Daystar Lift is in!!

[501]

Thanks to Tony CRD's write-up, me, a guy who never wrenched on a vehicle before, and a friend, who's never done a lift before, was able to put my 2.5" Daystar lift in this weekend. We took it slow and easy and read through his write up and jumped right in and got it done!!

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I know it will settle some, but I love the new look!! Sorry about some of the pictures, but I'm no photograher!

 

[Marlon_JB2]

w00t! Congrats. Looks great.

 

[JeepJeepster]

Looks good!

Haha, doubled up on the jack stands?

 

[hyde]

You needed a blowtorch? And you had to keep it blowing like that?
JEEP looks great!

 

[501]

Hyedipin, We used the torch to clean off the grease and gas from the engine block, it really cleaned it up fast!..........


No really, we used it to heat up the bumpstops, they were a pain to get in!

JJ, Liftng that beast sure made me nervous, the jack cept wanting to roll forward. We put the carpet down and that helped some, but I still didn't trust it, so we doubled up on the stands (2 per side).

Thanks Marlon, I really enjoyed working on it and can't wait to find something else that I want to try with it!

Thanks Tony! Man I should have paid someone to do the front, it was a PITA, but we got it. The garage is a friends, he loves to work on vehicles and fell into that place. His old lady threw him out and he's renting this place. The 37 Packard in the back ground is my Boss' he stores it there and my friend works on it for him when needed.

Can't wait to hit the trails now that I'm lifted! Thanks for the write-up, it worked great!!

 

[Corwyyn]

Looks sweet, 'cept now yer tires look all small and wimpy. Well I guess there's only one way to solve that - NEW TIRES!!!

 

[501]

Looks sweet, 'cept now yer tires look all small and wimpy. Well I guess there's only one way to solve that - NEW TIRES!!!

Thanks, sad thing about the tires is I just bought them like 4 months ago, so they will be on there for a while.

Tony, I do gotta say there was one thing you forgot to tell us in your write up....... you have to re-adjust your head lights! I was out tonight and EVERYONE kept flashing their brights at me So tomorrow I'll have to adjust them so I Pee people off!
(JKing Tony, excelent instructions!)

 

[Atrus]

That looks great!

Sorry, I don't mean to piss on anyone's cornflakes, but are you running OEM shocks? I put the Rusty's 3/4" spacer in mine, and man, that spring was darn compressed. I netted 1.75" lift - you've doubled that! If they are stock, any idea how long they'll hold up??

FWIW, yes, compressing front springs *****! I did mine by hand, no air. It was a one man job in my garage. I had to do the driver front twice as I didn't take note of the alignment with the top plate, so I had to break it down and redo it. Not fun, my arms were hurting for a couple of days!

 

[501]

That looks great!

Sorry, I don't mean to piss on anyone's cornflakes, but are you running OEM shocks? I put the Rusty's 3/4" spacer in mine, and man, that spring was darn compressed. I netted 1.75" lift - you've doubled that! If they are stock, any idea how long they'll hold up??

FWIW, yes, compressing front springs *****! I did mine by hand, no air. It was a one man job in my garage. I had to do the driver front twice as I didn't take note of the alignment with the top plate, so I had to break it down and redo it. Not fun, my arms were hurting for a couple of days!

I installed SkyJacker shocks and stock springs in the rear and stock struts and springs in the front, with longer bumpstops.

I have no idea how long they will last for this was the first time I've ever did the work myself. Did have a friend who has worked on truck before help, and without him, I don't think I would have made it! Before, if I couldn't afford to have the work done for me, I just lived without it. But thanks to the people here and at LOST I mustered up the guts to try it myself.

We too had to redo the passenger side front, put on the wrong top plate tried to install it and it wouldn't go up.