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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 04:58 PM
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Crawled underneath JKU today and noticed slightly bowed rear coils. I am running MC adj control arms and BDS 3" lift with Fox shocks and Adj track bar. Any thoughts?

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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 05:05 PM
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What you are looking for is Rear Coil Correction Degree Wedges.
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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 05:12 PM
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Coilovers will solve that. 😀
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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 07:01 PM
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Or you could weld on new spring perches. More work, but it would take care of it.
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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 08:55 PM
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New spring perches like said already would fix that. You can get the JKS ones that don't require any welding. But I would go with a kit that cuts off the old and welds a news one in.
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Old Jul 22, 2015 | 04:54 AM
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When you lift and adjust your rear pinion angle, you turn the axle up which causes all of your axle brackets to be out of alignment. The higher you go and the more pinion adjustment you do the more bow you are going to get out of your coils. My vote would be for cutting off the perches and track bar bracket and weld on new ones that properly aligned for the lift you are running.
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Old Jul 22, 2015 | 05:38 PM
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Thanks gents. New perches it is.

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