As thinking of going 6 inches , please no hate but it's a mall crawler 17 and it's my pride and joy. Need to know if I do need new drive shafts for mall crawling thankyou!

 

That'll depend entirely on the range of motion in your driveshafts and if they make contact anywhere. If they 'will' work at 6" then you should check to make sure they aren't at the limit of operating angle.

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Why so much lift? In short, you will need much more than just drive shafts at 6" of lift...

 

Not only do you need new driveshafts, but you'll also need a lot of other things.

Front and rear aftermarket driveshafts
Extended brakelines
All 8 adjustable short arms.
Cut off and re-weld the rear lower coil perches on the rear axle to straighten the springs.
Adjustable rear trackbar with a raised axle side trackbar bracket
Adjustable front trackbar
Drag link flip kit

Why do you want 6 inches of lift?

You can run 37" tires on a 2.5" lift.

The only company I know of that makes a 6" lift is Rough Country, and I'd stay away from them even if it's going to be a mall crawler.

 

You are not going to find much love here for a 6" lift even if it is a mall crawler. There is a matter of drivability and safety at that height and if not correctly done will drive like crap and actually be very dangerous even on road. Do your self a favor and forget about a big lift. There is a link at the bottom of my post in my signature that might give you some insight on the whole lift thing.

 

With this group, it is not always "the higher the better". Some people might think that but when you are getting into 6" of lift, you are getting into some dangerous territory. Not to mention the huge expense of all the other things you would need to do that were mentioned in previous posts.

Even being a mall crawler, you can make it look awesome with much much much much left lift. Each "much" equals about 1 inch.

Look around at some of the pics on the forum and if looks and safety are what you are going for, you can have both with a smaller lift. If unsafe and lots of $$$$$ is what yo are looking for. Go with the 6" lift. To each his own.

I will start with a pic of mine. It is only 3" of lift with 35s. Looks good to me.

 

Well for mall crawling you only need the rear shaft so that will save you a little green. I think you should go with a 3" Body lift with 3" Pucks with Bilstein shocks. Don't forget to get a dual front steering stabilizer. It should drive like a dream.

 

Unless of course he runs into some snow on the way to the mall...then that front shaft might come in handy. Although I don't know I would want to drive something with 6" of lift in snow or any type of icy condition. so maybe the rear shaft would be just fine.

 

Just trying to get the awsome factor in like I had in my old jeep, One thing I don't like about jks is that they never look tall unless you go nuts to the wall. My old jeep had everything in it and I loved it. But needed a new project, not sure what I can do to make it have that look dad I want one of those factors when I drive down the road

 

I prefer the look of "Cjsmith4"'s JK myself.