Lift kit

[young-gun]

im looking at getting a clayton 8" longarm liftkit with skyjacker shocks nitro 8000 series. does anyone have these and are they any good?

[AcidCold]

Please take some time and tell us what you drive, we can't help without knowing what vehicle and year you drive.
Set up your signature, thanks

[young-gun]

2002 grand cherokee limited 4.7v8

[AcidCold]

Most of the guys i have wheeled with (ZJ-WJ's) swear by claytons. The biggest setup i have seen up close was a 5.5'' with 33's thought and the articulation was insane! Are you planning on 35'' or 37'' tires?

[young-gun]

bfgoodrich A/T ko 37" wheels maybe 38s if i can get the at a resonable price

[AcidCold]

Do you have the dana 30 up front? not sure how well those axles will hold, if you will do mild wheeling, you should be somewhat fine but mud pits and rocks, It will break the axle shafts and bend the axle tubes! Will you be upgrading anything else besides the suspension?

Redrocker should give you some good pointers since he had a ZJ before the WK.

[young-gun]

probly the axels get dana 60s maybe lookin into those but most work at the start will be saftey of gas milage. first brake kit then tuner chip then sparkplugs then cams and lifters exhaust and all that jazz. basically it will become the most jacked jeep ever. makin it a preformance offroader

[Relwarc]

ok #1: Claytons is the cream of the crop, if you can afford it, USE IT.
#2: skyCRAPPER has a name like that for a reason, get some rancho or nicer shocks
#3 where the balls are you getting all this money for huge engine mods and offroad mods? haha didnt you say this is your FIRST car? lol if you were near me in MD, i would totally help you with the installs.

[young-gun]

ive been saving for 6 years for a car man. 5$ of allowance per week and i work as a lifegaurd in the summer and thats 12.50$ an hour and i have to work about 30 hours a week so thats where the money comes from

[ThunderbirdJunkie]

37" BFG ATs?

Why don't you get something more aggressive? the ATs are not very good.

Anyway...like was stated above, the Skyjacker shocks flat out suck. Bilsteins. Since you're gonna be on 37s, you may as well go balls-out.

[young-gun]

i am looking into the bilstien 6100 series and what would you suggest for a tire. remember i live in new-england and dont want shit ride quality on the road

[ThunderbirdJunkie]

You want 37s, you don't have a choice :p

Go with BFG MT KM2s or Wrangler MT/Rs; no point in buying anything less. They won't ride any worse or make any significant amount more noise than the ATs. And you'll probably want to drop that lift height down a couple inches and run 35s MAX.

[AcidCold]

Crap! i would go 33's and a 5.5'' lift for a decent ride.

[young-gun]

nah dude i want the 8" lift.

[206WJ]

I use the Wrangler Mt/R's on 32's and they are amazing. My friend uses them with 44's and he swears by them.

The 8" lift to me is overrated. I agree with AcidCold the 5.5" when you get higher in the WJ is't super unstable, and you get to be very limited on what trails you can go on. Since many have low hanging tree's and stuff. And when you get that high the center of gravity is wayyy off and you can roll it pretty easy. I'd go with the 5.5" and save money for some armor - You'll need it!!

You'll probably want some fender flares if you want to go with tires that big and ever drive it on the street.

Just my $.02

[ThunderbirdJunkie]

nah dude i want the 8" lift.

So what axles are you putting under this hoss?

You don't want it to ride like crap, but you're putting an 8" lift and 37s on it :confused:

Gonna go with 206WJ and say 5.5 and 33s. You're gonna break a lotta stuff with the stock axles, not to mention the brakes with 37s.

[206WJ]

I didn't even think about the axle's and the 3.73 gears with 37's. That 44a in the rear wouldn't hold up for sure, I doubt the d30 in the front would work well either.

[young-gun]

some sort of danas idk which ones yet. the lift kit will prob be my last upgrade. mostly now im gonna make it a better preformance car and then lift it.

[AcidCold]

Dana 60's will be needed for 37's and i would recommend a different TC like a Atlas with a better lower gear.

[GR33N D3M0N]

ur gonna end up spending soo much to lift it, probably more than wat u paid for the jeep, but if u got the money, do it up!

[young-gun]

thanks guys. im still lookin but i agree with being trail limited. i found a 6.5" long arm kit for clayton that im thinking about rather than the 8" kit. also thry dont make an 8" kit for the 2002 and above model years. im also gonna be running 35" tires with fender flares.

[young-gun]

anybody know about iron rock or rock krawler lift kits?

[Relwarc]

i know Clayton's used to use rock Krawler springs in their kits. don't know if they still do or not.

Personally? dont even shop for other kits, Clayton's or nothing.