moparmatt Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I am getting ready to do a small lift on the MJ. Cannot afford 6.5" now. :cry: So my question is with 2" of lift am I able to still use my stock shocks? Hopefully this setup will be temporary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrThunder Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 no, maybe you could get away with the fronts but i know with the rears i had to raise the mounts 2". Before i raised them i only had about a 1/2" of droop so whenever i hit a bump there was a massive bang from the rear end when the shocks maxed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Autozone and I imagine other parts stores sell inexpensive 2" and 3" shock extensions. They just screw onto the top of the shock and only cost a few bucks. Not a long term solution, but you did say it was only temporary. I ran them on my F100 for about a year no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 How old are the stock shocks? Maybe it's time to replace them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparmatt Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 How old are the stock shocks? Maybe it's time to replace them anyway. Fairly new, the PO changed them when he first bought it. He only owned the MJ for 6 months. I had it 3 months. So they are less than about a year old. I will look around for some extensions. I guess I cold make some out of old XJ rear swaybar brackets. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 sorry, i thought he was just doing the front when i read it :roll: i did a 2in lift on the front of my manche and the shocks were fine, I'm not sure if the backs would need to be changed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GosaGT1988 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Where did you find a 2" lift kit for the front? I'm looking to do the exact same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92comanche4x4 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 probly just the coil spacer is my guess it no more than 40 bucks at local offroad shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Where did you find a 2" lift kit for the front? I'm looking to do the exact same thing. got mine from the Quadratec catalog. i think they were around $40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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