Hello,

It's time for a lift!

I have a budget of about 3k to waste but I do not plan on spending 3k.

My 2dr JK X is completely stock and I'm looking for a 2" lift and eventually 33" tires. I'm 90% highway 10% casual off road.

OME 2" Lift kit has my attention right now but different sites offer different "kits". i.e Northridge 4x4 has a kit with JKS front and rear track bars. Morris 4x4 offerers a kit with some spacers or something. I've searched all over and stumped. Can someone tell me exactly what I need to do this lift correctly? This will be my first lift, I usually lower my cars and that's easy.

Thanks!

 

Q: What are all the components that I will need with a 3" lift?
A: On a 2007-11 JK, at bare minimum, you should have a set of 3" coils, bump stop extensions, longer shocks, rear brake line extension brackets, new longer rear sway bar links (factory links can be installed up front), adjustable front track bar and rear track bar relocation bracket. Optimally, I would recommend adjustable front upper and lower control arms as well as they will help you set your caster to the appropriate angle it needs to be. Also, if you have a 2-door, adjustable rear upper control arms and a new double cardin U-joint style drive shaft would be highly advisable.

On a 2012-Up, you will want to install a new front drive shaft regardless if you have an automatic or manual transmission. Assuming you install new, longer shocks with your lift, the extra droop you will see at a flex will cause the slip shaft boot on the drive shaft to tear. However, that is just one problem you will encounter. Even if you install exhaust spacers or relocate the cross over, the CV boot at the output shaft will be sitting at a significant state of pinch and this will cause it to fail prematurely.

take a look here

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/modi...bie-has-18617/

 

Aev. It's probably the best on road handling kit for a jk

 

I'm leaning toward the AEV 2-1/2" lift, which includes specially tuned Bilstein shocks.

 

http://www.quadratec.com/products/16502_4412.htm

Then all you need is wheels and tires. And you can get those for less then 1600.00 bucks

 

Thanks for the recommendations. Quadratec's website says to call them for additional charges for Hawaii. AEV's site wants: FedEx Shipping - Ground $467.73. If I can't find somewhere with better postage cost, I'm just going to have to wait until I move to California in April