Homemade coil spring spacers
06-21-2013, 04:15 PM
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Prepare to be flamed by just about everyone. Yes, lifting your jeep ruins the suspension, but its the geometry that is ruined, not the quality of the spring. A stock spring works just as well with a 3" spacer as it would a 1 or 5" spacer. The latter would be the only unsafe case because it would lower the springs top really close to the end of the bumpstop post. Also what possible way could it limit travel?
06-24-2013, 06:37 AM
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Yeah I'm lost on that one. Not one thing changes to your factory suspension by using spacers.....it will ride, feel, and act exactly as it does stock. Granted you should change shocks also, as you would have to do if you bought coils anyway.
06-25-2013, 01:03 AM
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I could see how using spacers with stock bumpstops and enough travel having more risk of dropping a coil. But smart people run bumpstops/limit straps to prevent unloading.
08-01-2013, 07:52 AM
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Had a failure of one of the spacers on a friends truck while wheeling. I do not feel comfortable making these available just yet. Sorry for any confusion to those wanting to buy some. Money taken on one set has been paid back. I will keep at it and get this resolved. I apologize for any issues, luckily nobody has them on their jeep right now, and for safety reasons they are not being sold.
08-01-2013, 12:48 PM
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Both bolts backed out. He installed them, and did not loctite them, so I suspect that to be the issue. I have had mine in for over 3000 miles now and no issues what so ever, and I wheel HARD. They have taken many hard landings, and a busted lower control arm, without issue. So idk yet. I check my bolts weekly and they have not even thought of backing out.
08-01-2013, 04:24 PM
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Both bolts backed out. He installed them, and did not loctite them, so I suspect that to be the issue. I have had mine in for over 3000 miles now and no issues what so ever, and I wheel HARD. They have taken many hard landings, and a busted lower control arm, without issue. So idk yet. I check my bolts weekly and they have not even thought of backing out.
08-01-2013, 04:47 PM
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Class acts don't disappear with someone's money and leave the buyer wondering WTF is up. Class acts don't disappear from the forum for over a month. Class acts don't wait till a buyer has to call his work to get in contact with them and then posts an update on the forum 20 minutes after said phone call. Nothing about this screams 'class act'.
08-01-2013, 05:23 PM
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Nobody dissapeared with any money. The money order was cash by my wife, after I let it sitting without cashing it until parts were shipped and received. I had to fly out to Utah to attend my mothers funeral and square things away with the estate, she cashed it not knowing what was going on. Money has been returned. I have not been on the site lately, I have a life away from the computer. I work 74 hour weeks and have a family. It was a mix up, but I am assuming I am the only person who has ever mixed some things up, I apologize.
Nobody is hiding. I am here, I am fixing the issues, things are being put back to right. If this bothers you in anyway then feel free to turn around and get back to your own life.
Nobody is hiding. I am here, I am fixing the issues, things are being put back to right. If this bothers you in anyway then feel free to turn around and get back to your own life.
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Nobody dissapeared with any money. The money order was cash by my wife, after I let it sitting without cashing it until parts were shipped and received. I had to fly out to Utah to attend my mothers funeral and square things away with the estate, she cashed it not knowing what was going on. Money has been returned. I have not been on the site lately, I have a life away from the computer. I work 74 hour weeks and have a family. It was a mix up, but I am assuming I am the only person who has ever mixed some things up, I apologize.
Nobody is hiding. I am here, I am fixing the issues, things are being put back to right. If this bothers you in anyway then feel free to turn around and get back to your own life.
Nobody is hiding. I am here, I am fixing the issues, things are being put back to right. If this bothers you in anyway then feel free to turn around and get back to your own life.
08-01-2013, 06:18 PM
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Not trying to be. And yes I could have, I was completely unaware that it was cashed. My fault. Not blaming anyone but myself. I messed up. Now life goes on.