Pete M

It's over in the lower right hand corner. :D

I built mine nice and simple. But I never planned to retain my tailgate.

Can someone go give him a hand with shipping out that harness? I know getting together cash might be rough for him right now, but if he has the harness, it should be able to go out with some assistance. right? :dunno:

beat ya to 158. :D Though you just killed off my awesome 159 :(

Dammit Pat. :fs1: You said you were going to fix this.

Don't bother with the 1/2 ton ford drivetrain. Start looking at the 3/4 ton fords (HD 44 front, 60 rear).

How big of tire?

The Chevy drop shackles should get you pretty darn close. Since you don't have a bed, the rear should sit higher than the rest of us.

Might look a bit funny with 2" up front and 6 out back. :yes:

6" or so.

Which front 44? Which style front suspension?

Mabey we should re-label it the midwesterners chat. :dunno:

This guy added a couple XJMJ isolators in to balance out his lift.

3" lift Add-a-leafs for an XJ. Any brand will do. The longer leaf versions are better than the short leaf ones. If you're a savvy shopper, used coils and old isolators can be had for nothing or next to it.

I would go with about 2" then if you want to keep the buildup to a minimum. 3" starts to require things like brake lines, shocks, track bars control arms etc. Cheapest way will be to grab a bunch of coil spring isolators from junkyard XJs (the alternative being some poly spacers), and then find some Chevy fullsize truck drop shackles (which are a bit longer than stock MJ) or find a used XJ 3" AAL (which would give 1.5-2" of lift in an MJ).

No need to apologize. Lord knows it appears we like to stray off-topic on this site. :D I'm just trying to help you get some more exposure for questions whose answers will be largely opinions. The more opinions you can gather, the more likely you are to be able to make a sound choice. :thumbsup:

You might want to break these questions up and start new threads. I'm betting most guys still think you're asking about wheeling. :D

bumpers, bumpers, and more bumpers... :D viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7576 viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17159 viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14031

Don't forget that 2wd MJs sit a bit lower than 4wd MJs (given they share a similar drivetrain).