Rocky-Road XJ lifts?

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Carl Saiyed - 31 Oct 2004 03:25 GMT

I am considering a "complete" 2" lift from "Rocky Road Outfitters". This
includes 1.5" lift shackles with a .5" lift block for the rear, and 2" coil
spacers for the front. It also includes "BPE Shock Extensions".

Questions:

1) Any experiance with "Rocky Road Outfitters"?

2) How hard is this kit to install (Tips welsome!)?

3) With this lift, can I run 30" tires on a stock 89 XJ?

4) Will I have any problems after installing this lift? ie: ride comfort,
pinion angle, driveshaft problems, brake line problems, ect..

5) How do the shock extensions work? Are they worth buying?

Thanks,

Carl

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Rusted - 31 Oct 2004 05:06 GMT

Rocky Road Outfitters is one of the "local" shops here. I honestly don't
hear or see much of their stuff even local. If you do a search in this
group you will see where a few people have had poor customer experience with
them. My only personal experiece with them was through a family member who
ordered their rockrail from them because they were bolt on, and local.
They would not even allow local pick up, "we only ship" so they had to pay
shipping anyways. The rails did look good, and bolted in easily.
If it were not for their fancy website I don't think that they would be
selling much at all.
Three months ago they had some ads going to hire a couple of $9/hour
fabricators, that indicated to me that they were looking to grow.

>I am considering a "complete" 2" lift from "Rocky Road Outfitters". This
> includes 1.5" lift shackles with a .5" lift block for the rear, and 2"
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> Carl

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Kevin in San Diego - 31 Oct 2004 20:26 GMT

2 years ago they claimed to be going through growing pains. If they still
are going through the same pain and havent fixed it, then their management
must still have big problems. (Glen was a real jerk to me, and Im a real
easy guy to get along with.) I agree that their pretty website is far
different from their customer service.Their service ended up being real ugly
for me.

KH

> Rocky Road Outfitters is one of the "local" shops here. I honestly don't
> hear or see much of their stuff even local. If you do a search in this
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>> Carl

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Kevin in San Diego - 31 Oct 2004 20:21 GMT

I had a bad experience with Rocky Road. Their customer service was horrible
a few years ago and I wont go back. That was just my experience. That tiny
lift isnt worth the money you save anyway. Get a real lift like a rubicon
express one. They go on the XJ real nice. then you can get 31" tires and be
real happy.
KH

>I am considering a "complete" 2" lift from "Rocky Road Outfitters". This
> includes 1.5" lift shackles with a .5" lift block for the rear, and 2"
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> Carl

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