Hey, I was wondering how much of a lift I can get without having to get longer drivelines and different control arms or whatever. Basically I want the most lift for the least amount of work and money. Also, what brands would you suggest too? Thanks.

Oh yeah, its a '92 with a 4.0 and 5 spd. and 4 wheel drive

i dont know for sure but after 2 inches my driveline, trackbar, and control arms needed to be replaced to achive full extention

a cheap and easy lift is a rough country 3 in, you don't have to replace the control arms, or drop the t-case, all you do is replace the front coil springs, and in the rear you put an add-a-leaf, and extend the rear brake lines, and your done

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I've got a 93 cherokee with a 3" lift and 31x10.50 and it runs good and does good offroad, I'll e-mail pictures if you want to see what it looks like

Rubicon Express they make awesome lift kits. And you are not going to lift any vehicle without work, so get out the wrenches and get dirty.

Look at the Old Man Emu suspension system. The only design the system to accomodate a safe amount of lift without replacing drivetrain components.

I'm pretty sure the cherokee lift doesn't give you much more than 2 inches, but I'm not sure

I've got a 93 cherokee with a 3" lift and 31x10.50 and it runs good and does good offroad, I'll e-mail pictures if you want to see what it looks like

Sure, that would be cool. Did you get new springs with a lift kit on top of that?

I put on a Skyjacker 3" lift. It actually lifted it 4. Kit included everything. Even new leaf springs. I would stay away from blocks or add a leaf's (not as dependable). I didn't have to lengthen my break lines although its a good idea. Also I did have to lengthen the driveshaft, and had to change the shims twice to get it just right. It took a full weekend. All hand tools and no lift. I think Skyjacker makes the best lifts for any style Jeep. Also they make a coil spring conversion kit for the rear now.

Yeah, i have a skyjacker 3" it came with all the springs front and back the arms and shocks, yeah compared to the stock suspension it surprisingly has a lot of travel too. My jeep also has the 5 speed 4.0 and i run 31x10.50's and it rides smooth and didn't feel like it lost any power. If you want pictures I could send them but i think i would need your e-mail unless you know another way.

I have a 3" Skyjacker on my '99 XJ. I've had no problems with it and would certainly recomend the lift to anyone.

rocky road outfitters has a nice 2 and 3 inch lift kit for around $150 i have the 2 inch and it is great.... easy to install its about a half day job depending on the amount of help you have, just be sure to use lots of pb blaster

Look at the Old Man Emu suspension system. The only design the system to accomodate a safe amount of lift without replacing drivetrain components.

I'm pretty sure the cherokee lift doesn't give you much more than 2 inches, but I'm not sure


He did say that he wanted something cheap, old man emu does not qualify as cheap. :grinno:

Find yourself some spacers for the front and a longer shackle in the rear. Or you could go to the junk yard and get yourself a set of springs off of a Grand Cherokee w/v8 and put thoes springs in with an Add a Leaf in the rear. Lots of different ways to do this.
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If you go to pirate4x4.com dont ask this question there. You will not like the answers that you get. That is more of a hardcore 4x4 site. If you dont have dana 60's at least 35's and a V8 dont bother going there.
Just thought that I would give you a heads up.

Get yourself a set of used dakota rear springs, use everything but the main leaf, use the cherokee main leaf. add that to some carquest zj coils with a spacer upfront and that should net you between 3-4 in for fairly cheap id bet under 200 bucks, you would also need at least a t/c drop brack but you can make one real easy. Check out www.jeepsunlimited.com or www.jeepforums.com they are good for smaller lift cherokee question

you could go with a fabtech kit its pretty reasonable and about four inches, although you might need to drop the t-case. To avoid doin that stick with anything 3"s and under.

I just installed (today) the Daystar 2" kit, coil spacer and greasable shackle, took about 3hrs. Start using penetrating oil days in advance!! I replaced stock tires w/ Procomp 31's, Awsome! took it up some very steap hills to make sure nothing was going to fall off. This was just what I was looking for.The kit was 82.00 plus shipping from 4x4warehouse.

Here is what I did to both my Cherokees (89 LTD and 90 Sport)
Go to Rustys
https://rustysoffroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=rustys&Category_Code=S
and got the budget lift. It comes with a front coil spacer and longer shackles in the rear. Cost $100 and gives me almost 2 inches of lift. Then to get more lift (and for towing) I went to a local industrial truck service center and had the rear leafs re-curved and an extra leaf added. Now I run 30 X 9.5 BFGs on both rigs and can enjoy some offroading.
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