Alrighty, lift and tires should be on next weekend if all goes well, or the weekend after. I bought the Full Traction Economy lift and I realize I will need to upgrade components fairly quickly, but I can deal with the ride being off for a bit. Money is an issue here, so I will be adding things slowly, month by month. In what order should I do things? I have an X by the way. I am thinking:

1. Adjustable front track bar
2. New rear drive shaft
3. steering stabalizer (if it needs it)
4. adjustable control arms.

I don't have a ton of mechanical knowledge, but I have logged a scary amount of hours on this forum lately trying to do my reasearch. I'm pretty confident I can do all the installs with the help of some friends, except maybe the drive shaft... any advice would be much appreciated.

 

I would swap #2 & #4. Get the control arms first and don't swap the drive shafts until you need to. JMO.

 

Thanks, now do I want upper and lower arms? I have read mostly that the upper arms are more important. I was kinda hoping my driveshaft would hold out for a while. Also If I am missing any crucial components, please tell. thanks

 

Do you have a 2dr or a 4dr how big is the lift you have

I would get a front adjustable trackbar with any lift TF makes a great one
Depending if you have a 4dr or a 2dr there are people here on the forum
Who have ran a year with the stock shafts but again
That all depends on the 4dr or 2dr the control arms
Some people can get away with with no rpoblem and also depends on the
Lift your talking about I have a 3inch lift and no adjustable
Control arms and its fine and last the stock steering stabalizer is
Junk you can pick one up for pretty cheap.

Hope this helps some

 

Well I'd change the order a bit.
1) Adjustable front/rear track bars
1.5) Adjustable upper control arms

Forget the drive shaft for now (which is a piece of cake to install if you're going with the OEM ends) and the SS.

 

Its a 2dr and the lift is a 3".... so I fear that my driveshaft is going to be maxed out... And yes, it helps a ton! It is all starting to make sense now. I have never done any suspension work on past vehicles, so this is totally new.