ny_driver

Will these springs from I believe a '99 Cherokee work on my '93 Grand Cherokee Laredo. Thanks.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f11/om...98/#post977123

EDIT: looks like they are just a little longer.

EDIT#2: we're gonna find out just how well they fit. Hopefully won't need new shocks.

blackjack12982

They're not gonna provide any lift. You'll be lucky if they'll sit level with what your ZJ is supposed to sit stock. You lose at least 1" of lift using XJ springs on a ZJ. I know this, my front coils are XJ Clayton coils.

ny_driver

I thought my Jeep was an XJ? I don't understand that part I guess....it's a unibody from between 1984 and 2001.

blackjack12982

You said you have a 93 Grand Cherokee, right? That's a ZJ. A Cherokee is an XJ.

ny_driver

I'm learning. Thanks.
Hopefully with the UpCountry coils being a bit taller they will look ok on there. I only have the 6 cylinder in it.

blackjack12982

Upcountry springs are factory 1" taller than stock. What are you trying to gain by switching to springs that in all likelihood are going to lower the front end of your ZJ?

ny_driver

Inexpensive fix. My drivers side is broken at the very bottom so it's sitting a bit low right now.

Had anyone replied with this information last night I might not have bought them for free + shipping.

EDIT: aren't they 1" taller and also stiffer?

blackjack12982

They are 1" taller, and on ZJ's they're stiffer, but I don't know how a model change is going to affect the stiffnes.

ny_driver

I would say it definitely did not lower my Jeep. It jacked it up a little. The back was slightly higher than the front before the spring change, and now the front is clearly higher.

ol"blue

Glad to see you got it fixed cheap.

stomper27

how's your shocks working? I think it looks great. Did you put your front shocks on the rear?

ny_driver

Thanks. I only drove it around the house so I don't know. Didn't think of putting the fronts in back. I'd need to shorten them up with the bandsaw because the bottom ring was broken off on 1. Not sure if that would work?

EDIT: I think it would work, the back end is about an inch low now I think........back in the garage tomorrow.

blackjack12982

Why would you put your front shocks on the rear? They wouldn't even work that way, have you looked at ZJ front shocks? The front shocks are completely different from the rear shocks.

See above...

ny_driver

I was going to look at them closely before taking them off. I don't see anything different but the length without going outside with a flashlight.

blackjack12982

I can only assume he was talking about swapping a set of front coils into the rear. It's a common lift, achieving 3.5" of lift, but the shocks are completely different. They wouldn't work without major modifications, rear shocks have eyelets at both ends, while the fronts have bar pins at the bottom and attach under the hood in the front.