need some advice on shackle and body lift

Well it seems I have been working on the jeep some more. im looking on some advice and some place to shop.
I need some extended shackles .. im not sure how long I want, I was thinking 2 and 1/4 lifted shackles. and a 2 or 3 inch body lift. im going to have body mounts made out of square stick steel tubeing. any advice or forseen problems im going to run into .? any help would be much thanked.

also, i plan on ordering the prebent pre made stainless steel breaklines from jc whitney? anyone ever used them ? any good?

i got a 500 cfm carb i hope that works good heres a link to some pics if need be

http://photos.yahoo.com/crackerjax27526

thankyou everyone for all the help you have given me in makeing my jeep a wonderfull pastime

 

Re: need some advice

I have a question for you. Why are you planning on a body lift & extended shackles? From what I can see that will give you a total of 9 1/4 inches lift. That much lift on a CJ5 is not the best idea I've heard of. You might want to do a search on body lifts or lift angles to see what you will be getting in to.

 

Re: need some advice

If you put that extended of shackles on you will need to put shims under the front spring pack or you will surely have a scarey steering ride. I would stay away from that extended of shackle. If they are 2.25 inch lift shackles that means they are 4.5 inches longer than stock. That will also look really funny and if you plan on wheelin' it, you will probably drag on them constently.

Remember, when you lift a short wheel based, narrow vehicle, you increase the risk of rolling it. Especially on road when performing an evasive manuver.

What size tire are you trying to run??

High5

 

Re: need some advice

Are you sure that is a 4 inch lift? It sure looks a lot shorter then mine.

 

well the 4 inches i was told by the guy i got it from i dont know the stock ride so it was a guess what size shackles do you think i have on there now i want to go about an inch more ... as for the 2 or 3 inch body lift i wanted it because i will be cutting the seat notch for longer legs and i wanted it to be easyer to clean and have the underside bed lined .and to work on with break lines and fuel lines and things of that sort

thanks for all the feed back

josh