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so i am gonna bugdet lift my xj until i can afford an actual kit. but i might just leave it cuz i can fine tune it and it'll be custom this way. so i need donor vehicle ideas. i know that everyone is snatching up grand cherokee coils and dakota leafs really fast. so what about a ford ranger, would there leafs work?
im not in any hurry to get it finished, but parts go really quickly. and i live 30 miles from the nearest junkyard, prolly farther actually.

could i use stock dakota leaf springs with a 2 inch shackle?
all help is oh so greatly appreciated!!!

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ThumperK15

Depending on how much lift and flex you want or need. They do '63 Chevy leafs, and I see people do Explorer leafs also. Some are faced forward and some turned backwards. There lots of options on leafs.

jeepxjho

Well i know that ford f150 front coils works also here a link to give you a few ideas.

http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/...udget_Lift.htm

XJ_Atheist

hmmm i wonder how hard it is to get 4.5" with a budget lift

wheeler

so let me understand this correctly, i cut the rings off the leafs and add them under the leafs i have already? why cant i leave the rings and just replace the stock leafs with longer ones?

this is all very confusing. thank you for that link. it helped a little haha

jeepxjho

You can't use the full leafs becuase they are longer from eye hole to eye hole from what i'm told and are only used to add more springs.

The dakota springs are used mainly due to them being the same width as the xj's

wheeler

so i take the stock ones apart then put the Dakotas in between the stocks like im shuffling cards?
how much lift will this get me?

jeepxjho

typically 4" to 4.5" lift

wheeler

would stock dakota leafs fit? then they would bow down more giving more lift but then how would the ride be? and would they be flexy or really really stiff?

Nstyfox

^^^use the search feature we have and search bastard leaf packs!

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new question that a search did'nt revile an answer too, could i use dakota springs with a 2 inch shackle??? or any other size shackle!

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bump. please anyone???

winston427

Bigomudders just did a Dakota bastard pack on his girlfriends XJ. We took the main leaf from the Dakota and cut the eyes off of it. The used it and the rest of the Dak pack under the XJ main stock leaf discarding the rest of the XJ pack. So basically the main leaf from the XJ and the complete leaf pack from the Dak with the eyes removed. This resulted in 5 inches of lift in the rear of her 91. Now throw in F150 coils in the front and you should get 4-5 inches.

cjmass47

or you could use a set of econoline van springs. added 5.5 to my buddies ranger this weekend and they were 20 bucks cheaper then f150's... no idea why but you might have the same luck