. and we also took the medium trail and it was much much MUCH easier than when everything was flowing water (seriously.. running water ) but i would say, if you have skids and it is dry, you could def. do the medium trail. when i take mine back i'm going to do it again and if not i'll do the easy trail.. it was a blast too! (did it the 2nd half of the day after needing winched out of mud twice on the medium trail).

BeepBeepJeepJeep · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:54 am

tjkj2002 wrote:

Nice pics and glad the RK lift is working for you.

Quote:

I am 36.5" to my front wheel well.

I'm at 37 5/8" in the front and 37 1/4" in the rear with my SkyJacker coil lift(and after 4 years).

I'm sitting at ~35.5". That is with a 4-ring clevis and 2 rear isos... I guess it's time to upgrade. :oops:

That JBA 6" is looking mighty tempting...

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:45 am

But again measurements from the ground up tell only 1/2 half of the story, true measurements of a lift come from the center of the wheel to the bottom edge of the flare.

For example I am sitting right now at 35 5/8 but thats with 255 70s so if I go to a 245-75 I will gain another 1/4 maybe and with a 265-75 will gain almost 3/4 of an inch so will be at least 36 1/2 or more, so depending on tire and also wheel size, heighth from the ground up can be a lot different depending on your set up.
There in lies the problems when new people see these fiqures and try to copy and then dont have the same in the end

jpsmith · **Joined:** Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:52 pm **Posts:** 40

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Thanks all, I'm from Pittsburgh.....

Where abouts in Pgh? I saw you said Beaver. I've been seeing a silver lifted rene in and around Moon/Crescent/Hopewell lately. That you?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:15 pm

tommudd wrote:

But again measurements from the ground up tell only 1/2 half of the story, true measurements of a lift come from the center of the wheel to the bottom edge of the flare.

For example I am sitting right now at 35 5/8 but thats with 255 70s so if I go to a 245-75 I will gain another 1/4 maybe and with a 265-75 will gain almost 3/4 of an inch so will be at least 36 1/2 or more, so depending on tire and also wheel size, heighth from the ground up can be a lot different depending on your set up.
There in lies the problems when new people see these fiqures and try to copy and then dont have the same in the end

You are right,and I'm running 265/75 Trxus MT's on 16x7 rims(31.9" tall) compared to your 245/75 MT/R's that are 30.5" tall,but I got about 900lbs-1000lbs more weight also.

chrisgt2 · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 6:34 pm

No complaints on the Rock Krawler kit yet..... about 1000 miles in and lovin it, even if they havent had the best reputation on here.

Gas mileage has been very close to what it was before the 245 75's....hard to tell really since the odometer is off now

Joe Jeeper · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 9:11 pm

Looks real good! Keep an eye on the stock upper ball joints!

Pote · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2008 11:06 am

chrisgt2 wrote:

great so far! rides like stock

really?!? is that's what's desired? I figured it should blow away a stock ride for feeling and performance, no?????

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2008 11:15 am

stock springs/struts etc that are just getting weaker by the day so yep it will feel like a stock one, why upgrade to a better ride :wink:

KJ04 · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2008 12:10 pm

Yeah, those stock springs and struts won't hold up very long off-roading.

My 05 Liberty Renegade with 3.5" Rock Krawler Lift pics

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