ta2tony

Seems to me he was asking for opinions. I gave him mine...

warthog

I appreciate all the thought and info. I will look at it some more and post some pics.

If I went with shackles, is boomerang the "go too" shackle. Also I have access to a water jet so does anyone have any designs or layouts they will give up or pm me

ta2tony

No problem. The other thing in that pic that gives it away is if you compare the white roof line of the house in the background to either the roof line of the XJ or rockers. Its probably at a 2 to 3° angle. I did precision measurement for 5 years so my eyes catch that sort of thing pretty quick.

The other thing to do would be measure from the center of your wheel to the bottom of the flare. This is a quick and dirty way to determine lift, stock is 17.5 front and 17 rear. Again, needs to be on level ground.

The boomerang shackles are to prevent the shackle from hitting the rear of the shackle mount box. If this isn't a problem for you they're not necessary but won't hurt anything. Personally I will probably go with the RC adjustable lift shackle. Its a pretty decent value IMO. Also search for the "chevy drop shackle" on here. Its like $35 from the local parts store and will give you about the lift you're after...

sycoglitch

Anyone saying get an extended shackle, you do know that will put more stain on the leafs and have them bend worse. On newer springs they are good but as springs soften they will bend. Ask me how I know

ta2tony

If your springs are sagging and in poor condition (like my stock springs currently) then yes. However, if the "sagging" he has noticed is just from his springs settling as they wear in this is not the case. I don't think his springs are sagging, but thats why I asked for him to measure center of wheel to flare. That'll tell us more.

thatXJguy

In all honesty your "sagging" is hardly noticeable unless you ask someone to stare at it for 5 minutes.

Beat the crap out of those leaf springs until the tire really has no flex room anymore, and then just get new leafs when you're good and ready. There's no need to waste your money on band aids. Don't fix what isn't broken.

123456bmx

Lift shackles are terrible and will strain your leafs unless you have relocators,just buy the relocators

xj_maniac_newb

That is so far from correct, a proper length lift shackle wont hurt a damn thing.

This new fad about relocation brackets being necessary is getting very old, as is this new mentality that everyone should be running 3" of lift no matter what size tire they want to run. Yes, relocation brackets are a good thing and helpful, but your leaf springs arent going to explode or randomly invert if you put them on without relocation brackets. And yes, a LCOG setup is awesome, but not the only correct way to lift your jeep. The only reason the shackles will invert the springs is if they're the crappy sagged out stock springs which dont have the much arch to them in the first place. Even then it wont be that bad. Hell my stock springs were completely flat for 3 years and my jeep never randomly combust.

Xj88

Yea. Wrong.

helmut

If it was me I would lower the front by an inch to match the rear.

helmut

Relocators are used to correct shackle angle to help with travel. If a quality setup with correct lenght leafs puts your extended shackle at 45degrees there is no need or benefit from relocators. I have them only because my crappy leafs are too short.

warthog

I appreciate all the info, I will think about it and tell y'all what I decide

Michael952

It isn't that noticeable but if it bugs you that much go with some new shackles as stated

Bossokee

Not having proper bumpstops can also be rough on springs, bottoming out or just overloading can make them sad