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Bowdude

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I picked up this KJ for the deer lease. But since lost the lease & now I want to use it to drive around & back in forth to off road park with in a 6hr road trip from my house. I’m gonna lost the things I know it has & some upgrades I want to to. Could y’all give some opinions on the matter?

Not sure of the lift. Measures 23” from fender to center of the hub on left side.
Running 285/75/16 on Moab wheels.
Jba upper arms
Has ‘08 CRD running gear(front & read diff’s & transfer case).
1” spacer on the front
2” spacer on the rear

Now I’m in need of tires, looking at 265/75/16. The 285’s rub

Do I need the front sway bar for off roading?

Thinking of 4.56 gears with some sort of locker.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

This jeep was originally set up with Iron Rock rear arm, braced rear diff, steel front diff, 4:1 transfer case & 4.56’s with air lockers. All this was installed on the CRD I got the running gear out of.

Sorry for the long post. But this would give me a good starting point to figure some things out.
 

tommudd

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4.56s and 265 75 16s would be perfect

BUT WAIT
what year do you actually have and what year did the parts come out of ? 2008 running gear ?
2008 was a KK, first year for them so lots of different parts
confusing
get the right information and maybe able to help
 

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In 2008 the only CRD’s were exports. In the US your parts would have had to come from an 05-06. Also the front diff is incompatible with a KJ if it came from a KK.
 

Bowdude

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4.56s and 265 75 16s would be perfect

BUT WAIT
what year do you actually have and what year did the parts come out of ? 2008 running gear ?
2008 was a KK, first year for them so lots of different parts
confusing
get the right information and maybe able to help
Mines production date is 6/01 & I ask the original owner of the Crd & it’s a 2005.
 

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What kind of one inch spacer in front, not good whatever it is
what kind of lift >
Hopefully OME coils etc
But at that height you will have coil spring / UCA contact
 

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What kind of one inch spacer in front, not good whatever it is
what kind of lift >
Hopefully OME coils etc
But at that height you will have coil spring / UCA contact
The only thing I know is that the springs are pink & the spacers are 1/4” thick & there’s 4 of them on each strut. Also the ball joint spacers are the thing, 1/4” think. All the spacers look to be cut with a plasma cutter or something.

What is UCA contact??

I’m looking to make this thing road worthy.
 

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