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Old 03-10-2014, 09:40 PM
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Is it just me or does everyone get the feeling that their Jeep looks lower and lower every day? I keep obsessing over my tire pressure and thinking my lift isn't as high as it was new. Is someone swapping my suspension at night or is this normal?
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Mine keeps getting higher went up a inch yesterday
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Is it just me or does everyone get the feeling that their Jeep looks lower and lower every day? I keep obsessing over my tire pressure and thinking my lift isn't as high as it was new. Is someone swapping my suspension at night or is this normal?
Dude you're right...your XJ DOES look lower today....LMAO
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"Global Lowering"
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Dude you're right...your XJ DOES look lower today....LMAO
O_O don't say that!
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Maybe everything else around your XJ is getting bigger?
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This is why XJ's are dry clean only
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so it really is just me?
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No. I feel that way too.
But then, mine is stock and sitting on worn out shocks.......
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Suspensions do settle over time...what kind of lift do you have and how long have you had it?
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Your eyes just get used to it. It's just like anything else really, when it's new your mind is excited because it's different but as time goes on you get used to it and it's not as exciting visually as it was the first day of the lift, that's why lifting jeeps are addicted.
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Originally Posted by roninofako
Suspensions do settle over time...what kind of lift do you have and how long have you had it?
pro comp lift, and 07
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pro comp lift, and 07
Very possible it's starting to sag a bit then. Was it a full leaf in the rear or add a leaf? AAL are more prone to sagging, and if it was a block lift (please say no) they have a tendency to snap leaves clean in half. Your lift is 7 years old, expect there to be some sag. How much lift was it originally? You can always do the measurements and see how much it has sagged...
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Originally Posted by roninofako
Very possible it's starting to sag a bit then. Was it a full leaf in the rear or add a leaf? AAL are more prone to sagging, and if it was a block lift (please say no) they have a tendency to snap leaves clean in half. Your lift is 7 years old, expect there to be some sag.
no, full leafs. id buy an F150 if i wanted to lift things the wrong way.
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heres some more gore.
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