Check with Rick (RCJunkie) on here - he's in OKC, or even JohnnyB or PainKiller (although they're closer to Tulsa/Broken Arrow). We have several people in the region that are skilled welders, and some of these guys know good fabricators and machine shops that might be able to help you out. Just out or curiosity - which shop in TX were you dealing with?

 

im about to pull the trigger on a lift...but i got a few options...
1.Pro Comp 2.5" with mx-6 shocks
2.Teraflex 2.5" with shocks
3.Pro Comp 2.5" with normal Pro Comp shocks
and a few more....

apparently i cant do the pro comp 4 inch lift cause the back spacing on my wheels. and i know other comopanies are seen better on this site than pro comp, but 4 wheel parts is having free install, so its saving money.. i just dont know what to do. cause i have other things that need to be installed as well. Just would like the lift with install to cost less than a grand really. Any advice?

 

As someone that's gone the route of paying someone to do the work for you and then finding out slowly but surely that some (spelt a lot) of the work done had been done incorrectly, or details missed, I'd highly recommend using the money you'd be spending in paying someone else to do this for you and invest it in some good tools instead. As far as installing it goes, I'm sure we'll all be happy to pitch in and help you install the lift.

As far as which of those options to go with, my recommendation is the TF 2.5" with shocks.

 

X2. You'd be more than welcome to bring your Jeep over here and I have all of the tools needed to do the install.

As for wheel backspacing being a problem, have you considered spacers? Not that I'm recommending a 4" lift--if you want to stay under a grand, you'd be better to stay away from that much height. Think of it this way: With a 2.5" lift there will be a couple things that are a little different on your Jeep. You can live with them and maybe never ever bother to fix them. But, with a 4" lift the chances are great that things will force themselves onto you--you must fix these things because they are breaks, not just annoyances. And they have a curious habit of not happening when you're in the best financial circumstances.

 

What, you the local Teraflex fan boy now

 

Nope - just like the dark side

 

Hey, check this out:

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...-Arms-Question

 

Neat, but pricey. And I don't see the benefit in it since once your arms are set, you don't need to adjust them unless you're replacing your coils/etc.

 

Pricey, yes

But the benefit seems to be that you could install the arms at the length you "best guess" is right, and then tweak it from there without having to unbolt everything. Kinda of like the Teraflex track bar, it lets you best guess the length while on the ground and then hone it in once installed.

Not that I can afford to run out and buy them, but intriguing none-the-less.

 

Definitely a neat idea - it definitely has some advantages. But even with the TF monster trackbars, or any other arm that allows adjusting without removing one end - just makes you wonder if the possibility of the threads shifting over a period of time exists?