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Old 04-16-2013, 09:35 PM
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Actually does look like a bullet hole lol. Open that thing up.
Lol seriously it does open'er up you gotta get a new diff cover at least anyways
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Originally Posted by 94XjSport94
He is in a grand cherokee... Read the post
I'm going to assume you mean this directed at me. If so want to enlighten me on how this matters to what I said? Seems to me like you need to 'read the post'

And fyi you posted as I was typing on my phone lol
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I decided on a 2"(i think) home brew budget boost. Ima do YJ v8 could an insulators up front which should do right at 2". Though the back is where I am not sure what to do. I believe my rear leafs are bout done for. How do I left the rear? Direct bolt ons would be sweet but it doesn't have to be.
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I decided on a 2"(i think) home brew budget boost. Ima do YJ v8 could an insulators up front which should do right at 2". Though the back is where I am not sure what to do. I believe my rear leafs are bout done for. How do I left the rear? Direct bolt ons would be sweet but it doesn't have to be.
Don't do v8 zj coils, you can get spacers for super cheap. Plus, I'd think the spring rate on the v8 zj coils would be higher causing a rougher ride. Unless you already have the coils and isolators, it's not worth the trouble imho when you can just use a 2 inch spacer.
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Can you fit 33s (4in bs) under 4.5 lift with no trimming if I don't wheel it?
Just so if I get tires then a lift
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Can you fit 33s (4in bs) under 4.5 lift with no trimming if I don't wheel it?
Just so if I get tires then a lift
Yup
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And even if you do wheel it just add bump stopping.
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I'm going to assume you mean this directed at me. If so want to enlighten me on how this matters to what I said? Seems to me like you need to 'read the post'

And fyi you posted as I was typing on my phone lol
You suggested about rear axle upgrades like an 8.8 and talked up the 8.25. The 8.25 has leaf perches on it and to make it work it would need a decent amount of fab work to work with the GC coils out back, control arms, and shock mounts.
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I thought I remembered reading the axles are significantly wider too on the grand.
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Is there some formula or maybe somebody just knows already. With around 5" lift is it OK to cut off the axle shock mount and re-weld them (or similar) at the height of the axle tube? Or maybe different shocks are required? They hang super low and I've seen them torn off a couple times already. Educate me.
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There isn't a formula per say... If you move the mount up 2" you need to account for the changed 2" of travel in the shocks.
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I thought I remembered reading the axles are significantly wider too on the grand.
ZJ and XJ front axles are direct swaps, width is similar
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Originally Posted by 94XjSport94
ZJ and XJ axles are direct swaps, width is similar
Then it's the WJ that are wider?
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Originally Posted by McCaffrey
Then it's the WJ that are wider?
I edited that to front axles. Obviously rear is different. I don't know anything about WJ's other than bump the 4.7
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