Better off road suspension

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mg1234

NAXJA Forum User

Location

California

• Oct 29, 2016

• #1

Hi guys ,1988 2door,bought it a couple of years ago already lifted ,about 6" in front and 4 in the rear,rides like a tank ,has 31" X 10" tires, drives all over the dunes and desert but I'm tired of my brains getting rattled,don't know what springs and shocks are in there but way too stiff,need an idea where to look for simple lift kit,want to retain ride height but suspension needs to actually work ,been into off road forever,if swapping springs from anouther vehicle is the hot ticket I can do that ,just need to get pointed in the right direction ,no rock crawling just off road in the desert ,thanks guys ,

 

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RCP Phx

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Phoenix,Az

• Oct 29, 2016

• #2

What do you have for front control arms and mounting? Do you have drop brackets?

 

RoyalXJ

NAXJA Forum User

Location

West Deptford, NJ

• Oct 29, 2016

• #3

Swapping suspension off another vehicle is not gonna give you the ride quality that are looking for.

 

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josh9mile

NAXJA Forum User

Location

spokane

• Oct 29, 2016

• #4

Lifted rigs never ride as good as a stock one.

 

Serious Offroad

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Colorado Springs

• Oct 30, 2016

• #5

Simply not true.
A properly lifted rig will ride much better than a stock XJ.
Longarms FTW!

 

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trippled

NAXJA Forum User

Location

colorado springs, co

• Oct 30, 2016

• #6

Serious Offroad said:

Simply not true.
A properly lifted rig will ride much better than a stock XJ.
Longarms FTW!

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This all the way

 

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mg1234

NAXJA Forum User

Location

California

• Oct 30, 2016

• #7

Yes it has detachable drop down arm off the anti sway bar ,still need the type of truck to get the springs out of or the name of a lift kit you would recomend ,I also think the shocks ,tho after market ,don't have any up stroke left ,thanks for the help

 

RoyalXJ

NAXJA Forum User

Location

West Deptford, NJ

• Oct 30, 2016

• #8

Talk to Frank at Serious Off-road. He can get you everything you need.

 

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mg1234

NAXJA Forum User

Location

California

• Oct 30, 2016

• #9

Thanks I'll look him up,as it sits the front shocks are 20-1/2" the rear are 18-1/2" center to center ,how far over stock are these ? I just tried to push done on the front and rear bumpers and couldn't move them ,then I tried it on my F 250 and could easily push those down ,so there you go,

 

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mg1234

NAXJA Forum User

Location

California

• Oct 30, 2016

• #10

Boy those lift kits are expensive ,I'd like to know what truck I can get the springs out of that will work ,

 

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trippled

NAXJA Forum User

Location

colorado springs, co

• Oct 31, 2016

• #11

If you want quality you're going to pay for it. There is no perfect junk yard spring for what you want. If you want the cheapest, Get a decent set of front shocks and go from there. And a drop bracket will do nothing for ride on the sway bar. If you're on 6in of lift with short arms in the factory mounts, that's half your problem.

 

Hypoid

NAXJA Member

NAXJA Member

Location

Golden, CO

• Oct 31, 2016

• #12

mg1234 said:

I'd like to know what truck I can get the springs out of that will work ,

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That might be the problem that you are trying to solve.

Post pictures of your current set-up.

If you happen to have a digital caliper (or dial caliper), post measurements of the wire diameter of your current springs.