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Custom lifted Jeep Gladiator built by Ernie's Custom Shop in Vernon Hills, IL

Vernon Hills, IL · Since 2011

Truck, Jeep & SUV Upgrades Installed in Vernon Hills

Lifts, wheels, tires, lighting, and armor, fitted to your vehicle and installed in our own shop. Jeeps, trucks, Broncos, and full-size SUVs.

What we install

We help you pick parts that fit your truck, Jeep, or SUV, order them, and install them here in Vernon Hills.

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Out of the shop

Wranglers, Broncos, trucks, and full-size SUVs we planned and installed, and the two restorations we took to SEMA in 2025.

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Start to finish

How a build goes here

Most of the work happens before a wrench comes out. Here is the whole of it, so you know what you are walking into.

  1. The call

    Tell us the vehicle and what you want different about it. We ask what it is on now, how it gets driven, and anything already done to it. That is usually enough to price the job on the first call.

  2. Fitment against your vehicle

    A manufacturer fitment list gets us close and does not settle it. Trim, drivetrain, wheel offset, and whatever is already bolted on all change the answer, so we check against the vehicle rather than the chart. If a size would need trimming, you hear it now.

  3. The parts

    We order the set we specified, including the supporting parts the main kit leaves out. Brake lines, bump stops, a track bar, sensors and brackets are specified alongside the job, not discovered halfway through it.

  4. The install

    Done here, in our shop, by the people who quoted it. Wiring is fused and routed where heat and moving suspension cannot reach it. Lighting is aimed before the vehicle comes off the lift.

  5. After it leaves

    Any real change in ride height gets an alignment. Wheels get a re-torque at 50 miles and suspension hardware at 500, because both settle once they have been driven. Bring it back and we do it.

An Ernie's Custom Shop technician working on a hub and coilover

Everything is fitted and installed in our own shop in Vernon Hills. We have been doing it here since 2011.

Serving the North Shore & Lake County

Off Milwaukee Ave near Route 60

Libertyville, Mundelein, Lake Forest, Buffalo Grove, and Deerfield reach us via I-94 and Lake Cook Road. Drivers also come from across Lake County and up toward Milwaukee.

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Towns we work with

Vernon HillsLibertyvilleMundeleinLake ForestBuffalo GroveDeerfieldHighland ParkNorthbrookGlenviewArlington HeightsGurneeWaukeganLincolnshireLong Grove

Tell us what you drive and what you want done

Call or text the shop. We make sure the parts fit your vehicle, price the parts and the labor together, and book the install.