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Old 02-08-2010, 12:15 PM
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http://www.autozone.com/autozone/cat...ior+Automotive


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Looks like it would break as soon as you try to wheel it something that cheap that holds up your whole truck just seems a little to shady to me
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haha definately looks like a bad idea
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looks like you could bend them with your hand.....lol
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Originally Posted by yellow97XJ
haha definately looks like a bad idea
Had a friend who bought these and they BENT, AZ sells a better set for $29 that will work just fine...Tj
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I tryed them... they don't work on an xj anyways
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buy the truck lowering shackles and when u install them they will will life the back up about 2.75 to 3" and they ant flimsy ill take a pic in a hot sec just a lil grinding on the bushing on the shackle and it will fit liftd my jeep 3 inches for about 50 bucks lol
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they work good and haven't had any problem with them on or off road and im a lead foot , i love showing off the power the 4.0 has. shot my drive shaft 20 feet behind me :P fun night
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Here's a better alternative.

http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep_xj_shackles.html


I had two sets of those. Good shackles and adjustable.
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Im only looking for ¾" to an Inch of lift/adjustability
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Originally Posted by 5spd-XJ
Im only looking for ¾" to an Inch of lift/adjustability
then just use a block. im sure a one inch block wont kill you. and if not that use a one inch shackle
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