iNanni

Will this work? 2" blocks and coil spacers on stock shocks? Or will longer shocks be necessary?

1SickCherokee

Nope,it will work fine,thats what i have on mine with a add-leaf instead of a block and i have stock shocks

jeepgeek2002

you can run you stock shocks on 2" lift..
your shocks droop from the factory.. so 2" is the max you can go without swapping them for new ones.. but later on when money is not so tight get yourself some longer shocks.. so you flex it out more..

mark

iNanni

Alright sounds good.
Well im prolly just getting a stock size set of some nice monroes put on soon, courtesy of my dad. Then im thinking of putting some blocks and spacers on in the near future.

quadracer0387

i would sugest useing extended shackles insted of blocks... blocks put alot of stress on your leaves and can cause them to sag easier. thats what i did... also added +2" shocks but your stockers will do just fine

iNanni

Ive been told that shackles also cause extra stress that will lead to leaf spring sag. Also, ive herd since they are lifting from the rear of the leaf, that they somewhat rotate the axle unaligning the driveshaft

Spooledwhat

yeah i have heard that as well with the rear drop shackels, but i think i would go with a longer shock so you can flex it out more.

bwebb

The drop shackle might change the angle less than 1 degree if that much.
And will point the diff up towards the tranny

What do you think am I close?

quadracer0387

shouldnt cause any more stress then your current shackles.... blocks create stress on the center point.... shackles are also cheap and stronger. my driveline is no different with the longer shackles and seems to flex better..

KRjeep

i did that to my xj and it has worked fine but its a lot more bouncy

LanShark

Do you have to get the XJ re-aline after you install the 2" lift?

a1racer

yes you should it will change the toe and the caster when you lift it

quadracer0387

yes you need an alignment... i just installed my 2" and the tow was 9 degress out... it would tair up your tires in no time

iNanni

So if i chose to go with shackles, are there any shackles out there that will give me a true 2" of lift?