2" lift

 
 
So where do you start in making the jeep more off-roadworthy?
You need to lift it - this will provide you with
1. more ground clearance
but that is not the most important, what is the key factor is that
2. you will be able to fit bigger tires
I went with the budget option of 2" as this can be achieved using just innexpensive spacers under the springs.
p.s. if you are looking for some, I got mine from http://extreme-engineering.com/ including the bumpstop extensions (the picture aside is from their web site)... however they also sell on Ebay, where I was able to swipe a set for only $56(a great saving over the $90 they have on the site) where the total including shipping to Poland turned out to $81. If you are not from the USA, there are many such deals on Ebay, but the problem is that many Americans are afraid to ship abroad (but the formalities are realy 'childs play' - all that is needed is just a small additional slip of paper which needs to be filled out, declaring the item description and value for customs purposes in the recipient's country) What was great about Anthony DeFalco is that unlike many of the other ebayers he had no problems whatsoever in sending these to Poland, whilst also (as seen above) having reasonable S/H costs (some of the other's asked would for example ship to Poland but only using UPS etc. for something like 100 to even 250 USD for next day service)
There were good installation instructions included, but I also found a ton of sites ('use Google Luke...') where everything was detailed step by step including pictures. All of these instructions claimed it will take anywhere from 15 minutes to half an hour per wheel. ... it took me over 6 hours and I even had the spring compression tool, which supposedly makes things easier.
However the problem was not with the springs, spacer etc ... but with the f^$#$! optional bumpstops ... original bumpstops are built in such a way, that a rubber stop is pressed into a metal cup screwed to the frame. Unfortunatelly water, salt (winter), sand etc. gets in there and the screws basically become welded to the frame. Therefore being the perfectionist I am, I had to mount the bumpstop spacers also and the majority of the time was fighting with the screws using a blow torch etc. to get them loosened ... and even so one got broken and I had to drill it out, re-thread, etc.