Grand Bodylift

Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Location: Wollongong

Hey guys, Just a quick question.... Newish [last year] Grand Cherio V8 body lift ? Are they possible and what size is best ? X
J's are limited to about 1" arn't they ? Are V8 Grands the same ?

Thanks very much. Jeremy Very Happy

Joined: 23 Oct 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia

correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the Cherokees unibody i.e. no separate chassis and body, so not possible to do a body lift...

Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Location: Wollongong

That is true Mk but that doesn't mean you can't do a body lift, you then simply place the blocks between the body and the crossmembers, and use extended shock mounts etc.
[well this is on other 4wds with no chassis, eg subaru's]

Joined: 23 Oct 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia

never thought of it that way, never heard of anyone running a body lifted Cherokee either, probably why I didn't think about it eh

Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Location: Wollongong

I may be wrong but i think jumbo and mark hickey are running 1" body lifts. [ TJ and XJ ] I'm just not sure on the WJ [ i think that's the classification]. Billsta, you done any research on this one ?

Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 8:20 am

Jumbo has a 2" Body lift in his TJ - as do I....
I'm 99.5% certain that Hick does NOT have a body lift & I'm 99.4% certain that there isn't a Body lift available or possible for the XJ.
As I understand the crossmembers on the XJ are part of the unibody.
You can use spacers on top of the front coils, but that's not a body lift.

Joined: 23 Oct 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia

Wooders wrote:

As I understand the crossmembers on the XJ are part of the unibody.

This is what I though, but when Surfection brought up about the crossmembers it got me wondering.

Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Location: syd

and theres a cross member in a grand??
no body lifts on mine..

i just accepted the fact that i have no seperate frame on the jeep and thats it. think if i really want a body lift, i have to put the whole thing on a seperate frame. Mr. Green

and im 99.45% sure there is no body lift on Mark Hickey's XJ.

Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Location: Wollongong

Cool, thanks alot guys. I'll take a look at this Grand anyway and see if anything can be done. Cheers, Jeremy

Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Location: Sydney

It might be more like a late model subaru, where youre essentially lowering the drivetrain.

Joined: 25 Oct 2002 Location: Wollongong

Yeah that's what i'm basing most of my knowledge on liam, i've had two subaru's with 2" body lifts on them, and danstoyowagon's last car was an L series with a 3" body lift. Easy peasy Razz

Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Location: Brisbane

yeah the only current jeep that can have a body lift is the tj, all other uni body. which is a shame really, have to go big mods to get them up for bigger wheels or hack out the guards instead.