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Old Dec 30, 2020 | 08:03 AM
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That sucks, are the old springs just completely unable to be used off road?
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Old Dec 30, 2020 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 01tank
That sucks, are the old springs just completely unable to be used off road?
I was sitting at 2.5" of lift on one side and 3.5" on the other so I was just beating myself off the bump stops. And even after I did measurements on and off the vehicle I had to send them in for them to measure them themselves before they would send me another pair of springs which took a couple days. I'd think that the pictures and measurements I sent would've been enough that once I had the old ones in the mail they could send the new ones. They wanted me to buy another set of springs and they would refund me if they got the springs in and decided they were indeed bad. Which with how the rest of the experience was going I didn't want to gamble that much money and have them pull some BS.
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Old Jan 14, 2021 | 08:45 PM
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My just installed 4" IRO lift. Definitely has some rake, so maybe they have changed their rear springs

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Old Jan 15, 2021 | 08:41 AM
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The replacement springs are in and are sitting higher, only time will tell if they sack out too
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Old Jan 24, 2021 | 09:46 AM
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Little video about the Cherokee hitting most of the major modifications
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Old Jan 25, 2021 | 08:25 AM
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Nice reminder of how well sorted your rig is!
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Old Jan 26, 2021 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Battle
Nice reminder of how well sorted your rig is!
If you say so haha it seems like a mess to me. So many things left to do
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Old Feb 7, 2021 | 12:59 AM
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Highschool budget 1999 xj build-photo512.jpg
Played in the snow with it a bit today, had a blast and it did well.
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Old Mar 1, 2021 | 11:50 PM
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So far it seems the current engine runs great, fuel economy seems to kinda suck though for some reason. I'd think the better running would mean more efficient, but I don't know. Finally I believe I have a winch mount solution in the works from a buddy, but I need to sell off some of my Comanche project parts to afford a winch for the mount.
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Old Mar 2, 2021 | 07:28 AM
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How do you define "kinda sucks"?
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Old Mar 2, 2021 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Battle
How do you define "kinda sucks"?
I have always gotten 15-16+ and it seems I'm getting like 10 now
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 07:50 AM
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Kind of a terrible picture, but I picked this up yesterday for my Cherokee Highschool budget 1999 xj build-photo207.jpg
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Old Mar 14, 2021 | 09:47 AM
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Older boostwerks comp mount brace? Very nice.
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Old Mar 15, 2021 | 09:38 AM
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Older boostwerks comp mount brace? Very nice.
Yes, just need to get my tax return and I should be able to get a winch and put it on
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Old May 8, 2021 | 04:43 PM
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I'm just going to leave this here
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