sorry I havent been on in a while. The shocks need to be tight or they will rattle and piss you off. Those nutserts frome the factory suck. If the bolts cme off then take a long punch and your favorite big hammer and punch them out. Then you can put a nut on top. That isnt easy either but Ive done it a dozen times. Keep at it and do it right, You wont regret it!

the SYE isnt too hard to install and with the bushwacker flares i had to cut 2 or 3 inches all the way around the wheelwell opening on the front and on the rear i just cut to the spot welds then folded the rest of the metal up into the wheelwell

yea i installed the SYE myself

yep get the puller or if you wanted, I have used a cit off wheel and cut as close as possible to the splines, Then hit it with a chisel to crack it off. But you should remove the box and support it  on the oppositye side of the cut when you smack it. A lot easier to get the proper cone style puller  and do it right. 

yea your gonna need the pitman arm puller to git the pitman arm off. any other way and your probably gonna damage somthing.

The way I was told to measure the backspacing of a wheel was to lay a straight edge across the back of the wheel with the tire off and then measure from the straight edge to the hub mounting surface. and that should give you the backspacing.

I only have 5.5' of lift and I can clear 35s so you should be able to clear 35s with that lift if you use the right length bumpstops, and wheels with the right width and backspacing.

I have a Rubicon Express lift, the Rough Country lift is a good lift if your on a budget. A buddy of mine has one of their lifts on his blazer and hasent had any problems whith it, the only bad thing I've heard about them is the springs and shocks can be a little stiff.

Thx for stopping by, greetings over the pond

Yeah Iv eheard of problems with stereos but never personally experienced it myself, (Ive competed in the distant past) I gotta try and get the XJ out to measure that for you(backspacing)  Youll love the lift though