I apologize to you as well fine sir, your obvious intellect is plain for all to see. I am humbled to have witnessed your brilliance.
What size lift do I have?
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I apologize to you as well fine sir, your obvious intellect is plain for all to see. I am humbled to have witnessed your brilliance.
Just like the good old days! RIP JF.
This very well could be a 2-6" lift
But my springs are 4" longer than Stock. What lift do I have??
Thank you kind sir, now you're being helpful
Good looking Jeep too BTW. I don't know what size lift you have, just that you're sitting with a spring compressed by the weight of your particular set up, approximately 4" greater distance between your spring perches than a stock Jeep apparently measures with stock springs.
Thank you kind sir, now you're being helpful
That's about a 4" lift. Many people understand that.
I thought many people would understand my OP's measurement comment but hairs were split, so now I'm hedging my replies. Earlier in this thread it was pointed out that there is a difference between a 4" lift, and a Jeep that is lifted by 4" which is why I phrased my reply as I did.
People are jumping down your throat because there is only one way to find lift height. It isn't rocket science. Measure springs and compare to stock. Measure body lift if any and add to above. Posting pictures of jeeps is the opposite of helpful. It detracts from the 2 minutes it takes to grab a tape measure and find out what you have.
And well you also have an overly tall long arm lift on 33s. That didn't help you at all....
Except that's only true with stock axles, spring buckets etc. Not the "Only" way to find lift height. Tire size also lifts a Jeep, so does moving the spring perches on an axle. How do you compare a Jeep with coilovers to a stock spring? Some people might say measure at the bumpers, or measure at the belly pan... some versions if "Lift" is more helpful offroad than other versions of lift is. But I do agree that with the OP's stock spring location and the length of the spring he has now minus the 12" that was mentioned earlier will tell him how much of a "Lift" he has over what ever Jeep the 12" measurement was pulled from.
I posted a pic of my Jeep because it's running a 5.5" Clayton long arm kit and in the OP's post he mentioned he measured his springs to be 17" and was uncertain that he actually has a 5" lift. Since mine is a similar height, I thought he might find a visual helpful.
Because anyone who is that deep into their build isn't going to be asking how much lift height they have or be confused about where the lift and various clearances are coming from.
I'm not sure how to multi quote on here across multiple pages, but the OP posted in post 3 that his springs measured 5" but didn't look like 5. Then later the OP posted that he appreciated the pictures. I posted a pic of my Jeep on 33's with a 5.5" Clayton lift. Then I got slammed for not measuring my springs. 1 my Jeep doesn't have stock spring pads on the axle side, and 2 I have made some other mods since that pic was taken. My point is I was trying to help the OP, not get caught up in a battle over semantics. Mud slinging and being told to suck start a shotgun is ok, but what I said was wrong? Ok then....
Wish mine was back to stock with smaller tires, but I'm not going to spend the coin at this point to accomplish that.
New jeep (to me) previous owner thought it had a 3inch lift (I’m thinking no way) I measured (after looking around on here and seeing how people were measuring) found front springs to be about 17inches (5 inches taller than stock).
Just joined up and posted for some reaffirmation from people who have seen a lot more TJs than me… and got it
If y’all havent had enough fun yet I’ll ask my follow up question to the forum.. short arm adjustable CAs ok with 5(ish)inch lift or is that into mid or long arm territory?
Not doing anything crazy with this one mainly messing around at the ranch and lease but I’d like it to be capable so I can have some fun with it
Just joined up and posted for some reaffirmation from people who have seen a lot more TJs than me… and got it
If y’all havent had enough fun yet I’ll ask my follow up question to the forum.. short arm adjustable CAs ok with 5(ish)inch lift or is that into mid or long arm territory?
Not doing anything crazy with this one mainly messing around at the ranch and lease but I’d like it to be capable so I can have some fun with it
What's the usable travel? When you jack up on the frame, how much down travel do you have? Where are your bump stops stopping up travel?
Thank you kind sir, now you're being helpful
You said apparently and approximately.
Sometimes I like to use large words that I don't quite know what they mean... I feel like it makes me look more photosynthesis.