Need to know what lift height I have on a rig we just bought
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It's an '07 Sahara 4door with 16x8' shod with BFG 295/75-16's. The front & rear lower control arms are non adjustable Skyjackers, the springs are new no spacers, the bump stop spacers are ~2". The rear track bar has a relocation bracket on the axle with the stock track bar, the front track bar is stock & mounted in the stock location. All 4 sway bar links are stock. The rear brake lines were stock ( I ordered the extension brackets ). The shocks are steel bodied rubicon express. There is approximately 7" from the fender lip to the top of the BFG's & the rig sits pretty level, maybe 3/8" higher in the front.
It has never been offroad,, but we will fix that as soon as I get through checking it over![Brows](https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/images/smilies/brows.gif)
Here is a visual reference, the rear is sitting on a high spot, but you get the idea.
It has never been offroad,, but we will fix that as soon as I get through checking it over
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Here is a visual reference, the rear is sitting on a high spot, but you get the idea.
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Sounds like they used all the spare parts they could find to slap your lift together, any idea whose coils are on it?
For comparison, here is 295/75/16 Nitto Terra's (32" actual height) with 3.25" of lift.
For comparison, here is 295/75/16 Nitto Terra's (32" actual height) with 3.25" of lift.
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From talking to him, I'm pretty certain it was SkyJacker kit, with Rubicon Express shocks, I just didn't know how much lift it actually was. Thanks for the picture, it looks to be simular height to ours. Is yours an auto? did you have to do anything to the front driveshaft?
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On my Rubicon with 255X75R17 (actual 30.5") I had 10" of clearance from the fuel tank skid to the ground when stock before my lift and tires. If you have a skid, measure to the ground and subtract 10"s from your distance. That is your total lift with the tires included. I suspect the stock tires were near 30", so take another inch off your total lift and that should be close to the spring lift.
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Yes, it's an auto. The front shaft had some marks from the skid plate, but the boot still looked ok. I replaced it with a Woods due to losing grease from the rzeppa (tcase joint), which gets pinched from the post-lift angles.
See post 6 here for some preventative steps (no help with the rzeppa, but can't have everything...)
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...vs.-Skid-plate
And $5-10 at the hardware store can set you up with brake line brackets (I saw that you already ordered, but ya know)
See post 6 here for some preventative steps (no help with the rzeppa, but can't have everything...)
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...vs.-Skid-plate
And $5-10 at the hardware store can set you up with brake line brackets (I saw that you already ordered, but ya know)
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