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Old 09-06-2009, 12:30 PM
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I put on my rubicon lift 3 months ago and the rear end still sits about an inch higher than the front. I was wondering if i could take out the smallest bottom leaf if that would help level out the jeep. I torqued all the bolts on the ground
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i wouldnt mess with the leaves, If it was me, I would put a 1" coil spacer in the front.
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yeah i was also thinking of that do you think that it will mess up my alignment
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I don't think it would. You got it aligned after you lifted it right?
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yeah
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Originally Posted by lifted1994xj
do you think that it will mess up my alignment
Yes, but not by much or I should say, no more than a good day off-road would knock it out of whack anyway. I'd add the spacer, give it a good wheeling, and then have it realigned.
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ok if its a new lift with all new leafs? it will have to take a little time to settle in and it will drop about a 1in to 1/2in. dont lift the front yet, wait a few months and then see what happens. and if you are gonna lift it in the front you might wanna invest in a longer trac bar. or it will look like you are dog tracking.
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ok if its a new lift with all new leafs? it will have to take a little time to settle in and it will drop about a 1in to 1/2in. dont lift the front yet, wait a few months and then see what happens. and if you are gonna lift it in the front you might wanna invest in a longer trac bar. or it will look like you are dog tracking.
It is not that new got it in may and have gone wheeling 3 times. I just put all of my old springs, tool box, and a really heavy floor jack to see if that does anything
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just let it settle. it'll take a while. flex them out and put some extra weight in the back, i used bags of sand and of bunch of other random heavy stuff that i could find.

mine still sits a little higher in the rear, but its ok cuz when i go camping/wheeling it evens out a bit with all the extra gear in the back
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ok thanks for all the help i think am just going to keep a bunch of stuff in the back and see what happens
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dont be like me and put a huge system in it... they tend to be stolen alot.... but yeah no prob.
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