10 reasons NOT to put a lift kit in your Jeep
by Garrett · 78 comments
- After a lift, your Jeep will NOT ride like it did when it was stock height (don’t believe the marketing hype or message boards)
- You WILL spend significantly more money on your Jeep after the lift kit is installed
- Lift kits lead to bigger tires. Bigger tires lead to new steering parts, better brakes, gearing upgrades, a stronger tire carrier, refinancing your house, etc.
- Your wife/girlfriend will complain that your Jeep is hard to get into and is scary to drive
- 33-inch tires will start to look tiny. Your brain does strange things in an effort to make you justify that 38’s are the new 33’s
- Fixing driveline vibrations & re-balancing tires will drive you insane
- You may experience the dreaded “death wobble.” If you do, you’ll be investing in new underwear
- You’ll get pissed at Jeep for not adding welders and onboard air as standard equipment from the factory
- You’ll start wondering if your Jeep can climb random things (e.g. the rock in your neighbor’s yard, guard rails, the hood of your boss’ Mercedes)
- There will be times when you hate your Jeep and will want to burn it to the ground
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1996 XJ 4.0 auto np231, 140kmiles, 7″ long arm y-link front, 4-link and coils going on in rear, SYE, Tom Woods, 17″ moab wheels on 33″ MTRs, 4.5″ backspacing, CB, Rear custom bumper with tire carrier, and high lift carrier, Pioneer/ Iphone handsfree, Wideband o2, full custom exhaust
gears, locker, axle gussets, ladderbox frame all coming soon
NEVER ENDING
hey i just have a quick question. so i leave in september for bootcamp, im going into the marines. and i bought a 1990 yj for the summer just to have fun in. right now its sitting on 33’s. do you think it would be a bad idea to put a 3 inch body lift in? i dont plan on this jeep being my daily driver once i get out of bootcamp i just want to have some fun this summer.
thanks
-john
John,
Most people don’t recommend more than 1-1.5″ body lift b/c of the center of gravity issues as you go higher as well as looks (a 3″ body lift really creates a BIG gap betw body & frame).
John i would suggest that u put a budget lift on your jeep if u just want to have fun with it for one summer. these are also known as shackles all they do is rise your suspension with out much damage to ride quality as you keep your existing springs.
i agree with xj owners like myself i have two on stock one lifted love them both screw wranglers.
Jeeps are suppose to be lifted. I am on my 5th jeep. 05 jeep grand cherokee. And yep its lifted and a pussy magnet. So suck it!
Are you jokeing my wrangler haz 600 hp 4 in lift kit 35 by14 1/2 black and all chrome attachment it werth abowt 80,000.00 up I never lost to an xj in my jeep to list all of my parts it wud take much time . O an you can wheely I win
man thats not shit i have a srt 8 motor in a wrangler 14 in lift sitting on 52’s
thanks to a fab shop in my back yard and a few strings were pulled and i have the baddest monster in LA look it up on youtube boy is legandary
Im a girl and I drive a Jeep and I was the one that wanted a lift on it. Also I like my 33 10 50s! Silly Boys Jeeps are for Girls :p
i gotta queston i gotta 2011 jeep wrangler rubicon and i possibly have a two inch lift idk if the rubicon comes with an installed lift but i think have a 2 inch lift any ways the tires on 32 and i wanted to go to 34 would i need to lift my jeep any more for 34 inch tires and if i did let me know the cons like if the ride would be rougher and such, thanks.
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