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Old Oct 17, 2018 | 11:40 AM
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I have a 1998 Cherokee, I put a 3 inch R/C lift on it which included, Front Coil springs, bottom control arms, rear leaf springs and shocks. The coil springs had 2 inch pucks in the front which I took out when I put the new coils in. Now the rear sits a little over 2 inches higher than the front. I noticed that the rear leaf springs shackles are 6 inches long so they must of did some kind of a lift before. My question is if I go back to stock shackles which I believe is around 1.5 inches will this level the Jeep ?
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Old Oct 17, 2018 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Autovon
I have a 1998 Cherokee, I put a 3 inch R/C lift on it which included, Front Coil springs, bottom control arms, rear leaf springs and shocks. The coil springs had 2 inch pucks in the front which I took out when I put the new coils in. Now the rear sits a little over 2 inches higher than the front. I noticed that the rear leaf springs shackles are 6 inches long so they must of did some kind of a lift before. My question is if I go back to stock shackles which I believe is around 1.5 inches will this level the Jeep ?
the stock shackles are about that long...imo it just sounds like typical rc issues. They should hopefully settle after awhile.
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Old Oct 17, 2018 | 12:58 PM
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Stock shackles will lower it some for sure. Better but slightly more money would be shackle relocation boxes. They are a huge boost to how your leafs perform.
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