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Rich said:
Part of it is the springs.. they will settle in some, mine dropped about an inch, and I had anti-friction strips between all the leaves...

Part of it looks like your front hangar... has quite a few inches of drop in it from the looks of it??
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You'd think the Springs would be the lift.. and maybe they are, but they have pretty much teh same arch to them that my old CJ springs did. But maybe they have more and I' mjust not seeing it.

The front hanger is addidng some, I do agree, but not more than an inch of lift really. the spring eye isn't but about 1.5-2" lower than where my shackle held it before. But maybe all this combined is what it's coming out to be... (estimated numbers here) SOA 4-5", Spring mount 1" Tires.. 2-3"... some lift from the springs...1-2"... the jeep ins't toatlly flat in those pictures, so weigh ttransfer to the front estimated in...

take teh high numbers from the figures.... clickity clickity click.... 12"..hhhmmmm, kinda what I thought from the picture....

:eek:

I'm gonna ride it for a bit and see how she settles in.. Then see where I can bring it back down some ;)
 
mbalbritton said:
The front hanger is addidng some, I do agree, but not more than an inch of lift really. the spring eye isn't but about 1.5-2" lower than where my shackle held it before.
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Dunno if I agree with that completely, because you still have a shackle - just on the other end now, but oh well.. (Leave the lift from the tires out of the equation, and you'll feel better.. ;)

But, since you're on jackstands, they are putting some friction on the system, and it will sit lower when the axles are allowed to move more freely front to back, mine was about an inch lower on all 4 tires.
 
Rich said:
But, since you're on jackstands, they are putting some friction on the system, and it will sit lower when the axles are allowed to move more freely front to back, mine was about an inch lower on all 4 tires.
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I wouldn't mind that a bit! ;)
 
Or leave it where it is and sell me the 36's. The you can find those 39.5 you were wanting. :flipoff2:

Looks good. Certainly looks better than when I saw it last... :D
 
Maybe your new spring perches are taller too. Plus your new springs are thicker since you added another leaf. SOA with stock springs will get you about 5.5" of lift. The front will come down a few inches once you get the jeep leveled out in the back.
 
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