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Old 08-09-2010, 06:50 AM
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Ok, so I was wonder what people thought about swapping the front from coils to leafs? I'm a fan of leafs over coils so I just wanted to hear what people thought of this
Old 08-09-2010, 08:17 AM
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Loss of ride quality on road, loss of ride quality/flex off road.

Why go back in time?
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most people are trying to do the opposite by swapping the rear to a 3 or 4 link setup to get rid of leaf springs... Frankz couldnt have put it better why go back in time?
but dont get me wrong to each there own
in short its more work than its worth to swap the front to leafs
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I saw an xj either on here or another site that had leafs up front. Seems like a whole bunch of work to me but it is your jeep so do what you want with it.
Here it is:
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthrea...6891&highlight=

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its cheaper to do leafs then swap the rear to coils but idk if i did a 4 link id want to do the front in a new 4 link with coilovers not just coils
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