Check it out here is my Rough Country kit so excited to get this done, I may play hooky from work!!!!!

I have never done a lift but have done plenty of lowering kits. Should I expect the same or is Rough Country's Youtube Video that easy? I also wonder if my stock jack and jacks stands will be enough to do this job in the drive way. Any Thoughts?

 

Stock jack? You mean the one that jeep gives you? I would say no. But if you have a floor jack and two stands your good to go. When I do lifts I jack up oneside. Put jack stands under the frame, pull my tires and use the jack to raise and lower the axle as needed. If you don't have a floor jack, Harbor Fraight has good 3 ton jacks for about 50 bucks.

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Good Advice, I was afraid that I would have to aquire a good Jack. Will I be able to use my Jeep jack after I do a Life or to I need to get a new one?

 

If ur gonna do it in the driveway u better start early unless u have plenty of light. I put the 3.5series 2 on myself and it took me around 9hrs I believe. Make sure u have a pitman arm remover and tie rod separater before u start cuz its a pain to get in the middle then have to run to the store, Also have a torque wrench that goes to 135ft lbs. Having a socket and box end wrench for each size needed is handy as well. I think I remember a confusion with the track bar/steering stabilizer bracket, if u reuse ur stock stabilizer just remember that there is a additional piece included to bolt on the bracket. The last thing I can think of that will help if ur tackling this urself is to use a racket and strap to pull ur axle inline to allow ur bolt holes to line up

 

Sweet!!!! They make it seem so easy to do on the RC Youtube! I like doing challenging stuff!! This doesn't seem to bad tho. We will See!!!!

 

I use a 3 ton jack, a set of jackstands and install a basic 2.5" lift in about an hour or two... It really is as simple as they put it.

The 3.5" Series II has alot more pieces... I did mine in about 6 or 7 hours. No Pitman arm or control arms to worry about with the 2.5".

 

Hummmmm, So ready to tackle this kit!!!!!

 

I just replace my coils a couple of weeks ago. Took me (alone) an hour and a half start to finish. I have a big floor jack, 4 - 3 ton jack stands, and air tools.

I would bet you can use the JK jack (with some blocks of wood under it for added height), a couple of jack stands, and hand tools and still get it all installed in 2 maybe 2 and a half hours.

Good luck.

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I just recently installed a EMU/JKS lift in my garage/driveway. Here are a few of my findings:

• My floor jack didn't have enough height and had to augmented with my hi-lift for body
• My floor jack didn't have enough height and had to lift axle at the pumpkin
• Used 3 jack stands on occasion. 3rd to hold axel at times.
• Working with lights after sunset was very difficult. Don't underrate daylight - start early!
• Required a ratcheting strap to center the axle when working alone.
• Loved my GearWrench's. Lots of tight areas to work in.

 

Just loosening/tightening all your control arm bolts and track bar bolts gonna take a good 1-2 hours. At least with hand wrenches. Then if you run into some problems (I did), it will slow you down even more. So I'd start this project on Saturday morning, that way you also have Sunday if you need it.

You don't need a tie rod end / pitman arm puller - you're not removing any of them. Your stock jack will not work for this. You might stack a load of 2x4 to make it reach higher, but it is going to be too unstable. Get a good, heavy duty floor jack, that goes at least to 20" height. Get 6 ton jack stands. 3 ton jack stands aren't long enough to reach the frame. Trust me, you will be using all this over and over again, even after you're done with your lift. Make sure you have a torque wrench, you can't do it without it, unless you want to eyeball it and then maybe end up with a wobble, 'cause your bolts aren't tight enough. Make sure you have 2 (TWO) of 16mm open end wrenches (or 5/8, they're the same). You will not be able to remove front shocks if you have only 1. A big pry bar could be helpful to get the springs in and out, depending on how much you lower your axle. Also, I hope you bought longer rear sway bar links. Stock ones are going to be too short.