kitsapfreerider

Hello everyone!

I have a 1997 XJ with a Rusty's Offroad lift kit. It seemed to be leaning weird so I measured the fender heights and coil lengths. My drivers side coil is 1.5 inches shorter than my passenger coil when compressed.... I have relocated my battery to the passenger compartment and deleted a lot in the engine bay but I can't see how that would effect a spring that much. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

apac020

Assuming a coil spring rate of ~180 lbs you'd have to have moved 270 lbs out of the engine bay on the drivers side, or added 270 lbs on the passenger side, or a combination of both. While not impossible, that seems extremely unlikely.

Are you missing the coil spring isolator on the drivers side? Is it possible a previous owner doubled up on isolators on the passenger side? Just ruling out obvious stuff.

I'm thinking that Rusty's may have sent you one incorrect spring. Maybe a 3" coil instead of a 4.5".

Fred/N0AZZ

^I agree double check your install for the isolators or on the seating on the spring.^

kitsapfreerider

Its really interesting. I checked the lengths and part numbers before installing everything and found no discrepancies. The actual coil length is 1.5 inches shorter and isolators are just fine. The fender height is 2 inches off but that is really negligible. Could I have damaged something? I did the math and I figure I am only 30-50lb's over on the front end with everything I swapped and removed. The weight is pretty even too. Do they compensate for driver weight and maybe I just installed them backwards?

Fred/N0AZZ

No they are the same weight on each spring or should be if your sure on your side of things call Rustys and tell them the problem your having.