itsanxjthing

thanx alot asatxj. Copy, paste, print!

4.3L XJ

Yes you do. There are two reasons to lower the bump stops. First to protect you new shocks and second to keep your tires out of the fenders.

To figure out how much for your shocks, disconnect them and compress them all the way and see where the position of the mount would be. Measure the difference between those two positions and the distance to the current bump stop. Subtract the first from the second, add 1" and that is how much you need to add.

95Cherokee

Bar pin eliminators, do they really get rid of the thump, what else if anything do they do?

95Cherokee

Never mind, I think new shocks with poly bushings will get rid of the thump

1990cherokee

Hello, i am bout to buy the 8 inch rock ready long arm kit for my 1990 cherokee and am trying to get some feed back on anyone that has this kit and how they handle and how they like it and all that good stuff, thanks in advance help me out. hit me up here or pm me.

xjkiller

okc how long have you had that kit on your jeep.I'm looking to get the 4.5 lift with the long arms ,but I hear that the leaf springs wear out really fast is this true.I Dont drive my jeep a whole lot except through hunting season and maybee to disney a couple times.But I've read 10 months or so and it seems they should last longer than that.whats your experince?

xjkiller

Dont re leaf springs wear out really fast?

Ian96XJ

Alright, stupid quesion here. How can I tell if the previous owner / dealer installed a lift kit and if so, how much was it? I could measure the height from the ground to the body, but I wouldn't know what the stock height would be.

I have a '96 XJ Sport 2WD I'm slowly breathing life back into and some shocks are dependent on lift height. Thanks.

asatxj

measure from center of HUB to bottom of fender flare front is 17" and rear is 17.5" IIRC ( might be off a little on this one). You can use stock shocks up to 2" of lift without issue. PO may have installed a lift, I doubt a stealership would have on an older jeep. Current JK's have a Mopar lift option but nothing in 96 AFAIK

broncofire75

Its 17.5" up front and 17" rear from center of hub to bottom of the flare.

What size tires are on it?

broncofire75

No.

broncofire75

Thats a LOT of lift and the kit isnt complete.

Youll need a Slip Yoke Eliminator(google it) and a CV driveshaft. No getting around that at that much lift.

What size tires are you wanting to run? Stock axles on a 90 wont like anything more than a 33 on hard wheeling or 35s if youre a special person LOL. 8'' is too much for 33s or 35s for that matter.

1990cherokee

I understand what else i am going to need in order to do this lift. I am getting a custom made driveshaft from 6 states and i already have the slip yoke. eventually i am going to dana 44's front and rear with ARB. Why do you say its too much lift? Would the 6 inch long arm kit be a little better and just run 33's with that?

xsr71x

I have a dilemma! 94 XJ going to put Rough Country 3" lift and 31's, but came across 15x8 rims with 33x12.5 tires mounted for $100. What do I need to do to make these wheels and tires work?

95Cherokee

There's plenty of rigs with the 3in./31in. setup on here, that works good, trim for the 33's.