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From: SoCal951
Year: 98'
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
You're replacing the coils and springs to get 3" of lift over stock so it would theoretically be a 2" difference for you but I highly doubt your up country suspension is still in tip top shape. You need good 3" coils and full leaf packs. Don't waste time or money on AAL's. Then get some good shocks as well
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From: Carrollton, GA
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: Inline 6 4.0L High Output
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From: middlebury vt
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 6cyl
So I've got new leaf springs I'm putting in there rough country 3.5's my jeep is already lifted was when I bought it but needed new springs, any how too's or or sugestions for when I remove and install the new ones? I dont have a car lift just a jack and jack stands I'm planing on jacking it up with a set of jack stands on the frame and then a set under the axle so it doesn't have presure on it when I unbolt the leaf springs. I already sprayed the bolts with PB blaster so hopefully they'll come out with out to much of a fight any ideas or tips would be great! I plan on doing it this weekend
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From: SLC, Utah
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
So I've got new leaf springs I'm putting in there rough country 3.5's my jeep is already lifted was when I bought it but needed new springs, any how too's or or sugestions for when I remove and install the new ones? I dont have a car lift just a jack and jack stands I'm planing on jacking it up with a set of jack stands on the frame and then a set under the axle so it doesn't have presure on it when I unbolt the leaf springs. I already sprayed the bolts with PB blaster so hopefully they'll come out with out to much of a fight any ideas or tips would be great! I plan on doing it this weekend 

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From: Indianapolis
Year: '99 and '91
Model: Cherokee
So I've got new leaf springs I'm putting in there rough country 3.5's my jeep is already lifted was when I bought it but needed new springs, any how too's or or sugestions for when I remove and install the new ones? I dont have a car lift just a jack and jack stands I'm planing on jacking it up with a set of jack stands on the frame and then a set under the axle so it doesn't have presure on it when I unbolt the leaf springs. I already sprayed the bolts with PB blaster so hopefully they'll come out with out to much of a fight any ideas or tips would be great! I plan on doing it this weekend 

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From: middlebury vt
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 6cyl
yeaa forgot to mention I got new U bolts and new bolts that go through the bushings.
any "stable" ideas for makeing jackstands taller? L'm not sure they'll reach my frame lol I was thinking maybe cinder blocks but I don't know if that'd be wide enough and doesn't sound very stable hopefully there tall enough guess I'll find out haha
any "stable" ideas for makeing jackstands taller? L'm not sure they'll reach my frame lol I was thinking maybe cinder blocks but I don't know if that'd be wide enough and doesn't sound very stable hopefully there tall enough guess I'll find out haha
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From: middlebury vt
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 6cyl
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From: Indianapolis
Year: '99 and '91
Model: Cherokee
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From: middlebury vt
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 6cyl
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From: middlebury vt
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 6cyl
I got all the other bolts but I didn't get a bold for the shackle so hopefully I dont have to take that out. I got lock washers for the U-bults should I have gotten them for the rear leaf spring bolts? Thanks!
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From: Indianapolis
Year: '99 and '91
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You could also set the jack stands as high as they go, then take off the wheels/tires to let the axle droop more.
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From: middlebury vt
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 6cyl
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