After 6 days of wrenching, cutting, torching, hammering its finally on. It's a Rough Country 3'' Lift with the full leaf packs. After driving it for a few days I must say I really like it! Anyway on with the pics.
Hooray For UPS!!!
In the shop:
On the jack stands:
Getting the front end apart:
Rear end apart:
John putting in the new leaf springs :
Ryan taking out the lower control arm on the pumpkin side so we could get the new spring in:
New spring and shock in:
This bitch took SEVEN hours to get out. It was totally seized in there. In the end a cutoff wheel was the answer:
Front all back together:
Drivers side leaf pack in:
It was a long frustrating road but well worth it. In the end the only casualties were a bunch of bolts that broke off, and two sway bar end links that I broke.
Before:
After:
Questions and comments welcome. P.S. I know I need Bigger tires. Dont worry, they are coming soon.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edited Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:08 PM
285's are bigger than 33's
scratch that. if those are 15" steel wheels your rocking then you can either do a 33x12.50r15 or a 315/70r15 both have an overall diameter of 32.5 if those are 16's then you can do a 33x12.50r16 or 285/70R16 both will have an overall diameter of 32.8,
i had a 3" on my yj and was running 35" bfg m/t with no clearance issues.
i switched to 33" pro-comp a/t later.
love the jeep man! whats the plan for tires?
My car was made with wrenches, Not chopsticks.
31/10.5/15 mud terrain. Not sure which ones I'm going with. I have a few I like. I'll throw some pics of the choices later.
Lol I will have to take some pics of out 98 Cherokee. Looks just like uours now( with 4 doors.
