RE Pros: XJ coil springs to match rear?

chris

chris

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Last year I put in new rear leafs and shackles when I bent the existing. I went with RE 5.5 springs and their boomerang shackles. The front is now a little lower than the rear and I want to correct that. I could not find a lift kit on RE's site that showed the rear setup that I have. What front coils do I need to match this lift height? I was thinking the 7.5" coils is what I need, but wanted to confirm with everyone.

My rear parts:
- RE1461 leafs
- RE2705


5.5" Kit shows 4.5" rear springs with 5.5" front coils. So, the 5.5" front coils would not be enough?

http://www.rubiconexpress.com/SuspensionSystems/Product.aspx?part=RE6200


Here are the 7.5" Coils:
http://www.rubiconexpress.com/JeepParts/Product.aspx?folder=JPCS&part=RE1358
 
what do you have up front now? How about adding a coil spacer? 1" spacers usually measure 0.70"-0.75", and I think the 2" spacers are close to 2.0".
 
I believe I have what is 4.5" coils with 2 - 2.5" spacers. It was the kit that was on it when I bought it. It appears to have been BDS. The only thing left from that kit is these coils/spacers.

I figured I'd just get rid of the spacers all together when I fix the ride height.
 
We have a XJ in the shop now that we put the 7.5" lift on. It uses the 5" springs with their shackles and the 7.5" coils. It has a ARB front bumper and a winch and we had to put in a 1.75 spacer up front to get it to sit level.
If you need less spacer you can take the stock isolator pad (or whatever you want to call it) out from the top of the coil and put the spacer in and get .5" less lift. If you need me to pull any measurements for you let me know since this Jeep sounds kinda similar to yours.
 
I think the boomerang shackles, they are 6" from hole to hole. It also has a 8.8 in the rear so that lifted the rear a little bit extra as well.
 
If i didnt have the 8.8 we would probably still need the spacer with the winch and bumper but we'd take the isolator pads out with the 1.75 spacer to take them down to about 1.25.
 
I have the 8.8 as well. The jeep sounds identical to mine. Is it red, body beat all to shit with a pink front axle too? :lol:

I think I'll start with the 7.5" coils and take away spacers from there if needed. Only other option would be the 5.5" springs with my existing spacers. But, I'd rather not run spacers so the 7.5" still seems the way to go. Thanks for the help!
 
I saw that and placed an email to them to see if they actually had any in stock. No response yet so I'm gonna call them in a bit. Would rather buy new than used, even if it is double the price. :D


--edit--

Called them and talked to a sexy sounding chick who said they were not available since RE was closed.
 
Rusty's is not an option. :) Entertaining 6.5" rock krawler coils and the spacers. Other option is 8" skyjackers, but they may be too tall.
 
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