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nathan2288

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Location

portland

• Jun 9, 2009

• #1

So maybe someone can help me. picked up a set of gc v8 coils today to level up the front with new rear leafs. put them on and actually dropped about 1/4 inch. the new and old coils are the exact same height side by side. now im wondering if the coils were changed before i bought the jeep or ???. anyone have a pic of v8 coils side by side with the stock cherokee ones? Thanks

 

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veedubshafer

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Location

Palmerton PA

• Jun 9, 2009

• #2

wow, thats strange - I currently have those on mine and along with 2" spacers have netted about 3.25" lift - I am swapping them out for some RE's soon but they have actually worked pretty well and would flex good too

YIKES!

 

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a1racer

NAXJA Forum User

Location

socal

• Jun 9, 2009

• #3

is your heep an up country or no. if it is that could explain why you got no gain

 

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nathan2288

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Location

portland

• Jun 9, 2009

• #4

its not an up country. its a 1998. i was running what i thought were stock coils w/ 2" spacers. just put on pro comp 53111's with a drop bracket and the back was probably 1.5-1.75 inches higher than the front.

 

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nathan2288

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Location

portland

• Jun 9, 2009

• #5

thinkin about just sayin f*** it and ordering acos spacers.

 

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veedubshafer

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Location

Palmerton PA

• Jun 9, 2009

• #6

Yeah, I may get those things sometime. For the money I think they would be well worth it.

 

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Big_Al

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Location

Gaston Co. NC

• Jun 9, 2009

• #7

Look here for a pic... http://www.rocklizardfabrications.com/home_brew_budget_boost.htm

 

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a1racer

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Location

socal

• Jun 9, 2009

• #8

nathan2288 said:

thinkin about just sayin f*** it and ordering acos spacers.

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i have been running them for a while now and they are sweet. you cant beat the fact that if you put a bumper on the front and it sags some you can readjust it and be done no more getting spacers or new leafs :clap:

 

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fubar XJ

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Location

Bothell, WA

• Jun 9, 2009

• #9

Big_Al said:

Look here for a pic... http://www.rocklizardfabrications.com/home_brew_budget_boost.htm

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That is a great mod, especially for the money. I just picked up a '92 stock XJ for my son, we'll be doing this to it this Summer.

 

buzzbombxj

NAXJA Forum User

Location

lake chabot

• Jun 10, 2009

• #10

The V8 zj coils won’t be any taller than your stock coils when they are both sitting on the garage floor. One way to tell them apart is the v8 zj coils are wound from a thicker wire, giving them a higher spring rate, which is where the lift comes from. So if the windings on the new coils are the same thickness, you got hosed, and if the "v8" coils are thicker, then you suffer from "phantom lift"