As I was installing my RC 4.5 inch lift I got to wondering. I only had the money for a aal rear lift, who here their lift with aal's, and who here got a lift with a full spring pack rear?

 

i havent ordered yet but im probably going with the AAL and make the rear a bit higher then the front so that way when it sags itll be even out...cheapier to me to do it that way.....later ill get full packs so the OEM can retire...lol

 

my toddler lift 6.5 was add a leaf it worked fine for 5 years just rode a little ruff ,putting in full packs will increase ride quality greatly when replacing the add a leaf

 

do a bastard pack. less money and better chance of it not sagging again.

oh, i have modified 5.5 inch RE full packs.

 

I installed the RC 4.5 with new rear springs on my 88 xj.

 

I was never a fan of aal's because the oem leaf packs are weak and they frown after they drive off the dealer lot.

 

I just put in the same rc 4.5 with aal because the back wasn't to saggy on mine, it is just a little rougher than stock

 

Full packs ftw, but AAL isn't something to stay away from. Its just not as good.

 

yeah you have an AAL that is doing just fine

I have one that is just fine too

 

if your springs are already in good shape I say get the AAL... if your springs are sagging, then NO

 

Mine isn't the traditional AAL, though, right?

 

I got an AAL cause it was all I could afford at the time. But in the next couple weeks I plan on hitting up the junkyards and making myself a bastard pack and getting new coils in the front

 

I do plan on supplementing the aal by also replacing the two middle springs in my spring pack with the two middle springs from a Dakota spring pack. They are about the same size, and thickness as my xj springs, they just aren't as saggy.

 

well it is a full length like mine

 

My xj has r.e. 4.5" leaf packs and they seem kinda stiff. I mean they flex great, but i can jump up and down on the hitch and it will only move 1 or 2 inches.