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Old 05-20-2013, 11:47 PM
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looking to replace my beautiful sagged out stock leafs and 3" blocks with a 3"-3.5" leaf pack. (not level anyway, i think im 1/2" lower in the rear so preferrably 3.5 leafs)... still on stock shackles too of course.. wondering if i need reloaction bracket or not.. i guess with minimal lift gains..

what i'm getting at is i finally set aside some money to finish the jeep that i lifted for $100 lol, so any suggestions on getting rid of the bs in the rear and getting the 3.5 with new leaf packs i need?

side note: im picking up a double shear track bar from iro, but their 3.5 packs are 3 hundred something.. just figured i can find a better price than that. trying tofind some extended bumpstops too.. going for a mild cog build
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Should get 2" packs and a 1" shackle. Will flex nicer
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Well did spme measuring, definately have 3" blocks in the rear.. Originally i think i was gonna get shackles to make up the 1/2". I ht some numbers on the front coils too.. From inside the coil.. Bottom perch to bottom of the isolator on the frame is 15". Looking for a reference there
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Are you just shooting for 3 inches of lift?

Just get 3 inch coils and 2" Old Man Emu Leafs..and a 1" drop shackle.
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Good stock leaves, 2" lift shackles, 1" lift relocation brackets.
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Good stock leaves, 2" lift shackles, 1" lift relocation brackets.
I for one am not a fan of my shackle hanging as low as my axle.
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Pretty sure since the axle is connected to the leaf and the leaf suspends the axle its not going to be hanging that far down, but thanks.
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Pretty sure since the axle is connected to the leaf and the leaf suspends the axle its not going to be hanging that far down, but thanks.
its gonna be close. and it will still look goofy as hell and drag everywhere.

xj leaves are pretty much flat, lower the back end of it down 6" while leaving the front in the stock location and that's what you end up with.

Heres what my custom shackle relocators (lower profile than all of them out there except the froelich no lift relocators) looked like with a 1.5" shackle and some lift springs, now imagine those springs flat with even less, thinner stock leaves (these are clayton 7 leaf packs).

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So whats your suggestion?

I see you've just criticized my response and left no other suggestion...
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as others have mentioned. a small lift pack and short shackle, or if on a budget, bastard pack.
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I'm not a bastard pack fan.

I just know that the rear barely moves, the front works way to hard.
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you were using the wrong leaf springs then.
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Originally Posted by Xj88
Are you just shooting for 3 inches of lift?

Just get 3 inch coils and 2" Old Man Emu Leafs..and a 1" drop shackle.
ive got some HD 3.5 coils in the front, just never leveld it out so i only have 3" blocks in the rear on stock leaves lol
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Originally Posted by JeepPockets

ive got some HD 3.5 coils in the front, just never leveld it out so i only have 3" blocks in the rear on stock leaves lol
Then just get a 2 or 3 inch leaf...and a small shackle
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Originally Posted by ktmracer419
as others have mentioned. a small lift pack and short shackle, or if on a budget, bastard pack.
alright, i trust your advice for sure. the leafs in the pack the better right? gonna try to find a 2" leaf pack and a 1.5 shackle.. as long as i get 3.5 in the end lol. do i need to mess with a relocation bracket? would it help?

Originally Posted by Xj88
Then just get a 2 or 3 inch leaf...and a small shackle
sounds good!

Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Good stock leaves, 2" lift shackles, 1" lift relocation brackets.
Originally Posted by ktmracer419
I for one am not a fan of my shackle hanging as low as my axle.
i see what you mean there too ktm...

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