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Offline xjjeeper

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rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« on: November 26, 2009, 12:47:33 AM »
Hey guys i plan on doing my lift kit next weekend but how long do you think it  will take ? says 4 to 5 hrs me and my friend will be doing it hopefully at his friends shop with a lift.  i put a list of the parts from rustys. KIT INCLUDES:
• Front 4.5" coil springs
• Rear 4.5" leaf springs
• Fixed front lower control arms
• Front hydro preformance shocks
• Rear hydro prformance shocks
• Adjustable trac bar
• Front Sway Bar Drop Kit
• Transfer case drop kit
• Brake line extension kit
• Grade 8 U-Bolts
• 6 degree shims

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Re: rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2009, 01:37:24 AM »
its a jeep, something will break, or strip etc... Good luck. Probably going to be without a jeep for a day or so.
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Re: rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2009, 01:50:18 AM »
if u planning on wheeling alot go long arms

if i where u
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Re: rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2009, 04:11:22 AM »
You can plan on all of the current bolts being a PITA, especially the rear leaf springs. Start hitting them now with PB Blaster and do it for at least a week or two everyday until you do the lift. If you have access to some type of torch to heat things up I would have it handy also. Plan on at least a couple bolts breaking when you try to remove them.
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Re: rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2009, 08:21:12 AM »
i just put this lift on my 2000 cherokee in a driveway and it took about 8 hours.
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Re: rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2009, 09:06:10 PM »
I have some people helping who are machanics and we have a shop to use with all the tools and a lift so i hope it wont be that bad.

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Re: rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2009, 04:11:14 AM »
I have some people helping who are machanics and we have a shop to use with all the tools and a lift so i hope it wont be that bad.

All the tools in the world won't help when the rear leaf spring nut-sert brakes off inside the frame.  We had a sawzall, angle grinders, torch, dremmel, and it still took, 4 hours to pull the rear spings in Roger's old XJ.   :P  Lots of PB Blaster, and then some more PB Blaster, and pray to the Jeep gods. :P
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Re: rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2009, 06:44:12 AM »
same story with Gary's XJ, i echo the pb blaster trick...   
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Re: rustys 4.5 inch lift full leafs
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2009, 05:53:26 PM »
The lift took a total of 12 hours the front went very well than ran into problems when all the bolts on my tcase fell apart had to rea drill and tap them same with the rear shocks and ran into other problems i cant belive how much rust my jeep had it looks soo clean and still if you look at it it doesnt look like it had much at all.