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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 09:21 AM
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I was hoping to stay away from the spacers and just use a coils that away later if i wanted a bigger lift i could just add a small spacer also i don't know how dependable the spacers are will they break or kick out or anything like that?
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 10:28 AM
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I was hoping to stay away from the spacers and just use a coils that away later if i wanted a bigger lift i could just add a small spacer also i don't know how dependable the spacers are will they break or kick out or anything like that?
Spacers can't slip out, they look like donuts similar to the existing rubber pad. I used zj(v8) springs with the extra pad and got about 2.5-3 lift
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tuxfan212
Yeah mine. I used 92 ford cougar springs from a V6. Unfortunately they do require an adapter that can be made easily yourself but I think they ride just as good or better than stock on road while providing good ground clearance and performance off road. Check out my blog below for details.

Just to let you know I got 3.5 - 4 inches of lift out of these.
Ive seen a few people use these springs, I have a set sitting in the garage til i can get the rest of the lift together. Bill2, if you don't want to buy new coils and you don't want to use 2inch spacers, then you might want to give these a shot. Google "tbird coils in jeep cherokee".
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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ok i'll look at this and get back to you
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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well i was looking at the sights about tbird coils and it said there are two diff kinds 83-88 was more lift and the 89-97 has lees lift so for a xj wanting to run 31/10/50's with out having to replace a bunch of stuff
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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which coils will give me a 3" lift on the tbird?
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 06:42 PM
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is there any thing besides f150 coils give me the 3 to 4" lift i need without the large cost of a fancy bolt on lift?
93 t-bird coils work great!
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 10:54 AM
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and that will give me a 3" lift without any spacers or any thing else ?
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 11:09 AM
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iv got some rustys 3 inch lift springs ill let you have for 60 plus shipping.
pm me if your interested.
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 08:50 PM
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are they still in good shape?

what i mean is can a coil spring get weak or any thing like that
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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did you sell those rustys coils? if not I may be interested
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