Im in the SAME boat, just at 3.5 of lift.

Im second guessing this Rubicon choice (re 3.5 full/bilstiens) vs OME maybe the way I should have gone.

On paved roads it feels like my civic in high school on cut springs.

 

Another option, what about ironmanandy's rear shackles?

They seem sturdy enough and its adjustable.

 

about the ironmanandy's shackles, if I still had shackles I would have his. But they just adjust the shackle length, not the angle. Which is why he wants the relocation brackets or the sliders. I just got my sliders put on last weekend. Haven't wheeled or flexed them yet sadly... But on road they ride much much nicer than my stock 90 degree shackle did.

I have two problems with them: My exhaust is stock and was totally in the way, cutting that tomorrow morning so no longer a problem. But if you get the sliders just move it before you grind and cut and grind and cut... For now its blowing on the bushing and banging on start up and right turns.

Second, I did a bastard pack in the rear, and the second leaf is just squared off and hits the bottom of the bracket. Same thing tomorrow, getting cut and ground, no more problems.

Overall, I was expecting a miracle but I just got less bumpy ride lol. Also there are two crush sleeves that go on either side of the sleeve inside the leaf bushing, centering the leaf in the slider.

 

Netting 6.5 inches of lift only using 6.5 inch lift springs is going to definitely give you a horrible ride. The stock shackles dont really have enough length to let the leaf pack do it's intended work. Not only that but if I had to guess you probably have a horrible shack angle as well.

Instead I would recommend a 4.5" leaf pack, 1-1.5" shackle, and some shackle relocation brackets. You can PM me if you have any further questions regarding this as well.

Kris

 

Does the slider add any heighth to the springs? I have a 4.5" lift and am using stock shackles, but I recently purchssed jks acos for the front and want to bump up to 5.5" so will the slider add an inch or should I just go with longer shackles or revolvers? Also I have the jcr gas skid that uses the nut strip, will the slider work with that?

 

I cant speak for the shackle sliders, but our STANDARD Shackle Relocation Kits will net anywhere from .75" to 1.5" of lift depending on shackle angle before and after adjustment.

http://froehlichsuspension.3dcartsto...-Kit_p_13.html

Kris Froehlich

 

I really dig my sliders, they do what they say they do for sure!

My rear shackle housing on the drivers side started coming apart from the frame because the stock shackle would swing back and hit the frame as the spring flattened when coming off obstacles. I chose these sliders to fix the problem permanently instead of trying to repair the shackle housing and had them bolted and welded in.

I read all these posts before having them installed and noticed there weren't any vids of how they really perform so I got out the GoPro...

Ill be taking some more footage but here is this for now.

 

Flex vids!!!!!

 

Nice, you can see the UHMW already wittling down...

 

Updated video check it out

 

we should have a poll. orbit eyes + shackles, sliders, or good old shackles 'n bushings w/relo brackets.

 

I have had my eye on these for awhile. These in conjunction with my OME lift I should be riding like a Cadillac.

 

They look like they ride nicer

 

What sorcery is this?!

They seem to be really quiet, which tells me there's something slippery along the sliding surfaces. What is it?

It would seem to me that there are certain contact points where your leaves are going to spend most of their time, is there (can there be) any kind of wearing away of the portions that are most often slid on/through? I'm guessing this would depend largely on the material the slidey parts are made of, but if they were super hard, I'd expect a lot more noise.

I'm confuzzled. Also, kind of torqued off, since I literally JUST ordered my shackle relocation brackets and had no idea that these things even existed.

 

They are a UHMW/Delrin block that slides along the tracks. He sells more if you feel that you have worn yours to the point that they no longer function as intended.





I run them on my RE 3.5 (but more like 6") superflex it.