If you go over the OME or TF ~2.5 inch gets you 3" class of lift you immediately need to think real hard about new drive shafts because at 4" you will wear your stock front ds out real quick. And you have to think seriously about longer arms or at least some adjustment. One thing begets another at a certain point. Don't get me started on what is really right for 35" and up tires. And once all that is done you will have one tired V6! Don't even think about adding another 4 to 500 pounds with heavy bumpers and a winch.

I stopped at the TF 2.5" coils and shocks lift with an adjustable front track bar and some beef ups to my track bar connection points on the axles. Got a solid 3". Articulates enough that this year I am adding extended brake lines. I am at 32's right now and will go up to 33's on 16's this fall. I figured that with all the mods I'd really like to do that my next mod would be to buy a pickup and a trailer to haul my jeep up to the trails!

 

Good advice.....Thank you

I think i'm starting to calm down my thoughts of Super Jeep and just build more of a bullet proof one

 

I have the OME HD and love it, and it is about 3"

 

that's the plan i'm going for right now. eventually i'll be on 37's with a long arm kit, but i'm SLOWLY working my way there. for now, i'm worrying about armor and functional mods rather than any kind of lift. i'm just about set to throw a set of 35's on and i'm running my stock rubi suspension. i figure by the time the 35's wear out i'll have enough money to do driveshafts, gears, the lift, and my tires. during that time, i'll throw on my snorkel, evo goodies (44mags, c gussets, and rockstars), rear bumper with carrier, and possibly a front bumper with a winch. sure, my ambition on the trail far outweighs my jeep's current setup, but you'd be surprised what you can do with a stock rubi when driven with finesse. plus, once my lift and tires are on in the end, i'll be 100% set rather than me dropping the money up front and being broke with a million other mods that need to be done. it's all about planning

 

What siaze tires are you running?

 

late to the game,.. but..

when you lift a 2 door over 3" its important to have adjustablilty in your lift. You need atleast a set of uppers front and rear to adjust pinion and caster. Our 3" lifts are as advertised 3" of lift.

Ive been running my 3" since 06. Its a awesome combo for the 2 door. it still rode nice on the short arm, but rides even smoother with the long arm.

 

I have the 3 inch Fabtech Budge Boost Spacer Lift for 700 bucks and it gives you about 3.8 inches of lift on my 2 door, once i added front and rear bumper and a winch it leveled out at 3 inchs. However i would def get 35's for a 3 inch lift

 

We had the Black Diamond 3" lift on our Unlimited for over a year and were very happy with it...never experienced any DW and it had some great flex (if you rock crawl). As for the other choices I have a buddy who's running the RC and is on his 3rd? set of springs as they are having/had some issues with the springs sagging. Don't have any feedback on the Zone Offroad other than they are an off shoot of BDS. When we bought our lift we did a lot of research and came up with the BD lift and were happy ever since...just recently upgraded to coil overs and king shocks...