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Run mopar 4" springs or change them for something else?

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Old May 15, 2016 | 08:08 PM
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Default Run mopar 4" springs or change them for something else?

I picked up a 4" mopar lift kit with the "newer" track bar brackets locally to me brand new for a killer deal. I researched a few threads and found one person saying it may net 5" total lift, some say they had stability issues at highway speeds and something about the shock rubbing the rear track bar which i hope is addressed with the new track bar bracket. For the highway stability issues I purchased aev geometry correction brackets but I'm concerned about how much it may lift. Does anyone have any experience on what the total lift may be? And my other thought was to switch them out with 3.5 aev springs but then I would need shocks also I'm assuming since the remote reservoir fox shocks are tuned to the mopar springs? Anyone have some insight on a direction to go?
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Old May 16, 2016 | 01:56 AM
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I dont buy into the "tuned for the coil" thing.
I ran those with RK coil and it rode firmer but nice.
You should be more concerned with bumpstop changing coil height.
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Old May 16, 2016 | 03:32 AM
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What size tire are you trying to run?

Unless there's something I'm missing, it seems kind of counter intuitive if you purchased a Mopar 4in lift for a great deal and then are looking at replacing the springs with AEV's because after doing that it would seem you really didn't save any money.

The mopar 4in lift had some initial problems when it was 1st released but Mopar fixed those issues with the updated kit. Do you an early version of that kit and have you looked at what all those differences are?
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Old May 19, 2016 | 09:05 AM
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Your right about wasting money lol I seem to be good at that. I just hear good things about aev and am unsure how the mopar coils are going to ride and also if it's going to be higher then I intentially expected. It is the revised version with thicker brackets etc. I snagged because it was locally for sale brand new and a great price. If I didn't see it I would of probably went with an aev kit. I try finding pics and threads but there are few compared to other lift kits.
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