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Old 08-26-2016, 12:03 PM
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Anyone upgraded from spacers to full coils? If so, interested in passing the coils on for a good price? I will need to balance out a bumper and winch and based on my calculations I'll be looking for 1.5" to 2". I'm in OC

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Originally Posted by kejtar
Anyone upgraded from spacers to full coils? If so, interested in passing the coils on for a good price? I will need to balance out a bumper and winch and based on my calculations I'll be looking for 1.5" to 2". I'm in OC
Spacers are not the answer to compressed coils from added weight. You need new coils designed to carry the added load.

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Old 08-27-2016, 02:36 PM
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Evening out front to rear and a .75" loss due to weight will not make a coil look like that....
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Originally Posted by kejtar
Evening out front to rear and a .75" loss due to weight will not make a coil look like that....
No, that is an extreme example used to illustrate the point. Adding a spacer to a compressed coil still leaves you with the same compressed coil with the same associated lack of range/bottoming out, etc.
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OK... Not wanting to get into a discussion on this topic... This is not going to be a wheeling rig.... This is not my first jeep that I built..... Not investing into suspension at the moment.... Looking for spacers....
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Mine looked like that so I went on a diet




Originally Posted by kmrtnsn
Spacers are not the answer to compressed coils from added weight. You need new coils designed to carry the added load. How does a spacer fix this? <img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=655474"/>
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I have the Teraflex spacers 1.5" if I recall and stock springs and bilstein 5160 fronts if you're still looking. No longer needed, about 200 miles on the spacers and shocks. Went with the aev lift. Let me know.



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