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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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I did 3.5" RE lift, but made the mistake with tight money to get AAL's and now can already tell the back is lower then the front with surco and a spare tire thrown up there, but i was just wondering would rear shackles help with the problem or should i wait till i got the money for some full leaf packs.
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by bmrrwolfe
I did 3.5" RE lift, but made the mistake with tight money to get AAL's and now can already tell the back is lower then the front with surco and a spare tire thrown up there, but i was just wondering would rear shackles help with the problem or should i wait till i got the money for some full leaf packs.
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Yes. rear shackles would help that out.
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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What are best price/quality shackles around?
Any serious downfalls to shackles?
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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Pretty common ones are the rough country shackles. The cheap and work great. I havent heard of any downfalls or experienced any problems.
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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If it is a street driven Jeep I have heard to stay away from the revolver shackles but the RC ones are supposed to be very strong.
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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I have tera flex shackles on mine and have had no problems. I did how ever have to do some exhaust work. I had Dynomax pipe and tip and had to do a side exhaust out because it hit the shackle. But thats the only problem I have had.
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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I have rough country shackles and there great
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JeepersCreepers
I have rough country shackles and there great
Where did you get them from? and how much did they run you?
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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You can get em on ebay or straight from rough country at roughcountry.com
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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I have RC shackles too. A+

Got em from Roughcountry.com for $52 (shipped).
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 01:40 PM
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if you add shackles to an already sagging leaf pack all they will do is make the leafs sag more. an extended shackle allows for a greater range of motion that put the leafs in positions they werent originally designed for.

and no matter what shackle you go with, you won't have any problems (just stay away from the universal shackles at autozone)
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