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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by JerrytheJeep
I'm in the same boat. I'm looking into Old Man Emu springs, which by word of mouth, are quite good.

Places I've looked
Jeepinoutfitters.com
Says they discontinued the 2" variety and only offer 3". I think they still do tj 2", but I don't know if they're useable.

Quadratech.com
They've got some iirc in 2" varieties. They sell a 1.5" kit with leaves, but not a 1.5" leaf pack so I wonder where those come from.

From what ive seen youll need to buy bushings for the springs as well. Let me know what you find.
This is the exact same stuff I have found. I don't want to buy the $800 OME kit, so I just wanted the 2in leafs to buy, but can't find them anywhere
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by a_shirey
Old Man Emu makes some.
Do you know where I can buy them without purchasing the entire lift kit? I can't find them sold exclusively anywhere.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by zmuehl22

Do you know where I can buy them without purchasing the entire lift kit? I can't find them sold exclusively anywhere.
I was going to try calling quadratech to see if I can swoop on some of the 1.75" ones (they probably ride a bit high anyway). Otherwise id just research the tj ones and get those if they'll work.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JerrytheJeep

I was going to try calling quadratech to see if I can swoop on some of the 1.75" ones (they probably ride a bit high anyway). Otherwise id just research the tj ones and get those if they'll work.
TJ leaf springs?
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown

TJ leaf springs?
Yj sorry. Early morning haha
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by zmuehl22
Do you know where I can buy them without purchasing the entire lift kit? I can't find them sold exclusively anywhere.

Google.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 02:52 PM
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Yj leafs are too short. It'll shift your axle forward a bunch.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JerrytheJeep
Yj leafs are too short. It'll shift your axle forward a bunch.
4" to be exact.

YJ owners use XJ leafs to extend their wheel
base.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 03:04 PM
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FSJ leafs are a little (2"?) longer if you want to stretch. I'd email DPG Offroad about buying the leafs by themselves.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 04:21 PM
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Looking for any guidance on a 6.5" lift over a 5.5". I am planning to go with either their 5.5" or 6.5" long arm kit from Iron Rock Offroad. I'll be running 33x12.5s and may want to go to 35s at some point but not unless I find the 33s won't get me where I want to go.

Any reason to go all the way to the 6.5" lift over? The argument for 6.5" seems to be ability to run 35-37" tires and better clearance. The argument against seems to be center of gravity.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by nhurto
Looking for any guidance on a 6.5" lift over a 5.5". I am planning to go with either their 5.5" or 6.5" long arm kit from Iron Rock Offroad. I'll be running 33x12.5s and may want to go to 35s at some point but not unless I find the 33s won't get me where I want to go.

Any reason to go all the way to the 6.5" lift over? The argument for 6.5" seems to be ability to run 35-37" tires and better clearance. The argument against seems to be center of gravity.
If you're willing to cut a lot of sheet metal, you can run 37s on 2-3" of lift.

There's no need to go above about 4.5" of lift and 33s where I live, but it depends on the terrain you wheel. I like Low Center of Gravity builds with a lot of tire under a small lift. They're stable, and I like the look.

Go ahead and do some research on nontraditional lift setups.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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I've been looking at lifts and I've settled I want to long arm my rig I'm at 4.5 right now I don't want to go more but I want long arms. I have some lift springs and shackles out back I need a Shackle relocation bracket and that should be all set out back up from are some red springs and spacers I'd like to get new springs to get rid of the spacers what brand is recommended here ? I've seen a lot of guys running iron rock in my area and doing very well. But I don't know **** about long arms
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Kris smith
I've been looking at lifts and I've settled I want to long arm my rig I'm at 4.5 right now I don't want to go more but I want long arms. I have some lift springs and shackles out back I need a Shackle relocation bracket and that should be all set out back up from are some red springs and spacers I'd like to get new springs to get rid of the spacers what brand is recommended here ? I've seen a lot of guys running iron rock in my area and doing very well. But I don't know **** about long arms
You want a long arm upgrade kit? Look into companies like Iron Rock Offroad(not the best Long Arm Set-Up, but its decent), Clayton, and TNT.

For the springs: Iron Rock Offroad, BDS, Rubicon Express, OME.
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 04:13 AM
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Looking to get some fox shocks for my xj what are some good ones to get I do drive my xj on the road also a good bit and do some off roading aswell! Just need help picking the right ones
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by a_shirey

You want a long arm upgrade kit? Look into companies like Iron Rock Offroad(not the best Long Arm Set-Up, but its decent), Clayton, and TNT.
And also Serious Offroad, and I think Rock Krawler has one. Worth mentioning if you're including the higher budget companies like Clayton.
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