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Who knows there jeep tj and xj springs?

RockRanger

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I am doing a 3 link front suspension on my ford ranger using Tj springs. I have what I believe are 4.5" lift rubicon express springs and they are not tall enough. They measure about 21" with no weight on them. I need atleast 3" more height to get the truck to sit level.

So far I have found:

Rubicon express 7.5" lift spring
RockKrawler 7" lift spring
Rustys 8.5-9" lift spring
Skyjacker 10" lift spring
Superlift 6" lift spring.

Is there any company that I am missing? I have searched and found alot of people like RE. Rockrawler seemed to have issues in the past but sounds like they are better. Rusty seems to be hit and miss some love and some hate it. I didn't find much on skyjacker and superlift. Most of the info I found on all the kits had to do with the arms and track bars not much about the springs themselfs.

Even if the springs are a bit stiff on a TJ or XJ they would probbably be perfect on my ranger as it is a bit heavier.

So which spring is best? If what ever spring I go with doesnt give me enough lift I can always add a spacer, however I would rather do it with all spring.
 



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Rough Country. I am using their 5.5" springs and they ride awesome. 180 lb/in rate I believe. Not my first choice but glad I wound up with them. I bought 7.5" RE's before and they were way to tall for me so I traded a guy for the 5.5's. The RE's are softer IIRC, and would have been too soft I think.

Yeah yours sound like 3.5 or 4.5's. All RE springs are silver too.

If nobody chimes in before tomorrow I'll measure the height with weight on it to give you a base line.

The 6.5" RC coils have a free length of 22.5". Installed height is about 18.75" in an XJ. The XJ is about 500lbs lighter than the X but I've noticed both compress the springs the same amount.
 












Rough country has absolutely amazing customer service, if you have any sort of problem, they will fix it. give them a call sometime.
 






My 5.5" are 16.0" with weight on them.
 






I will measure the springs I have now to see how far they compressed under the truck. Just ordered some 8" skyjacker springs. Hope to have them before thanksgiving so I can install them and go test the truck out.
 






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