lift questions???????????help?????
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Add-a-Leafs are a single spring that you add to your existing spring-pack for lift, and increased payload capacity....blocks are nothing more than a thick spacer between your axle and the spring pack. I'm no XJ guru by any stretch of the imagination.....but I see blocks as a bad idea all around.
Seperating your axle from the springs is just asking for a malfunction, that block will add increased pressure on your U-bolts.
Myself with my new (new to me) XJ....I'm waiting to stockpile enuff money away so when I want to lift, I can buy 4 brand new springs that were manufactured to work with one another, and the kit that they come in will have everything needed to support the modifications I want.
Add a leaf gives "instant gratification" but if your stock springs are any kind of weak....which they probably are....in the long run you'll be disappointed with the results.....hope this helps.....Scott
Seperating your axle from the springs is just asking for a malfunction, that block will add increased pressure on your U-bolts.
Myself with my new (new to me) XJ....I'm waiting to stockpile enuff money away so when I want to lift, I can buy 4 brand new springs that were manufactured to work with one another, and the kit that they come in will have everything needed to support the modifications I want.
Add a leaf gives "instant gratification" but if your stock springs are any kind of weak....which they probably are....in the long run you'll be disappointed with the results.....hope this helps.....Scott
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I agree you should really stay away from both and get new leaf spring packs but if you can only get one or the other i would stick with a long AAL rather than a short and just stay away from blocks
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