4" lift help
JK Jedi Master
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From: Austin <--> Colorado Springs
There is no 'best' for under $800, there is just 'will do the job'.
Install time and difficulty will depend on which components are in the lift. If it is just coils and brackets, should be about the same as your 2.5".
Open the faq's stickied to the top of this modified area and look in the suspension section. You will see the recommended components for 3" and 4" lifts. You ain't gonna get them with your budget. So learn what all of the components do, do a little research into the lifts in that height, and decide which has a setup you can live with.
Install time and difficulty will depend on which components are in the lift. If it is just coils and brackets, should be about the same as your 2.5".
Open the faq's stickied to the top of this modified area and look in the suspension section. You will see the recommended components for 3" and 4" lifts. You ain't gonna get them with your budget. So learn what all of the components do, do a little research into the lifts in that height, and decide which has a setup you can live with.
Last edited by nthinuf; Mar 10, 2011 at 04:01 PM.
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From: Natrona Heights, PA
Originally Posted by TheDirtman
You could put some flat fenders on there, it will give you the look of a 3"-4" lift.
This shot is stock suspension with bushwackers flat fenders and 33" tires.
<img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=136167"/>
This shot is stock suspension with bushwackers flat fenders and 33" tires.
<img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=136167"/>
JK Super Freak
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: New Brunswick
Plenty of you folks have opinions on what a person needs for a lift of a certain height. How many of you have the experience of driving various heights without 5000$ in suspension add ons?
Ive got 10000 miles on ome hd springs with 1" poly pucks from tf and lt shocks. No ca's, no fancy flip kit, high steer kits ect. It drives fine. Factory drive shafts, factory arms.
All I've got is the minimum. Extended brake lines, extended bump stops, and trac bars. My axles were wayyyy out of line.
Driving is a little touchier, but it's not too bad. I've done well over 600 miles in a day and it didn't bother me.
I think I'll be using aev control arm relocation brackets. I don't have the $$ for a bunch of ca's right now.
Ive got 10000 miles on ome hd springs with 1" poly pucks from tf and lt shocks. No ca's, no fancy flip kit, high steer kits ect. It drives fine. Factory drive shafts, factory arms.
All I've got is the minimum. Extended brake lines, extended bump stops, and trac bars. My axles were wayyyy out of line.
Driving is a little touchier, but it's not too bad. I've done well over 600 miles in a day and it didn't bother me.
I think I'll be using aev control arm relocation brackets. I don't have the $$ for a bunch of ca's right now.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Fort Polk, Louisiana
Originally Posted by TheDirtman
That may be fine for you, but I would not put my wife and family in a vehicle that questionable with flighty steering and most likely some pretty good bump steer. I would think you as a paramedic would see the danger in that.
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JK Super Freak
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From: New Brunswick
Originally Posted by TheDirtman
You have proved my point you have around $1100 in the components that you mentioned and it is incomplete with some flighty steering. When your driveshafts go out there will be another $1000, $500 for a couple of sets of control arms, drag link flip to correct the bump steer at $300-$500 and it adds up. And just wait till you bend those axles running those big tires on a weak dana 30.
The drive is safe, it just wanders a small amount. No terrible bump steer. Definitely not as much as my old diesel dually.
I believe my family is very safe in my jk, aside from the weak factory cage. I also think that aev's drop brackets are fine for 95% of us on here. I know I don't need that extra clearance where I wheel. Mostly snow/mud.