DangerousMouse

Hey all, my friend and I installed Rusty's 2" front springs and Pro Comp 53111 rear springs this past weekend (still stock shocks...ya I know) and the lift looks great but the rear springs ride like absolute crap. It is obscenely stiff. I have an 85 Fiero GT with 300# springs and a full poly suspension and it rides better than my Jeep right now. A friend of a friend has this same setup on his Jeep and it rides only slightly stiffer than stock. I'm not sure if I just need to wait for the new springs to settle or if we somehow botched the install. The reasons that I am wondering this are the clunks that I hear coming from the rear when I go over a bump at slow speed (I don't know if they are there at high speed because my tires are pretty noisy) and the fact that if I push down on the rear of the car it doesn't compress at all, maybe a quarter of an inch at most...it's almost like pushing on a rock. When I go over a speed bump the front is like stock but the rear clunks and is ridiculously stiff. It's almost painful to drove down the highway. Also, (I don't know if this is related because I did the tires/wheels and lift all at once) whenever I come to a stop, as the car slows down I hear a sound like a tire rubbing on the fender flare a kind of wuub wuuub wuuuub (if that helps at all). The tires are not close to anything so I don't think anything is rubbing. Any help is appreciated!

nick_n_ii

Ok for the stiffness first. Stock shocks mean you have zero down travel so you are feeling your shock bottom out. As for the no up travel I've never heard anything good about Pro Comp leafs.

As fro the run, what width tire you running on what rims? Sounds to me like there rubbing on the back/inside of the wheel well.

DangerousMouse

I'm running 31x10.50x15 Maxxis Buckshot Mudders on 15x8 Cragar Soft 8s with 4" BS. And as for the first thing you said, would it be the other way around? Wouldn't I be running out of extension, not bottoming out? Thanks

nick_n_ii

YA, basically one in the same. You can bottom out a shock on either end of the stroke. Sorry I wasn't clearer on that.


Ok from the tire/wheel combo don't sound like your rubbing on the inside of the wheel well. Maybe on the pinch seem than.

joelukex4

I have an 01 Cherokee with Rancho long add-a-leafs that I am not happy with. On my 95 Cherokee the Rancho add-a-leafs extended further to the eye at each end of the spring pack. The ones on the 01 are shorter and were used as the third leaf instead of the second. I am looking to relace with new spring packs to hopefully get a better ride.

Why did you say the Pro Comp springs were not good. Which spring packs would you recommend for ride quality? Rancho, Rustys,Skyjacker Softride, etc. Looking for ~ 3in of lift.

Thanks, Joe

a1racer

post up some pics of your shackle angle if like mine then that is your problem not the spring here is one of mine this is to straight up and down but i am going to be fixing it as soon as i can

CHIF8008

wait whats up with shackle angels? how should it look and why?? i just wanna know, good head knowledge :]
cuz mine look like this

CHIF8008

a1racer

they should be laid back about 40 degrees straight up and down will give a bumpy ride

CHIF8008

so do mine look ok?

a1racer

a little to much shackle lift for me but for off road only it will work but be a little ruffer then if they had a bit more angle to them

CHIF8008

haha well maby ill fab. something else up

a1racer

i don't like to link to them but check this out http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=956630

CHIF8008

wow! yeah maby something like that- thanx

a1racer

yeah i am going with that set up as soon as i can save up some dough