mashbolt

Hi All,

Need some advice!
It's a 1998 grand Cherokee with 140K on it and no lift or major mods.
Its my DD and very rarely goes off road.
Need to replace all the shocks and I think the springs have gone soft.
Can I use and if yes what type do I need shackles to give me a better ride, slightly higher ride?
If I use shackles do I buy OEM size shocks or do I need longer?

Basically I need a lesson on shackles and shocks and where's the best place to get them from ?
I don't want to pay silly money for them.


Thanks
Markie in the UK.

1slo_camaro

our jeeps dont have shackles.... shackles are used when there are leaf springs in the rear. the ZJ has coil springs/shocks front and rear. i cant really give you any advice on where to go cause im pretty new to the jeep world myself, so im doing a little research myself. but you will need 4 coil springs and 4 shocks if you want to replace them

pwb

I got 1" lift spring coils from OME and shocks from Skyjacker, my car is much better/stiffer on the road. I'm from Norway so the cars we normaly use are much stiffer than US cars. But i do miss the "float" feeling when driving ;-) I had a litle bigger winter tire on it to. I dont know if i would have replaced the springs if i should have used is as a my daily car, but maybe, it looks better to :-) I ordered it from jeep4x4center.com

blue_on_blackXJ

You can use coil spacers, but as stated above you don't have shackles since grands are coil sprung. Spacers lifts are pretty cheap, I think I've seen some sets as cheap as $60. As for shocks, if you're not gonna wheel it, factory length should be fine.

wildspear

I looked and looked and looked, but no shackles.....did some one take mine

MSJeeps911

Keep looking.
(Maybe you put coils overs on). LOL

If your springs have gone soft. I have a set of coils for sale. 80+ s+h

1slo_camaro

are they stock springs?? or lift?

MSJeeps911

Upcountry.

MSJeeps911

I sold all my old lift. I have stock or which will give you like maybe .5 higher coils left.