After much consideration, I've decided to install a 2.5" lift from Jeepin' By Al in my '06 Liberty. I'll be using the Adjust-A-Strut coilover system (with new upper A-arms) on the front and Bilstein shocks (with remote reservoir) in the rear. I'd greatly appreciate hearing from anybody who's installed this system, as regards installation/adjustment tips. I also plan to install new bushings and ball joints in the stock lower A-arms, so would appreciate any "lessons learned" about that too.

Any info will be greatly appreciated.

Steve

Hey I personally never road them I currently have the skyjacker platinum lift and I would recommend it to everyone awesome on an off road one my buddies rides the jeepin by al he likes it off road but always complains about his day to day driving so If I were you I would just really make sure you that's what u want

*Side note I ride the jeepin by al upper control arms with my skyjacker lift hope this helps

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2006 kj 6spd white
skyjacker platinum lift with Conduit Clevis lift,
JBA 4.5 UCA
JBA shaved dow CV's
Detours Backbone Bumper System,
Smittybilt 8000lb synthetic line winch, surco roof rack
Cragar Soft 8 Silver Wheels
4.10 gears, 245/75/16 Wrangler Authority A/T
Pinch welds annihilated
Class III rear hitch



HOPEFULLY adding a snorkel soon

Everyone that I have read about says they ride and handle good , if they start to sag any you can always adjust it up.
Depends on what you want. OME ride great and good value

Just stay away from like Rustys and Skyjacker both have spring rates which are the same as stock, will sag quickly

So if you have the cash again JBAs that you are looking at should do ou a good job

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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

I've finished installing the lift and replacing the bushings/balljoints. Overall, it wasn't too hard of a task, and the initial results seem to be well worth the expense and effort. The on-road ride is a VAST improvement over stock, but I've not taken it off-road yet. The only "glitch" so far is the positioning of the remote reservoirs for the rear Bilstein 7100 shocks. I initially mounted them on the shock body, on the back side toward the springs. In just the little bit of on-road driving I've done so far, they've made contact with the rear axle somehow and been moved upward on the shock body. This obviously needs re-working.

I'd like to know where others who have these same shocks have mounted their reservoirs.

Steve

I too am sbrooks! Lol, but my first name is Sean. Just wanted to say hello

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2006 Liberty Sport 4x4
Many Plans to Come!!!

"Hi" to you too, Sean

Steve

Three comments about my 2.5" JBA Adjust-A-Strut lift install, and a question:

Before starting the install, I put all the bushings for the lower a-arms (three each arm) in the freezer. To remove the old bushings, I used a plasma cutter to cut/burn out the old bushings and shells. With the arms still hot from removing the old bushings, I installed the new ones (coating each with anti-seize compound) by driving them in with a hammer and various large sockets. I did basically the same process for the ball joints, and drove them out/in with a hammer.

I came up with a way of mounting the remote reservoirs that I'm very happy with. I trimmed the rear wheelwell plastic so I could mount them horizontally along the frame right above the spring. I bought two bags of steel 2" EMT conduit one-hole clamps (part # 44925 at Lowe's), and used black Gorilla tape to build up the diameter of the reservoirs to make the clamps tight around them. I used self-tapping screws to mount the clamps to the frame where I mentioned, and also used split rubber fuel line as anti-chafe at various places along the braided steel line. This method looks very professional, and the reservoirs are very secure, with no chance the hit the tire or shock.

I've just returned from a 600-mile road trip, and can say the Liberty rides like a dream now. The difference is night-and-day, so I consider the expense money-well-spent. I had to contact Marlin Gehman from JBA a couple of times during the install, and he was always available and took time to answer my questions thoroughly.

The only "issue" I've encountered is the rear shocks themselves (Bilstein model 7100, part # AK7110R99). After my trip, while inspecting the rear shocks, I noticed the rubber o-ring around the shaft (which indicates rod travel) was only approximately 3/4" from hitting the shaft collar at the heim joint end (ie, only 3/4" from bottoming out the shock). When I spoke with Marlin about this, he assured me the shocks are the correct ones for my 2.5" lift and the amount of travel remaining is normal. Considering my trip was all road miles, with encountering only some normal-size mall paking lot speed bumps, I'm not so sure the remaining shock travel is as it should be. Can anybody comment about this? I'd appreciate hearing from anybody else who has experience with these Bilstein shocks for their Liberty.

Steve

I am getting ready to purchase one of these lifts as well. I was comparing this to the Frankenlift 2 premium but the Frankenlift people will not email me back. It is quite a bit more expensive but I hope it's worth the extra cost. What tires and rims did you end up going with?

Call AllJs and talk to Heather if you can, great people to deal with
She'll fix you up if you want the Frankenlift

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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

I'm using 245/70R16 Michelin LTX A/T2 tires on the stock rims


The only "issue" I've encountered is the rear shocks themselves (Bilstein model 7100, part # AK7110R99). After my trip, while inspecting the rear shocks, I noticed the rubber o-ring around the shaft (which indicates rod travel) was only approximately 3/4" from hitting the shaft collar at the heim joint end (ie, only 3/4" from bottoming out the shock). When I spoke with Marlin about this, he assured me the shocks are the correct ones for my 2.5" lift and the amount of travel remaining is normal. Considering my trip was all road miles, with encountering only some normal-size mall paking lot speed bumps, I'm not so sure the remaining shock travel is as it should be. Can anybody comment about this? I'd appreciate hearing from anybody else who has experience with these Bilstein shocks for their Liberty.

Steve[/quote]

I'd still like to hear from anybody else who can comment on my concern about my shocks.

Thanks,

Steve