which is better,add a leaf and new front springs or spacers and shackles? i plan on doing a three inch lift. i want ride quality but i would rather have off road proformance if i had to choose. any thoughts?

 

leaf packs and springs. aal's wont last

 

If you're on a budget, at least build a bastard pack instead of going AAL.

 

Best would be new front and rear springs. But to your question New front springs and either a shackle, a bastard pack or combination of B-Pack and Shackles.

 

definitely dont do aal saggy rear ends suck trust me I know from experience on that one...

 

Do a pack AND shackles.

 

this is why you dont do an AAL and you get new leafs!!!


new packs are designed to take some abuse and have different features than out stock leaf packs do.

when you throw a thick leaf in the stock leaf pack the pack no longer works together

 

looks like a deck of cards....

 

thanks for the imput, what exactly is a bastard pack? and is it still ok to do spacers in the front?

 

So how many of you have run a "quality" AAL and how many are just talking out your a@@? If you buy good quality, made in the USA AAL's like I did you have no problems. You buy the made in China garbage and you get what you pay for. I've had a long leaf AAL on mine for over a year and wheel it hard and drive it daily with all my wheelin' crap in the back and have yet to show any sag whatsoever. What makes you think a "bastard pack" would work any better?? Just because you scarffed some cheap springs from the JY? Think about what you're saying. You are still building a AAL setup.

 

I had a RC AAL and it was pretty saggy after a year.. what type of AAL are you using?

 

I wouldn't put anything RC sells or even gives away on my Cherokee but that's just from my personal experience. I run a Zone Offroad lift and couldn't be happier. All made in the USA and the customer service is second to none. Zone is the "lower cost" division of BDS Offroad.

 

For Cherokees, you would take the cherokee top leaf and a full Dakota pack. Cut the ends off the dakota pack and bolt it up to the cherokee top leaf. Or at least that's what I'm told.

 

never been a fan of spacers sure you have the "lift" you want but your spring hight is still stock so you wouldnt get as much flex as you would if you got longer springs up front. just my .02

 

Using a short AAL will eventually bend the main leaf like in the pic above but good quality long AAL's work just like an extra main leaf. I have a Black Diamond 2" kit on mine and the ends sit right under the eyes of the main leaf. Black Diamond is made by Superlift out of LA.