[Mark-96-XJ]

so today worked 6 hours... got the drivers side upper shackle bolt off by torching it a lot. i have the passenger side lower shackle bolt off, but just have the top to do now. also started today to get the front going. took out the shocks, started to take out the control arms, but looks like im gonna have to use a reciprocating saw on them. also started tightening the u bolts on the back axle (turns out i have the c8.25 27 spline) and started getting the broken shock bolts out... had to stop because the damn mosquitoes were so bad.

[Mark-96-XJ]

soooooooo my rough country 4.5 inch lift is finished. after going to u-pull-r-parts and getting a new track bar, and cutting into my floor in the trunk, it wasnt so bad after all... just very annoying with some bolts that didnt want to move.

measured the front at 6 inches lift and back at 5.5 inches lift. im going to get my 33 inch bfg a/ts later today and will post pics of the jeep when i get home

oh yeah forgot to mention... no t-case drop, no vibes anywhere from 0-65... guess i got pretty lucky? steering is a little sloppy though... how do i fix that? steering stabilizer?

[Mark-96-XJ]

here are pics of the lift as of now... serious death wobble. happens anywhere between 20 and 60 mph. last night went on the highway and shook so bad the headlight cover came off so i pulled onto the shoulder and ran down the highway to grab it. gonna get it aligned tomorrow. sorry for the bad quality of pics i had to use some night-shot setting on my camera. ill post better ones tomorrow

[countrythang]

I think it looks good, I like the Herc all over, lol... and for the vibes man you really need to look into a TC lowering, or fit the bill and do it right and get a SYE kit.
BTW the snorkel looks great! Good Job!

[TreyMR2]

Originally Posted by marelmore

okay so rc 4.5 came in the mail today!!! yes!!! finally, gonna throw that puppy on in 5-6 hours! no way in hell. started taking the shocks off and LUCKILY all 4 of the upper bolts snapped off in the holes! great way to start it. well, cant be much worse that that i thought. so i started taking off the ubolts in the rear end and they came off with a little persuasion (keep in mind ive been liquid wrenching every bolt for 2 weeks) and so i dropped the rear axle. got the old eye bolt out, put the new AAL on, bolted it in, put the new "c" clips on. WELL here comes the worst part ever. getting that damn rear shackle off. i soaked it in liquid wrench. didnt budge with a cheater bar, tried pounding it with a BFH and everything... well after about 3 hours of persuading it, its out about 1/4 inch on each side! so spent 7 hours today and didnt even finish half of the rear end... this "1 day project" is gonna be a "1 year project". just a little tip for people thinking of lifting... know what your getting yourself into before you start. im really discouraged and mentally beat down. i am so fed up with this ****ing lift. tomorrow im gonna borrow a friends impact wrench and hope it helps somewhat. no pictures cause not much progress made, but pictures tomorrow.

Air tools will save your *** on stuff like this. I work at a toyota dealership so I keep a pretty good pile of them on me, didn't break a single bolt of catch any hell from any of them for my whole 2.5'' OME lift, front track bar and front control arms. Just a thought for next time you gotta do something like this, I seem to break way less bolts off with air tools to just zip them off then sitting there with a hand tool pulling on them. Lift looks good by the way, I like the bed liner look much better now that its lifted. I also just got threw with a DW situation on my jeep to so I wish you the best of luck with that. Lol

[JohnW720]

wow man. your rig is really coming along real nice. this is one of my favorite xj's on here.

[sluggermyers]

Originally Posted by Bigbuckley

wow man. your rig is really coming along real nice. this is one of my favorite xj's on here.

i hear yah dude!
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keep the updates coming!

out of curiosity, how's the bed lining holding up?

[1993F250]

Hey how did you mount your snorkel to the body?

[Mark-96-XJ]

Originally Posted by 1993F250

Hey how did you mount your snorkel to the body?

Ziptie between the door and fender.

Thanks guys I ordered a new side marker and just put a rough country sticker on my windshield today. I gotta say I'm really impressed with rough country I called them today and told them about my lower control arms bushings being opened from death wobble and they're sending me 2 new lcas free of charge. Only was on the phone for about 4 minutes. Really great service. Jeeps been sitting in my garage waiting until Tuesday when I take it to a 4x4 shop to fix my lca bracket and get it aligned

[1993F250]

Originally Posted by marelmore

Ziptie between the door and fender.

so you dont have anything on top to hold it? just the one?

[Mark-96-XJ]

Originally Posted by 1993F250

so you dont have anything on top to hold it? just the one?

yep between that and being tight in the hole on the fender it doesnt really move. i probably will put another zip tie up top just for peace of mind but its held up great.

[Mark-96-XJ]

Originally Posted by sluggermyers

i hear yah dude!
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keep the updates coming!

out of curiosity, how's the bed lining holding up?

its holding up great ive scratched it, thrown stuff at it, smashed big branches, and not a single ding or peel or anything. really great stuff

[Mark-96-XJ]

just an update... still havent taken the jeep into the shop to get fixed. i just today ordered RC's adjustable front track bar and a steering stabilizer. once those get here and get on the jeep, shes goin to the shop!

[Mark-96-XJ]

Nothing to say...

[Mark-96-XJ]

got a few goodies today... adjustable track bar and steering stabilizer. love rough country's smell when you open the little brown package