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One of my coil springs is broken - not my fault! - and so it's time to replace them. But [and I know this is madness] I need to keep my Cherokee stock height for the moment, if for no other reason than I'm not redoing the rear right now, and I don't want a front-high Cherokee!

Several parts stores list the Moog CC782 as the correct drop-in replacement for the Cherokee, but the Rock Lizard budget lift article suggests that these are actually an inch longer than stock [with stock weight up front, of course]. To make matters more confusing, Summit lists the CC778, CC780, and the CC782 as being drop-in replacements.

So my question, first, is if anyone's used any of these Moog springs, and if so, what model number gives stock height? Second, how do people feel about these variable-rate springs vs the fixed rate stock springs?

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Looks like no-one's got experience with the Moogs, so let's go a different direction with this. Has anyone replaced their coil springs with stock-height springs, and if so, what did you use, and how did it work?

Jeepman659

Most guys on here would just say buy a cheapy 2" lift and you have all new suspension (if you buy the right one) and you're that much taller.

claygrassmann

junkyard is the way to go on this one my friend itll be much cheaper and more than likely will be broken in similar to your old one thats in there now so it will sit pretty level

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To make matters more confusing, I just measured my height, and it's 16" [instead of 17] on all the wheels except the one with the broken coil, which is 17". It should be about an inch lower [because the end of the coil snapped off, and the next bit of spring is resting on the perch], but instead it's an inch higher.

Junkyard might not be a bad way to go. I'll replace both the coil springs, no matter what, but if my leafs are sagging an inch, I may as well get "settled in" coils. My worry now is that if I buy the wrong Moogs, and they're an inch high, and my leafs are an inch low, I'll end up with a 2 inch height difference, high in front. And there's no way I'm replacing leafs on this particular XJ; she's rusted beyond any rational expectation.

No money for a budget lift kit, but a good suggestion, anyway. And I want it stock height, anyway. I know, crazy.