Tips on lifting your Jeep WK and commander

Jeep grand cherokee and commander lift kit self install, rough country , leveling kit

[@rudythe3]

I have a commander and i did not us spring compressors it was actually very easy to do without taking so much apart

[@yerwrng]

With shocks off and sway bars off there should be plenty of axle droop to do coil install and removal with dicking around with a coil compressor .

[@Maulden87]

I put my 2" rough country kit on my 07 commander without a spring compressor.

[@montyhuff8278]

Yes u don't need the spring compressor

[@AyyItsJk]

You brave soul

[@johnmartensen4278]

Had to put ratchet straps on the shocks and lower the jeep back onto them, tighten the ratchet, install the spacer and cut the straps off. B!+c# of a job, took me 2 days just on the front. Highly reccomend a spring compressor and an actual wrench set as opposed to adjustable wrenches. Also need deep well sockets up to 24mm, and an axle nut wrench would help. An impact wrench would've made it so much faster too.

[@robbiegwinn]

cool shit....just changed the struts on my subaru....woah the winter fun now with the new tires....yep pulled over in a alley testing them out...just a warning since its all wheel drive. told the cop next time i'll check them out on the roadway with traffic if he'd ike

[@dblr616]

You can get just the bushing and just replace that if needed for the lower control arm

[@wkjeeping9053]

I just put a 3 inch on and I used a ratchet strap to help with the front since I couldn't remove the lower strut fork bolt

[@shadricksimms]

Did u do the same thing he did to get it in I'm trying to add a 3' lift on mine

[@CHAOSMOVEMENT]

I had to do lower control arms and the clevis there was no getting those bolts off. I ended up replacing the entire suspension front and back there was so much rust. Now my rocker panels are rusting out. These WK types do not hold up well at all in the north east.

[@thecoverstory1]

I fitted this kit to mine... but had to remove it as the axle was too steep.an angle 😢

[@broken1965]

cant you pull the whole strut assembly out??

[@IntegraDIY]

Good info Shawn stay packin

[@bajaclaws]

i got a tj with a rustys lift and 33" tires. just installed a track bar , but i'm gonna add control arrms. i hope that fixes my shimmy

[@jsno78]

Just didn’t my 08 wk and it was a bitch to do. Definitely needed spring compressors as nothing dropped down enough to get time out front or rear. Put on 1.25” spacers because kit says you can run 265/70/17 so I put on duratracs and they wouldn’t clear without spacers. Rides like crap now.

[@williamdrake6711]

I know you said before you only do dealer work, are there any exceptions to this rule?

[@tisoy909]

No need for sping compressrs. put rough country on mine.

[@leonnekrotiuk1223]

Thanks for the heads up

[@garrettoles9281]

Definitely don't need the spring compressor for the front

[@mguerrero8787]

I did a clevis lift on mine from hevymetal suspension is a hell alot easier because you don't have to take off the struts and Is a 3.5 at the front and 2 in the rear

[@bryanhersman4037]

Did your bolt come out easy? I bought that lift for my 2009 with 140k on it and haven't put it on yet. I'm worried about that coming out easy.

[@mguerrero8787]

@@bryanhersman4037 there 2 bolts that you need to take off to swap the clevis a lower bolt and a upper bolt they both come off easily i did use a 1/2 impact i bought at harbor freight, now when you swap for the new clevis the new clevis the upper bolt doesn't want to go inn so what i did was i used a hammer to push it in a little then with the impact driver was able to screw it inn.

[@wrestler1383]

does it make it look squatted??? mine just got delivered yesterday, haven't put it in yet and i dont want it squatted...

[@mguerrero8787]

@@wrestler1383 it does a bit, but what I did was I didn't use the spacer in the rear I used 2003 chevy tahoe rear coils and to raise it more at the front I put 51000 adjustable bilstein shocks at the front and i still had rake I think it looks really good

[@anthonyp7546]

Looks good

[@mimikels9443]

Hubby lifted my commander so now I need help getting in. I'm 5'1. All the steps I like say they don't work for my commander. Is it an install difference or are they basing that off of a non lifted vehicle? I really like the Bully steps.

[@koopspook]

Mommyatheart have you tried getting some fabricated by your local shop?

[@Bajaheat]

Did you paint the fender or someone else?

[@bajaclaws]

dude put king coil over's on her and an atlas transfer case

[@elbotikario1988]

how did you cut the bolt on the lower arm?? its giving me a hard time to get it out

[@robertvujcic6270]

I cut mine with a reciprocating saw. It was the worst experience of my life. I ended up removing my lower control arm just to replace the bushing with what was left of the bolt inside. I hope you had better luck

[@Guitartime1]

Where are you, a week without Hack and Pack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BigBand1942]

I talk exactly like you...where you from?

[@alondraarellano566]

probably Minnesota

[@shadricksimms]

Can I do the same technique for a 3' lift on my commander?

[@ChristianWTR1]

Im doing the 3 in and its a royal pain in the ass considered selling it and buying a 2.25 inch lift

[@mguerrero8787]

I don't know if you guys still have your wk s but I highly recommend a clevis lift fromo hevymetal suspension for the wk or comander is $169 ÷ tax on ebay IS A HELL ALOT EASIER THEN THE STRUT SPACER and is a 3.5 at the front and 2 in tha back

[@shadricksimms]

Mine was easy not bad with rust and I live in Rhode island

[@joshuadunn1069]

Get JBA UCA or that shit will eventually snap out of the knuckle

[@jonmalkowvich6967]

I need my sumbitch jeep hacked n packed ????

[@PowderRide34]

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