jjosh1795

How big of a coil spacer can i use an can they be stacked

chadh92

Technically, you could use like a 4 or 5" spacer, but it's not recommended. 2" or 2.5" is generally the max you want to go with spacers, from what i've been told.

The user ericfx1984 makes his own quality coil spacers, if you wanted to buy some from a fellow CF'er. And he can make em any size.

jjosh1795

So i could go to 4 in for like a month and be ok

chadh92

theoretically, yes. i've never heard of anyone actually doing that though, so i can't tell you how it would perform.

DocOrng XJ

dont know why people insist on stacking spacers...
yes it can be done, no it should not be done, esp. if your doing more than driving from a - b for short distances w/o bumps...
Now,ive heard people doing it before without issues and ive heard the opposite, where its a horror story...

if you want that much lift, than just get some new coils.
you'll pay about 100 for 2 sets of 2" spacers so you can stack em; instead go to the JY or CL and get some new(er) coils from one of the below for like $60-$80 for the pair

if you want 4inches then grab some f150 coils or even zj v8 or thunderbird coils. done... no worries about a stacked spacer falling out while driving and then 1 whole side of the jeep leaning or worse...

just dont forget over 3 inches and you need to start extending other stuff like brake lines and drop pitmans etc or it wont reach and then you'll be really screwed

ericfx1984

I made a custom 4" spacer for a buddy of mine... works fine... just don't get why he wanted to do that...

in da hood it is not uncommon for da home dogs to put 5-6" or even more with just spacers...

there was one at the mall, had to be 8" spacers... no shocks at all... swaybar pointing damn near vertical... it sure was a sight to see... my eyes have never been the same since... doctor says I got permanent damage now... disability check here I come

dajeep

im about to use coil spacers for the front see if it gets rid of the sagging.

mickey_00xj

If you really want to use spacers and plan on leaving them in and wheeling them hard you could always do ACOS. A little more expensive but will give you anything from 1.75" lift all the way to 3.75". Haven't heard anything bad about them either, and they are a lot stronger and last a lot longer then poly spacers, from what I've been told. I'm buying a set next month with the extended/adjustable bump stops to replace my poly spacers

dajeep

thanks for the tip. i wish i would have heard that 3 days ago haha.tell me hows those work for you .im gonna see if this works for a lil bit.its my DD so i dont wheel it too hard.

cdawall

got a set of them on my ranger they are cool however for the price of them he could get coils off of fatbobsgarage or even here. a set of cheap spacers should be fine been running my 2" spacers with 4.5" TJ coils for a little while now no issues. sitting at about 5" of lift in the front.

you will just bandaid the problem if the coils are sagging now they will only get worse with the spacers. save the $50 and just get some cheap coils. in fact rock auto has them for $60-80 depending on which ones you get for stock length.

dajeep

not to thread jack but just wondering how easy it is to put the spacers on. i already have the spacers ill just go your route later.

Joelsxj

2"spacers on a 3" lift spring or 1.5" spacer should be fine right?

caged

i ran a 2 inch spacer stacked on a 1 inch spacer with the stock isolator ontop of my RE 5.5 inch coils for a year when i did my long arms until i got some 8 inch coils.
drove fine, wheeled even better and had absolutely no worries or problems.
i would do it again before even thinking of using threaded ACOS junk.

if your that worried, just use longer bumpstops to keep the coils from falling out. even tho i never had that problem with stock bumpstops and flexed till i crumpled my fenders.

ericfx1984

lol, if someone pays my dues I would make a set any size they want... lol

and Chad you are right I can make them as tall as you want... the big reason you do not really want to go over 3.5" is because you can only move the stock track bar over so far, even then it only has so much movement to work with...

that being said I made a 4" set of coil spacers for my buddy, he did blocks in the rear if I recall correctly... he ended up building a bastard pack later for the rear and ditched the blocks... but he says he is happy with 4" spacers in the front

to each his own right

either way I got a few cases of beer out of the deal

jcwclm

How do you make yours? I'm making a couple sets right now. If I can figure out a good way to do it, I might make them adjustable.