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I found this at the website that I listed below. I hope that it helps you.

Q: "How do I lift my Jeepster?" or "Who makes a lift kit for a Jeepster?"

A: HA, HA, that's funny, who makes a lift kit, stop, you're cracking me up! If you own a Jeepster, you better get used to it now. Everything that you will be doing is always custom work. NObody makes a 'store bought' lift kit. I don't know why, but it stinks.

Fortunately, you have three options to lift it: Body lift, Spring-over or Custom springs. Each one of these has its pros and cons and depending on what you want to spend and how much lift, you'll select a different lift than someone else.

A body lift is easy and cheap. You can buy one CJ 3" kit and cut the bushings in half, because you need 13 bushings, and then buy new bolts. I don't recommend more than 2 inches of body lift. Some people even taper the lift by doing 1/2 inches in the front and 1-1/2 inches in the rear. Depending the height, you may have to adjust the steering linkage, brake line, speedo cable and gas tank filler tube. The disadvantage to this lift is that it does nothing for your transfer case clearance.

A spring over lift, as done on my project, is more work and some more money, but you get 5 inches of lift right away. I do NOT recommend this method if you are planning on keeping the stock worn-out springs. You will have tons of axle wrap and sway on the road. Then you say, if you get new springs, then why bother doing a spring over? Because you get 5 inches of lift with stock height springs. Which means you get more articulation up and down with the springs. If you have custom springs made for 5 inches of lift, the articulation will not be as good because of the severe arch of the springs. You will need to drop or lengthen your brake lines, a dropped pitman arm and maybe new drivelines. The disadvantage of this lift is the height. It may be too high for some people. I would not run with a hard top on a spring-over lifted Jeepster. It is too top heavy.

Custom springs can be special ordered from several companies, one being Bettes Springs in San Leandro, CA. Lifts up to 4 inches are practical with sprung-under lifts. I usually suggest this method of lift since it is the easiest to do, once you find the spring manufacturer. Your rig most likely needs new springs now anyway, so why not. Remember, its been nearly 30 years since those springs were first installed.

2007-03-12 01:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Check out this link:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Browse/tf-Browse/s-10101/in_dim_search-1/N-111+10208+600007393/c-10108

2007-03-12 09:19:22 · answer #2 · answered by strech 7 · 0 0

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