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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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i have a 2 inch lift shackle on my jeep and the leafs are flat. are they soposed to be like this or are they soposed to have some arch in them?
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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They are flat stock ,aslong as they don't have a negative arch you should be fine.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by mike albo
They are flat stock ,aslong as they don't have a negative arch you should be fine.

Searching threads does come up with answers...huh..

Thanks for saving me the time of making a post on this!
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get them re-arched
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get them re-arched
you can its just better to get new springs
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 06:47 AM
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Shackles, or AAL 's on worn out leafs, Doesn't much sense to me. JMO
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you can its just better to get new springs
man why you gotta shoot my coments down lol jk
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so they are soposed to flat.
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stock they are flat unless you have the upcountry package with 5 leafs then they have an arch
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ok i was just wondering if i should replace them or not. but i guess not
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well you should replace them. 2" shackels isn't nearly enough lift.
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oh yeah im going to buy the rc 4.5 inch lift
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now yer talkin. those flat springs won't matter one bit after that's done
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