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Hey all, I'm new here, my name's Drew and I've got a 91' longbed. I recently swapped in a ford 8.8 and I decided to go SOA when I did it. I've been slowly dialing it in and I know I'm going to need longer bump stops now that my shocks are mounted higher up on the axle tube (I'm thinking I'm going to have to run a slightly shorter shock too if I keep the stock upper mount) and I'm netting about 5.5" of lift with 33s. I know on Cherokee's the rear bumps are offset from the spring plate, so I have two questions: Am I going to have a problem with the stock bump stop location hitting the top of the leaf center pin and what's the best way to extend the bump stops appropriately? I'm thinking of just fabbing up a piece to go between the frame and bump stop, but I haven't seen anything on the forums about it. Thanks

Just to clarify, you're running SOA but you've got it down to 3" or SUA with 3"?

Thanks for a lot of great advice guys. The reason I'm thinking of going a little bigger on the lift is the departure angle with the long bed. I'm a little worried about dragging the rear all day and more lift would help a little with that. I've also got a set of 33x10.5s off my old Cherokee that I'd like to put on (they've still got 90% tread). I ran 4.5" on my Cherokee and it was always enough for what I was trying to do, just don't know exactly where the stock off-road ability of the Comanche is yet

Hey all, I'm new to the forum and to Comanches and I just picked up a '91 longbed. My plan is to use it for camping and some moderate off-roading, mostly dunes and desert trails. I'm trying to decide between 3.5 or 4.5" of lift. I don't want it to look huge but based on a lot of pictures I've seen, a Comanche on 4.5" doesn't seem to look as big as a Cherokee on the same lift. I've put a 4.5" rough country on an xj in the past and wasn't super pleased with the fitment of some of the parts, so I'm leaning towards rubicon express since I've had some friends with good experiences there. My questions are, can I clear 33x10.5s on 4.5" without any cutting? And will SOA with xj shackles come out to about 4.5" in the rear? Thanks, Drew