Which brand of coil spacers is best for my current lift?
05-12-2010, 07:28 AM
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Which brand of coil spacers is best for my current lift?
My current lift height is 4.5", in fact, they are combined with a 3.5" RE suspension lift and 1" of M.O.R.E Body lift. As the matter of, I think I need a higher suspension lift, so I am considering add not more than 1" coil spacers to my coil springs, and then I can take off the BL hardware.
How is coil spacers work with the coil springs, will they offer the same off road ability and the on road ride comforts as the individual coil springs?
There are several brands I am checking right now; the simple coil spacers have much less costs, and there are many brand of choose from; the JKS adj coil spacers are fancy and they are ADJUSTABLE, but the price of them are much more than the traditional coil spacers.
By the way, which one of them is suitable to me, however, the handling and safety are the primary purposes for me.
How is coil spacers work with the coil springs, will they offer the same off road ability and the on road ride comforts as the individual coil springs?
There are several brands I am checking right now; the simple coil spacers have much less costs, and there are many brand of choose from; the JKS adj coil spacers are fancy and they are ADJUSTABLE, but the price of them are much more than the traditional coil spacers.
By the way, which one of them is suitable to me, however, the handling and safety are the primary purposes for me.
05-12-2010, 07:34 AM
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05-12-2010, 09:15 AM
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why do you want to take off the BL hardware? i was just thinking of getting a MORE kit so i can run the 35.5" Q78s which run more like a 36+" OD going from the 35"s TSLs i run now.
with regard to the spacers one thing to think about is how much on road driving do you do vs off road driving. i'm running the regular cheapie spacers with my JK and its fine because i dont do much off road, fully flexed out crawling where the spacer may come unseated. and the onroad handle is awesome compared to other rigs ive had.
with regard to the spacers one thing to think about is how much on road driving do you do vs off road driving. i'm running the regular cheapie spacers with my JK and its fine because i dont do much off road, fully flexed out crawling where the spacer may come unseated. and the onroad handle is awesome compared to other rigs ive had.
After I installed the BL, I successful fitted my new 37s tires, and there are still rooms between the fenders, but the distance between the tires and bumpers were unchanged.
Today, I was climbing a small rock but too bad I twisted my rear steel bumper with my left rear tire, in fact, I wish my rear bumper was little bit higher. Maybe there are many reasons caused this problem, but from what I saw was the height of the rear bumper.
By the way, my suspension lift is 3.5" Rubicon Express with Tereflex Monster arms.
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05-12-2010, 09:30 AM
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05-12-2010, 01:59 PM
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That said, some springs will over compress and damage your springs and a bump stop will prevent that damage from occurring. So talk to the spring manufacture about over compression before making a decision.
Just a side note... by adding a bump stop, you can increase your shock length thus increase your articulation. a 3 inch lift can use a 25 inch shock... I can go to 28 inch shock with a 1.5 inch bump stop and gain 1.5 inches of total travel.
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The reason I want to add coil spacers is get my frame higher, so that the bumpers will not make any contact with the tires when the vehicle is doing the full flex wheeling.
With my 1" BL installed, I think the rooms between the tires and fenders are okay(18cm-20cm), but the distance between the tires and bumpers are not enough I think. ( I just got my rear bumper twisted by my rear left side tire).
In fact, I am satisfied with my current lift height, I just want to get the bumpers issue solved so that I can go for rocks again.
To upgrade the bump stops, what are the best bump stops for me, however, the bump stops I am using were from the 3.5" lift kit itself, Do I still need to add higher bump stops?
With my 1" BL installed, I think the rooms between the tires and fenders are okay(18cm-20cm), but the distance between the tires and bumpers are not enough I think. ( I just got my rear bumper twisted by my rear left side tire).
In fact, I am satisfied with my current lift height, I just want to get the bumpers issue solved so that I can go for rocks again.
To upgrade the bump stops, what are the best bump stops for me, however, the bump stops I am using were from the 3.5" lift kit itself, Do I still need to add higher bump stops?