HOW TO: Jeep Grand Cherokee OME 2" HD Lift Kit Install (2005-2010 WK)
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- It's rewarding to do work on your own Jeep Grand Cherokee WK and installing an OME 2" HD Lift Kit & JBA Upper A-Arm can be one of the most rewarding things you can do. I hope my comprehensive DIY instructions can give you the confidence needed to install your own lift kit.
I suggest reading below and watching this video at least once before you actually start changing your suspension.
Tools needed:
Hydraulic Jack - tinyurl.com/y8...
Jackstands - tinyurl.com/y8...
Chock Block - tinyurl.com/yc...
1/2" ratchet - tinyurl.com/y9...
1/2" breaker bar - tinyurl.com/yc...
1/2 " extensions - tinyurl.com/y9...
15mm socket - tinyurl.com/yb...
18mm socket - tinyurl.com/yb...
19mm socket - tinyurl.com/yd...
21mm socket - tinyurl.com/yb...
24mm socket - tinyurl.com/y7...
27mm socket - tinyurl.com/y9...
(Use 6 Point Sockets!)
1/2" Torque wrench (70 to 130 ft lbs) - tinyurl.com/ya...
Pliers - tinyurl.com/y8...
Flathead screwdriver - tinyurl.com/ya...
8mm deep socket - tinyurl.com/y8...
10mm deep socket - tinyurl.com/y9...
1/2" to 3/8" adapter (reducer) - tinyurl.com/y8...
8mm wrench - tinyurl.com/y7...
10mm wrench - tinyurl.com/yb...
15mm wrench - tinyurl.com/ya...
18mm wrench - tinyurl.com/y9...
PB Blaster - tinyurl.com/yb...
Rubber mallet - tinyurl.com/y7...
Metal mallet - tinyurl.com/y8...
Wire brush - tinyurl.com/y9...
Bungie cord or rope/wire for suspending brake caliper - tinyurl.com/y9...
Lint-free paper towels - tinyurl.com/y8...
Spring compressor - tinyurl.com/yc...
Safety glasses (required) - tinyurl.com/yc...
Gloves (optional) - tinyurl.com/y8...
Parts required:
OME 2 inch Lift Kit WK - 4xguard.com/aff...
JBA Upper A-Arms - 4xguard.com/gra...
(QTY 12) - M12x1.75 Lock Nut (MOPAR Part# 06502835) -
(QTY 2) - M16x2 Lock Nut (MOPAR Part# 06102252AA)
(QTY 2) - M12x1.75 Hex Head Lock Bolt (MOPAR Part# 06508710AA) - tinyurl.com/yb...
Dover Dodge Chrysler Jeep does a great job keeping MOPAR OEM parts prices cheap. Be sure to check them out when ordering - www.doverdodgec...
Spring Compressors can be rented from AutoZone, but I highly recommend using a Branick wall unit in its place. Spring Compressors like the ones used in this video can snap under load. Always use eye protection. Branick 7600 Strut Spring Compressor - tinyurl.com/y7...
I also highly recommend that you get an alignment after installation. I waited about 500 miles in order to let the new suspension settle into place.
Video equipment:
Canon 5DMII, 16-35mm f2.8, GoPro Hero3+ and iPhone 5s
Edited using Final Cut Pro
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Tools needed:
Hydraulic Jack - tinyurl.com/y8mgynot
Jackstands - tinyurl.com/y8qnosom
Chock Block - tinyurl.com/yc3tquz5
1/2" ratchet - tinyurl.com/y9towgve
1/2" breaker bar - tinyurl.com/ycofe5nu
1/2 " extensions - tinyurl.com/y9l226g3
15mm socket - tinyurl.com/ybvbbfxc
18mm socket - tinyurl.com/ybvtyxjw
19mm socket - tinyurl.com/yd2ymz6t
21mm socket - tinyurl.com/ybm9hjqj
24mm socket - tinyurl.com/y7xueoc4
27mm socket - tinyurl.com/y9f87tnw
(Use 6 Point Sockets!)
1/2" Torque wrench (70 to 130 ft lbs) - tinyurl.com/yapo92g5
Pliers - tinyurl.com/y8xhgzwx
Flathead screwdriver - tinyurl.com/yaqx3s9f
8mm deep socket - tinyurl.com/y8fcb9aq
10mm deep socket - tinyurl.com/y9prympe
1/2" to 3/8" adapter (reducer) - tinyurl.com/y8zjx2eu
8mm wrench - tinyurl.com/y7h4r4xw
10mm wrench - tinyurl.com/ybax4df6
15mm wrench - tinyurl.com/ya62nt7e
18mm wrench - tinyurl.com/y9lnpe5q
PB Blaster - tinyurl.com/yb9ebc8q
Rubber mallet - tinyurl.com/y74pwmp8
Metal mallet - tinyurl.com/y8dokncn
Wire brush - tinyurl.com/y9r5yay6
Bungie cord or rope/wire for suspending brake caliper - tinyurl.com/y93qxuup
Lint-free paper towels - tinyurl.com/y8x73o4d
Spring compressor - tinyurl.com/ycgcmxtw
Safety glasses (required) - tinyurl.com/yc8ev9hx
Gloves (optional) - tinyurl.com/y8mgack3
Parts required:
OME 2 inch Lift Kit WK - 4xguard.com/affiliated-products/old-man-emu.html
JBA Upper A-Arms - 4xguard.com/grand-cherokee-2005-2010/jba-upper-a-arms-for-lifted-wk-xk.html
(QTY 12) - M12x1.75 Lock Nut (MOPAR Part# 06502835)
(QTY 2) - M16x2 Lock Nut (MOPAR Part# 06102252AA)
(QTY 2) - M12x1.75 Hex Head Lock Bolt (MOPAR Part# 06508710AA) - tinyurl.com/ybgeh35p
Dover Dodge Chrysler Jeep does a great job keeping MOPAR OEM parts prices cheap. Be sure to check them out when ordering - www.doverdodgechryslerjeep.net/parts-accessories/shop.htm
Spring Compressors can be rented from AutoZone, but I highly recommend using a Branick wall unit in its place. Spring Compressors like the ones used in this video can snap under load. Always use eye protection. Branick 7600 Strut Spring Compressor - tinyurl.com/y7h8j48s
Dungeon Motorsport Really great video.
My WK with the 2" OME lift MD - plus a bit extra is my trusty XJ replacement and I've had 3 of those in the past. After 16 years my WK is my longest ever owned vehicle I've driven on a daily basis.
I found that Rock Road Outfitters will pre-assemble OME springs and struts with new Jeep parts for $214 bucks for both sides. It will save you a little time but get you new parts instead of using old parts again. I just bought a WK and looking for a lift, this video is one of the better I have seen for this lift kit. Thank you for putting this out there.
So glad I came across this video!!! I own a 2008 Jeep Commander and intend to install the OME MD kit as soon as I can afford it. I'll definitely use this video as my tutorial. It's absolutely the best video I've come across!!!
Thanks for your kind words!! 👍🏻
Thank you for your awesome video. Although I did not lift my WK, your video gave me the confidence to replace my shocks , struts, and UCAs. I took my time, enjoyed the work, and saved a few bucks doing it myself.
The OME info here is great, as a Jeep owner for the last 23 years, I can appreciate the custom work that can be done to WK and WH Jeeps. I've spent £10k on mine in the last few years. WK/WH are very cheap to buy in the UK and maintain if you pick the right ones that have not been abused too much. I run a WK 5.7 HEMI on LPG which gives me the same running costs as a small car. I have the OME MD on mine.
How do you like the medium duty?
It's great to have a great teacher how teaches all ploblems concerns my lovely vehicle thanks
Great video. Only thing is you should try to never tighten shock or stabilizer links or most any suspension bushing until the weight of the vehicle is either on the ground, or the axle is on a jack stand loaded (Reason is) you can tear or twist the bushing once its loaded under weight. Also wire brushing bolts can remove the protective factory coating some blaster is good enough or replace the bolt And I would love to see your rig with all the work done.
I will be buying the OME kit and will make sure you get credit for it. Nice job
Drop link can be torqued up regardless, it's a ball joint not a bush. 😎
Well done video, my only advice is to leave the castle nut on the ball joint and hit upwards on the control arm instead of the ball joint to separatethem. This will keep you from possibly hurting the balljoint in the hammer process (trust me I've done it, yours luckily was easy) and it will allow you to use a normal hammer if you dont have a rubber or a rubber one isnt strong enough.
Excellent work!! Thanks. I will follow your steps on my commander next weekend!! 🍺🍺
Very thorough. Great posting, thanks for the insight.
Amazing. I'm installing this lift in the next couple of weeks and this will be invaluable. Thanks so much.
No need to remove the caliper. Just adds 15 minutes + per side. Easy to get the strut out without removing the caliper. Did it today.
From the rust level on unplated surfaces on your Jeep I have to conclude that you reside in the "rust/salt belt". That being said , I think it's obscene that for the cost of vehicles today that manufacturers get away with not protecting the product before it ships. Helpful video
Glad to help. And I hear you about the rust level. I was a bit disappointed with that...
How is the ride with the HD springs compared to the stock?
I’m just wondering if the ride is smooth
I know that this is a little late to the game, but I found out the hard way that on the rear shocks, the bottom nut is *WELDED* to the mount and is *NOT* removed!!! I removed mine. Had to have a shop re-weld it back in place.
Should make a back up of this video, not many DIY people include socket sizes and much less the torque specs. Used this video when I installed my Dobinson's lift a few years ago and still going strong
How did the 2.5 inch lift turn into 5?
Thank you for the video guide.
Presumably it 'settled' down after this video?
I just did my OME lift this weekend and your video really helped! Thanks for putting it up. As an aside for anyone doing this lift, even if you aren’t replacing the upper control arms, removing them really helps get the new strut towers back in and isn’t too hard. Also the lower clevis bolt is super hard to get out, don’t waste your time with it. Lastly, I did not remove my brake calipers but I did unfasten the brake line from the wheel well to give more slack.
Great video I got a 05 Cherokee 4x4 and this is very helpful
Glad to hear it! 👍🏻
Great video man. I'm currently shopping for a WK. Damn things keep going up in price now though.
You can turn the steer wheel to give better access to the front caliper bolts too.
such a high quality video thanks this will make things easier
Great video. I'm planing to do the same to my 06 wk. Keep it up and thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Can u do a video of walk around full car after install
What does W
WK mean? I paint the outside rim mount area on my 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland with red high temp paint. No more having to chisel loose rims rusted on. Thanks for the video I need to put new shock front and rear in some time in the near future after some other repairs. I think I would go with a four inch lift at least if I was to put a lift kit on.
Thank you for the video!! Very informative! Can I ask you where you found/purchased your aftermarket wheels/rims from? They are EXACTLY what I've been trying to find to no avail! I have a 2010 Jeep GC Limited with the 18" wheels. Also, how do you feel about the HD OEM 2" lift as opposed to say a Rough Country lift of the same size? I'm just starting to learn all of the ins and outs with these things. I appreciate the videos, will keep watching. Thanks!
You're welcome 👍🏻
I purchased the wheels from summit racing.
The link provided for the OME is no longer good. Seems 4xguard doesn’t offer it anymore as the only thing OME related is a strut spacer.
So I was wondering if there was any issue with bearing wearing out quickly? Local dealer stopped installing lifts on WK after having to many issues. Great video.
Great video. I'm in the process of swapping my bump stops & isolators. Only thing, bottom part of spring stuck tight.cant get it loose. Any tips? Thanks in advance
Awesome video. Seems like replacement lock nuts aren’t available anymore. Are there any alarm bells with reusing bolts/nuts and using some thread locker?
nice, gonna change out shocks and struts on my Wifes 05 Grand Cherokee now...
Wow. Great job w/ instructions. We live right in the roxbury neighborhood. My son just bought this truck today but it needs all 4 shocks and struts replaced. The way you showed this, we could actually try to take on the rear job but would go no where near that front. Requires some experience I think. Any recommendations for the install in this area? Randolph, Denville, Roxb... etc. Looks like the job is over $1K in parts alone so think we'll have to stick w/ stock replacement if that's cheaper w/o the lift... ;o(
Really awesome, thanks for your time making the video.
Those are the same spacers as I have, the problem for me is they're illegal where I live and I'm in the middle of replacing the standard wheels for some with more of a negative offset and I'm doing the front wheel arch mod as we speak......
so im lookinf to do a 4 inch lift on my WK and fit 33 or 35 inch tires. after seeing you install this OME and get a 5 inch boost, what do you think about me getting this lift for roughly 1000 rather than a 2000 Superlift.
What size tires are these?
Thanks for the help
Looks great
Thanks for this video! I'll be doing exactly this plus some more next week. This video helps out a lot.
You're welcome
Hello! This video was a huge help, I just had one question, apart from the parts listed in the kit, did u require to change the sway bar links or anything like that to adapt to the lift or did the stock parts adapt to the lift?
Stock parts adapted just fine but I got modded A-arms to clear bigger tires.
Hey Man, great Video, is it mandatory to change the upper control arms with the 2 inch lift?
Thank you
Much appreciated. The modified ones help to clear bigger tires.
Dope video 🔥 and how's the drive? Do you recommend it ? I have the same jeep but I did a 2 inch spacer on the front and bilsteins 5100s shocks but it squeaks and the drive feels rough. What do you recommend?
Looking down the barrel of a gun at 54:04... I just ordered OME MD lift kit for my 3.7l WK . How did the HD kit perform?? I expect it’s dangerously stiff for the 3.7l. Good video but you should have done a walk around after. I will be using what I learned for my installation. Thank you!
It's not cheating brother it's doing it the right way with the spring compressors.
great vid!
are springs left and right specific?
will this lift affect Quadradrive ii or traction control on '05 limited w/5.7?
Very good tutorial. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Appreciate your kind words.
I noticed on your back wheels that you have pretty thick wheel spacers and that could be one of your rubbing problems its not stock or factory set up I own a Stock WJ V8 and my new 245/70R17's KO2's don't rub but I would love to put a 4in lift short or long arm but since its Quadra drive I would have to replace the front drive shaft possibly even if I went with a
.budget 2" or 2 1/2', I want height was the ol saying say's " It's a Jeep Thang" LOL 🤭
I'm looking to add this same kit to my Jeep. What size tires did you run with this kit?
Would it be possible to combine this lift with a 2" strut spacer lift? What would be needed to adress in that case? Longer brake lines and ABS cables, longer sway bar links.. Antything else?
What size rims, offset and backspacing are you running?
perfect job, all details. Thanks!
Thanks brother!
Great video! What size wheels and tires are on your jeep? I have stock wheels and arent sure what kind to get but i really like yours.
very well spoken and good teacher....but lol at the etnies shirt with adios on😅
haha, you got me!
just wondering what was the height of the jeep on all 4 wheels after the lift cause i did mine with the OME Coil Springs & Bilstein 5100 shocks and is not even. I have the measurements
Front Left 36in, Front Right 36.75in, Rear Left 35in, Rear Right 35.50 that was at the first location and the second location was Front Left 36.75in, Front Right 37in, Rear Left 34.75, Rear Left 35.25in , and i have follow everything from your video exept that i have Bilstein 5100 shocks. Tks for your help.
Nice video, wanna put in my 2006 jeep cherokee 31, 0r 33 tires , what kind of lift kit do you recommend, please need help
What is the purpose of the stabilizer? And would it ever break if more pressure is added or would it snap off??
I can't seem to find this lift kit on the site linked. Only the upper arms
Great video. Quick question. If you're simply replacing the shock, does the control arm still need to come off?
Awesome video! I'm taking the advice and ordering more spare nuts and bolts. On the Dover Dodge website I found both the lock nut parts, but I typed in the 06508710AA Hex head lock bolt and it didnt match any product numbers. Did you have any issue locating the bolts on the site?
Thanks!!
Awesome video, thanks for the upload!
Great video. If you don't add the a arms do you still get near the 5 inches of lift?
Hi there, I too hsve a Jeep wk however; I have a RC lift now I kind if do want to go bigger. I'm sure it is possible but is it safe to use both the OME lift with the RC lift to make it a 4in lift? thank you
Can you give me a list of parts I need to do my jeep like that thank you
Apparently 4xguard doesn't carry these parts anymore. Thankfully ok4wd and summit racing do.
i want up lift only front side to be level it with the rear
can you please advise me?
Thanks.
is this the same deal for a 2015 jeep wrangler 4 door? great video as well.
Really good video. One question. Is there a lift purpose to the upper A-arms? Can you do the lift with stocks?
Why do you have now wheel spacers like before the 2 inch lift? cosmetic? rubbing?
so with this old ome lift kit, do you by chance know which ball joints ar being used? k6292? also which control arm are you using?
Why do u have to add the different upper control arms when adding a lift?
Hey were can i get this lift? I went to the link you put up but got a 404 error. The other lifts from that website do not look like this and are either way cheaper or more expensive. But where can i find this exact lift kit? or what is the product name exactly?
PuRe x Gaming Check out the updated link in the description to this video. And thanks for the heads up!
Well done Video, very professional install. What size spacers were you running? 1.5"?
Seth Drew Correct. Thanks for the kind words!
Is it necessary to completely remove the UCA to replace the strut and spring unit as my UCAs have already been replaced? Thanks for the great video!
Catbus Are you talking the Upper A-Arm? You do need to remove it in order to clear the strut assembly for removal and reinstallation.
I got a rwd do I need new sway bar after I do the lift of 3inch
What size tire you running with that lift?
Is this better than adding two inch spacers? If so how?
Extended stabalizer links can be used off different vehicles or aftermarket
How is the ride compared to the stock suspension?
I know this video is old but what size tire did you have?
I did a 2 in rough country lift but didn't change out the upper control arms. I was wondering if not changing them could be the cause of my positive camber problem.
No, assuming you did it correctly and your alignment guy knew his job.
Did the lift changed the camber on the front ??
Will this affect that sensitive transfer case? Will the transfer case need to be calibrated?
What are you talking about?
¿¿¿ How Many lock nuts and what size do you need with this set up ???
great video bro, i was wondering how is the tire noise on these cragar soft 8's?
Really depends on the tire...
+Dungeon Motorsport I meant to ask how is the tire noise on your jeep with these tires on
Maybe you said it somewhere and i missed it but what size are those tires
Stock sway bar size okay with this lift?
did you put in the abs sensor bracket for the upper a-arm?
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does this lift maintain factory CV and Driveshaft angles?
How did you program the car for the bigger tires?
What is your tire and rim set up?
Do stock Jeep wrangler rims and tires fit with out the lift
do you have spacers and do the tires rub? I heard 265-70's were the biggest you can use on this model or can you elaborate-thxs.CF
What size tires and rims are these
what size of wheel and rim do you have on that cherokee?
great video man!!
Could I run 35s with this lift?
I'm confused. How did you get a 5" gain with a 2" lift? Please explain?
Sure. 5 in the front to remove factory rake.
Wow! rotors! great instructional video though!
So could I installed the OME 2 inch lift and the arms with my rough country spacers to make a 4 inch?
Also here with the same question??
Great job! Jeep looks awesome. Do you have any rubbing when flexing? Looking into getting this exact lift but want to make sure it won't rub with flexing like I'm currently having. Thanks.