Full Traction rear leafs.

[ratboy93]

they are a 7 leaf pack that are brand new i put them on the xj and have never wheeled it out of the garage. i believe they are 5" springs. they are the spring that come with the 6" long arm kit. make me an offer

[bhicks]

My rig is running the 6" Full Traction lift and my 6" rear deavers are sagging horribly. They need to be re-arched but they charge WAY too much for that. I am very interested. I don't have a lot of cash and I am not sure what you are wanting for them. I don't want to offend you with a low ball offer. Put me first in line here as long as the price is reasonable. Can you give me a ball park figure on what you want? You can PM me if you want to go that route.
Can you post up a pic of your rig with the spring pack installed? I want to see how much higher your rig sits them mine.

[ratboy93]

i havent really thought about it. i was looking to get 400

[ratboy93]

now you said you have deavers... how bad are they sagging? there 6" or are they 4 1/2" i didnt know deaver made an xj 6" spring

[ratboy93]

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/garrett_kurth/jeeplift.jpg

[julio_a]

nice wheel/tire score!

[ratboy93]

haha right are you looking for a set of 33x10.50's? i have another set now

[ratboy93]

baja t/a's

[bhicks]

now you said you have deavers... how bad are they sagging? there 6" or are they 4 1/2" i didnt know deaver made an xj 6" spring

They are the 5.5" spring pack. I added a 1 1/4" block out back to level it out from that sag. That worked for about 6 months and now they are sagging to the point they were at before the block. I am shocked at how much these springs have sagged. Probably 2 1/2-3" total. A spring pack that costs over $800 should not have these issues. The manufacturer wants $150 to re-arch them. I was thinking if you wanted less than that for your full-traction pack then I may be interested in buying yours, but at $400 it doesn't help me to buy yours. I can not even come close to being able to afford a $400 spring pack right now. If I remember correctly, I looked into getting a new spring pack from full-traction about a year ago and I think they wanted $350 for a brand new pack. (don't quote me on that yet. I sent them an email to get the exact current cost but havn't gotten a response yet.) Back then the total cost with with shipping and tax was going to be right at $400. That number may have gone up or down a bit in the last year.

[ratboy93]

ok well i was curious about that i will take less like i said i have no idea what they are really worth.

[bhicks]

I just got a respsonse from Full-traction in bakersfield. They want $410 for the pair of rear 6" spring packs. That includes shipping and tax. It would seam there price has gone up $10 over the last year.

[ratboy93]

yea 400 for my springs is too much i thought so but i figured i would test the waters and excuse me for not doing my homework

[julio_a]

haha right are you looking for a set of 33x10.50's? i have another set now

what condition are they in?

[ratboy93]

i will sell you the tires and rims i got from crazy jim for the same price i paid if your interested. $500

[bhicks]

I was just thinking, you may be interested in a front spring and rear leaf spring trade all together. I am running the 8" skyjacker coil springs up front which have a much higher spring rate then the full-traction. They are a lot stiffer. They would be great for Jeep speed but not so great for rock crawling. I am trying to convert my rig back to strictly rock crawlin and it seems you are trying to do the opposite. Here are some pics of my rig currently. I didn't get a chance to take a side shot of it on level ground. By the time I got home from work it was already dark. The first shot kinda shows it at ride height and the 2nd shot shows the Skyjacker springs up front.

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s356/brhicks/My%20Cherokee/rear1.jpg

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s356/brhicks/My%20Cherokee/under.jpg

[xjjeeper19]

From what I remember, deaver didn't make a 5.5in leaf. They do make a 4.5in G09 pack, and back in the day they made a 3.5in jeepspeed pack for currie. $150 really isn't that much to re-arch, Macs springs in highland will usually do it for around $80.

[crazyjim]

You're looking at a total of 150 bucks to re-arch and do a full race prep. Cheap.

[bhicks]

You're looking at a total of 150 bucks to re-arch and do a full race prep. Cheap.

I understand what re-arching is, but what is a "race prep"?

[bhicks]

From what I remember, deaver didn't make a 5.5in leaf. They do make a 4.5in G09 pack, and back in the day they made a 3.5in jeepspeed pack for currie. $150 really isn't that much to re-arch, Macs springs in highland will usually do it for around $80.


They are definately a 5.5" pack. The Deaver sticker on the top of the springs has the serial number/bar code and reads 5.5 under that.

Edit: I just got off the phone with deaver. I gave them the info on the sticker and they told me that that meant they were custom built. I did not know that. They also stated that they would rebuild the pack with different springs to level out my rig. So instead of $150 for rearching they would charge $200 to rebuild them for my specific rig in regard to the current weight and height. The original pack was built for my rig, but I then added a bunch of heavy crap to it which dropped the rear end. This $200 option my be the answer I'm lookin for.

[squirrel80]

I have 4 corner scales if you are going to get all that done I would like to see you get the weight right. So if you are in the area let me know.

[bhicks]

I have 4 corner scales if you are going to get all that done I would like to see you get the weight right. So if you are in the area let me know.

Cool thanks.

BTW, When I went out to takes pics of the spring pack I decided to clean them up. Once cleaned I realized that the 5.5 was not 5.5. It was actually 55. The dot was a spot of grease or paint. I called Deaver back to see if that changed the specs on the pack. They told me that the pack was a 4.5" Jeepspeed style pack. That makes a LOT more since. It also has a 1.5" shackle. Skullver (chris) just PM'ed me back with the same news. I guess next time I need to look closer at the sticker. I have been wrong on my assumption the entire time I have owned the vehicle. It would seem I am now even more interested in the full-traction spring trade. 4.5" just isn't tall enough for me and I am not sure if I want to spend $200 to make them firmer and taller. Full traction springs are probably an easier option.

[ratboy93]

bhicks,
pm'd you about the news. let me know

[ratboy93]

and i looked up forest falls not too far from me either... i live in alta loma (rancho cucamonga)

[bhicks]

and i looked up forest falls not too far from me either... i live in alta loma (rancho cucamonga)

awesome. That's only about 40 minutes from me. Are you off the 210?

[ratboy93]

yea i live right off the 210 and archibald.