I Regret Lifting My Daily Driver. Three years ago, I dropped $1,0. Jeep Cherokee. And while I initially loved the way it turned out, I’ve grown to detest almost everything about my new suspension. Lifting my daily driver was a dumb idea. The main reason I lifted my Jeep was because it was starting to look a bit pathetic with its saggy rear leaf pack, heavily- scratched paint, rusty rocker panels, and off- color driver’s side fender. I figured I could lift the Jeep out of its Pathetic Old Junker status and turn it into something actually kinda badass, and I think I was right.

Back when Mercedes was using the re-animated corpse of Pablo Picasso as the head of design for the Unimog division.

• Three years ago, I dropped $1,000 on a lift kit for my daily-driver, a 1992 Jeep Cherokee. And while I initially loved the way it turned out, I’ve grown to detest.
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Look at that muscular stance. Those beefy 3. 1- inch tires. All that extra ground clearance for off- roading. It is beautiful. But I had to sacrifice a crap- ton for that look, and in retrospect, it totally wasn’t worth it. Never mind the initial $1,0. Never mind trying to cure driveline vibrations, or adjusting the track bar to keep the 3.

Never mind all that. What I do mind, however, is when I’m headed home on a quiet night after a long day and BAM, I hit an expansion joint. Two seconds later: BAM, I ran over a grasshopper.

A second later: BAM, I ran over an endoplasmic reticulum. Alien Raiders Full Movie In English. Three seconds later: BAM, I ran over a fermion. You get the point: the ride quality is abysmal, even with my Bilstein 5. And that’s the issue with a lot of these lift kits, including my relatively- pricey Rubicon Express one: the springs are often too damn stiff.

Of course, my peril doesn’t end with just poor ride quality. The handling also got much worse thanks to the higher center of gravity, the braking got a crap- ton worse thanks to the larger diameter tires, and my god, the acceleration. This Jeep’s grunty four- liter motor makes 1. R1. 5 tires. But with the 3. Jeep is now downright slow.

And that makes me sad. Wind noise is also up, thanks to more exposed suspension parts, steering parts now wear out faster, and fuel economy is drastically reduced. I used to score about 1. MPG highway, and now I’m at about 1. That’s almost a 2. As someone who drives total shitboxes regularly, you’d think I’d be comfortable in a loud, inefficient, poor handling, poor braking, slow vehicle.

And I totally am. But in this case, looking at the data, this lift kit just wasn’t worth it. If this weren’t just a grocery- store runabout, but instead an actual off- road rig, maybe I’d say it was worth it.

But I’ve got a purpose- built green Jeep XJ at home that I’m not at all afraid to hammer on off- road. As such, this red Jeep rarely sees mud or rocks, rendering my lift kit all but useless, and the negative consequences of the install all the more annoying. I kinda just want my old springs back. But man that rear three- quarter profile. Whew, it makes me weak.