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Old 09-14-2009, 10:05 AM
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Default rough country 4.5" coil springs, soft or stiff?

Who's running these? Would you rate them as soft or stiff? I can't seem to find the coil spring rates on the springs and I am considering these.


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I'd be wonder also.

Need to up from my RC 3"

Not trying to jack your thread just piggy back on it..
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Originally Posted by nick_n_ii
I'd be wonder also.

Need to up from my RC 3"

Not trying to jack your thread just piggy back on it..
Hey it's cool. I have rusty's 3" HD coils and going up to 4.5" springs. We're in the same boat.
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Hey Nick, I just found out from Grimus99xj, who works for RC, that the 4.5" springs have a 155 lb spring rate. That's stock-ish rate so perfect for what I'm looking for.
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Sweet..

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Found this on Jeepforum, might help. http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/s...-rates-613756/
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they are really rough until they ware in, i would highly recommend the RC control arm drop, it helped improve my ride 200%
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they are really rough until they ware in, i would highly recommend the RC control arm drop, it helped improve my ride 200%
I have that already.
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I'll be long arming in the Spring..
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I'll be long arming in the Spring..
sweet. i wish i was doing that. Maybe later on, like a year or two. My gf bought me the drop brackets last year and they do just as good as long arms. I don't want to get rid of them already so i'll stick with em until i'm super rich and can afford long arms. I'm going with Trek's from jeepinoutfitters.
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I'll be building my own..

And leaning at doing a 3 link set up..
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will you be crawling or just wheeling? wheeling- stiff and crawling- softI would think
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will you be crawling or just wheeling? wheeling- stiff and crawling- softI would think
I like the best of both worlds so I try to balance out my suspension to handle both.
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I like trails, tight twistys, hills, off cambers and crawling... Slow and aimed..
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Stiff...but mines only about a month old. I did not put the lift on myself, got the whole rig this way. The only way I can wear it in is speed bumps, SE Florida is all leval ground, and hot chicks!


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