I'm about as green as my JK (rescue in this case) when it comes to the specifics of modding a jeep, I guess common sense doesn't apply...

Yesterday I was talking to my kid about a guy we both know and his 4door jk, lifted 4 or 6", 35s (or who knows what), rims that cost as much as a Harley, dual shocks, holy crap he probably spent five or 10 grand. My comment - "wow, bet that thing can do some wheeling" (not that there's many places near D/FW to go wheeling to begin with). His response - "That jeep has probably never even seen a dirt road". I was shocked.

So, my 4door JK, JK unltd x or whatever it's called has a big-assed XHD front bumper from rugged ridge, 4" tube thingie, winch, jeeze, must weigh 350 lbs. Common sense tells me the front end it probably sitting a little lower than stock (which seems a little low to begin with, one guy said shouldn't cause the front end to sit much lower - no big deal), but what do I know???

I call a couple places around town for 2" in the front only, one guy wants to sell me a couple fancy hockey pucks for $500 installed "we do it all the time", one guy has to dig around to figure out how he can do it for $350 including $140 alignment. Another guy says "nope, gonna need new shocks, gotta do all 4 corners, may not align without these parts as well, figure a grand". In all cases I'm like "HUH???", sounds like $50 in parts and a couple hours labor.

I guess lifting a jeep a little is not so common, is so common nobody cares what it costs because it'll never go offroad anyways, which ever it is, *never* apply common sense.

 

I would get a TeraFlex leveling kit (either the spacer or coil depending on your budget) and install it with your son in a few hours at home. There is no need to align or add other shocks with just a leveling kit.

 

You should call Dave at northridge. He can get you set up with some new springs. And for the record, I have a 2.5 lift and stock shocks and I never had an alignment done. (other than re-centering the steering wheel)

 

Apologies in advance as this is off topic, but guys with 2-3" of lift, are you guys unable to fit in parkades?

 

Was that english?

 

park·ade (pär-kd)
n. Canadian
A multilevel structure for parking motor vehicles.

I had to look it up.

 

Still doesn't sound english to me

 

If I were you and just wanted to level my Jeep just use a spacer they come in a variety of thickness and do it yourself. No special tools are really necessary and can be done in a hour or two. About the only thing after the install needed maybe to recenter your steering wheel.

 

I have a 4" lift with 35's and can fit in almost all of them around my place, as long as its taller than 6'4".

 

lmfao.

What do Amerc's call these? The photo is also from Providence.