Hello,
I just purchased a new 2008 JK Unlimited (LOL new to me). I bought it lifted w/ 35's and i am trying to figure out the size of the lift. I believe it to be just a 2.5 but I'm really unsure any help anyone could provide would be great and I do apologize if this thread is in the wrong spot. this is the only pic i have at the moment i will be able to post more soon if it need be. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Use this picture and see what your measurements come out to and that'll pretty much tell you how much lift you have.

 

Welcome to the forum. I also have an 08 jku .this will help you.



To me by the picture it looks like a 2.5 lift.here is a picture of mine with a 3" with 34"


Congratulations on the new Jeep.

 

Wow somebody beat me to it.

 

First off thanks for the quick replies most of the time when i post on forums they sit for a week w/ 100 views and no replies LOL so thank you. So i did all the measurements IAW the picture and i came out w/ 21.5 on the shock and roughly 12 3/4 on the spring so if math serves me correctly dont trust me though I am from TN so sometimes I do need to take my shoes off to count LOL I would be sitting w/ a 3" lift. Thanks again guys for all the help

 

Now you should look at the suspension parts and see if you can figure out what lift you have. Is it Teraflex, Rock Krawler, EVO, ect..?

Just because your measurements came out to 3" of lift doesn't necessarily mean you have a 3" lift.

Some companies figure the height of their coils with a fully loaded rig. Some figure their height with a light/ stock rig. So by looking at your jeep, I could either say you have a 2.5" lift that is sitting taller because you're light. Or, I could say you have a 3" lift and it's sitting dead on, but could end up at ~2.5" of lift when loaded. Or you could have a poor lift 3.5" lift and the coils are sagging to 3". And so on, and so on.

Maybe to you, all you care about is the total lift of your jeep. To me, I'd like to know what lift I have and how it truly is lifted.

 

Yep, looks around 3" maybe higher in the front.
Do the coils have labels on them ?

 

yeah meep you do have a point and I am very curious to as what specific lift I do have. As you stated who knows what could be under there ,especially if i have saggy coils LOL. And i know all lifts are not the same i am to believe that is probably a simple budget lift of some kind. I will try and snap some pictures this week if it ever stops raining here.

 

The coils most likely will not be marked but the shocks or any relocation brackets should have some kind of markings on them.