barillms
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I need to lower my front a smidge, can I ditch the coil isolators? Or would that be bad?
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Is it 100% necessary to run coil isolators?
- Thread starter barillms
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- Rainy side of Washington
it'll make more noise and wear the paint and galvanization off the coil towers eventually, so say hello to your old friend rust... other than that, not really. The coils are also sized to fit around the flange on the isolators, so they'll probably slide back and forth and make some really odd noises while flexing on the trail.
A half inch isn't really that big a deal, I'd just leave it personally.
A half inch isn't really that big a deal, I'd just leave it personally.
Lowrange2
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- Abbeville, SC
I recently removed the 2" coil spacers that I had on the front of my Jeep. I don't have any stock isolators to go back on yet. I've been wheeling a couple times without them. It's noisey as crap but the Jeep didn't fold in half.
I seriously doubt you're going to notice a difference.
If you remove them anyways, how about ship them to me.
I seriously doubt you're going to notice a difference.
If you remove them anyways, how about ship them to me.
ParadiseXJ
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- Paradise, CA 95969
Just clunkier on the road. But really, does a half inch make that much difference...my wife says it doesn't
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- Rainy side of Washington
My preferred method of losing half an inch of lift is putting a ~80 pound front bumper and/or winch on (assuming 160lb/in springs.)
barillms
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- Eastern Ohio baby!
I already have a bumper and a winch.
I have Rustys 8.5" coils, already trimmed... They're 180lb rate,
I honestly don't think my winch will make them squat much at all.
Yeah, 1/2"-3/4" actually does make a difference when fine tuning your suspension
travel, ride height and driveshaft angles.
I think I'm just gonna trim the coils a bit, re-pig tail the bottom rung, and leave the stock isolators
In place. Thanks
I have Rustys 8.5" coils, already trimmed... They're 180lb rate,
I honestly don't think my winch will make them squat much at all.
Yeah, 1/2"-3/4" actually does make a difference when fine tuning your suspension
travel, ride height and driveshaft angles.
I think I'm just gonna trim the coils a bit, re-pig tail the bottom rung, and leave the stock isolators
In place. Thanks
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DanMan2k06
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- Damascus, MD
That looks like a pretty dedicated trail rig, so I'd say no it doesn't matter. It it were a dd... I can't even imagine the road noise.
GrimmJeeper
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- Gardena, CA
take em out and cut a donut out of a mud flap, that should help keep the noise down.
barillms
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- Eastern Ohio baby!
I thought of that, I used to have this 1/8" thick sheet rubber...
But I think I used it all over the years
But I think I used it all over the years
