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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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so i purchased my 96 cherokee country from someone that didn't know much and he bought it lifted. its the fabtech lift and it's old, so needless to say the add a leaf on the stock rear leaf is sagging, im trying to get back to 4" of lift, with the 5" shackles that came with the kit in the rear i'm thinking 3" lift springs, it's just hard to tell because the rear measures 18.5" from wheel center to fender bottom. i guess my question is would the 3" springs be too much?
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 12:24 PM
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so i purchased my 96 cherokee country from someone that didn't know much and he bought it lifted. its the fabtech lift and it's old, so needless to say the add a leaf on the stock rear leaf is sagging, im trying to get back to 4" of lift, with the 5" shackles that came with the kit in the rear i'm thinking 3" lift springs, it's just hard to tell because the rear measures 18.5" from wheel center to fender bottom. i guess my question is would the 3" springs be too much?
are you adding 3" springs to it? or new ones?
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 12:26 PM
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If you trying to get to 4" I would suggest buying a new set of 3" leaf springs and a 1" shackle.
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 12:27 PM
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that's what i was thinking, the shackles are 5" long which i think would give me .825" of lift? and then getting new 3" lift springs in the rear since mine are sagging, the sagging just makes it hard to figure out how tall it will be in the back
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 12:30 PM
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that's what i was thinking, the shackles are 5" long which i think would give me .825" of lift? and then getting new 3" lift springs in the rear since mine are sagging, the sagging just makes it hard to figure out how tall it will be in the back
How tall is your front lifted?
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 03:41 PM
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4" lift but my springs are probably sagging, I'll measure the height when I get home tonight though
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 09:55 PM
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4" in the front, i know my jeep is sagging in the rear but its just hard to believe that it's sagging that much, oh well, im just gonna get a set of 3" springs
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4" in the front, i know my jeep is sagging in the rear but its just hard to believe that it's sagging that much, oh well, im just gonna get a set of 3" springs
And a 1" shackle
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