OK after a long day of wrenching, cussing, and not much bleeding the XK has RRO 2.25"lift installed, new Monroe Load Leveler Shocks in rear, new Monroe 171377 strut assemblies up front, JBA 6.7 UCA's, new 17x8 MO970 Moto Metal rims w/ 265/70/17 Hercules Terra Trac ATII.
Lessons we learned: with the RRO lift they use long bolts that go thru the strut tower, spacer, and into the engine compartment. This was hell trying to tighten up the two inner bolts on each side because you cannot possibly get anything back there to hold the head while tightening the nut up top. Solution: We tack welded the inner 2 bolts on each side to keep them from spinning. If anyone is using this lift I'd recommend figuring something out before having it installed in the jeep.
We couldn't get that damn LCA bolt out of the bushing. Luckily my buddy has a lift in his garage. We disassembled the calipers took them off, pulled the rotors, removed the steering bolt, removed the spindle, pulled the half shaft, compressed the springs and that gave us enough room to push that strut fork under the strut then we jacked up the LCA to seat the strut in the fork, bolted it in and put everything back. Needless to say the 2nd one went alot quicker than the first.
Overall very happy with the outcome so far. As of now she is sitting 5 1/2"taller in front and 4 1/8"in back. The struts/shocks were probably OE and not doing very much, best I can figure. Here's some pics:
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