Lift advice

What size tire do you plan to run?

Buy cheap and get cheap. Rough country has a crappy shocks unless u upgrade. Also if u go over 2" there is a good chance u will need a steering correction. Those lifts a bare minimum.

Spend your money once. Figure out what you want to do, mall crawl, rock crawl, surf fishing? 100% on road? Or mix? My rig had Rough Country when I bought it. .. and I've never been so happy to get rid of that lift.

glenn I was told your a ruff country spokesman what the heck?

Yeah, steer clear of Rough Country unless you want a bone-jarring ride. What size tires do you want to run, and what do you want to do with the Jeep? For a rock-crawling Jeep, you'd want certain specs that you wouldn't need for a street or beach Jeep.

Most 06 Jeeps, either came with 28" or 30" tires. Upgrades are usually to 31" or 33" tires.

For 31s, you're fine with a 2" lift, and most people use a spacer lift. I'd suggest the Quadratec lift with Hydro shocks (Nitros are stiff) for a nice budget lift. http://www.quadratec.com/products/16400_0X31_PG.htm That includes bumpstop extensions so you don't hit the tires on the flares by bottoming out.

For 33s, you'll need a bit more. You can use a spacer lift and supplement with body and motor mount lifts (JKS are the best http://www.quadratec.com/products/16067_00.htm http://www.quadratec.com/products/16066_00.htm ) for street and beach use. But, if you want to do more rock crawling trails, then having more suspension travel will be important and should consider a 3.5" spring lift. Unfortunately, this puts you into another class (can of worms) where you'll need new control arms (for strength offroad), brake lines (or bending the stock ones), swaybar links, and either a new trackbar or drilling new mounts for the trackbar. You'll also need drop brackets for the transmission skid plate. I think the most economical choice here is the Quadratec 3.5" lift http://www.quadratec.com/products/16400_0X33_PG.htm But, you may want something better for more serious offroading. Rubicon Express, Teraflex and RockKrawler are all good choices.

some people only have so much money to spend on their rigs and still want to enjoy the sport.
I am piecing mine over time and buying better parts for a batter ride. if you cant buy it all at once this method will work you just have to have patience.