rtyler8140

You are (IMHO) going at this wrong. The stock MJ springs are only 3-leaf springs. If the truck has a metric ton suspension, it may have 4 leaves, or it may have 3 plus 2 overloads. You can't count the overload leaves for daily driving, because they aren't being used until the box gets loaded down and the springs compress. Just put a 3" AAL in the back if you want 3 inches. Don't make life more difficult than it has to be. BTW -- you don't need 3" of lift to run 31s on an MJ. Yeah I have a tendency to over-complicate things. haha I think I'm gonna go with the 3" AAL kit. From what I've been reading, the long AAL seems to hold up better than the short AAL. Thanks for all the input guys I appreciate it.

So I went and looked at that Comanche the other day. I got him to come down to $800, but even at that it wasn't worth it. Had a decent amount of body damage, needed a new rear main seal, had some sort of front end wobble that randomly happened b/t 45 and 55mph and wasn't consistent. It also was in need of a new paint job, head liner (there was none), seats, and new tires. With a limited budget I decided it wasn't the best idea. My mechanic has 4 Comanches and said he would sell me one for $1500. I believe it's a 87 and it has the 4.0l, 4x4, auto, dana 44 rear, 180k miles?. It's in good shape and he actually used it as one of his personal vehicles to get parts and what not. Hopefully I can pick that up on Monday. Back to the lift discussion. At this point a 5 or 6" lift isn't possible due to lack of funds. I still want to do a SOA conversion but only want to net 3" out of the lift. Can I use the MJ mains and the rest of the leaf pack from an XJ to get 3"? If not, are AAL kits out of the question for a 3" lift. This will be my DD and I will wheel it some, but nothing crazy. Basically my goal is to get this thing up in the air a little and run 31's. Thanks in advance for your help.

Mmmm bikes. 01 Suzuki Kat- Nothing fancy, just a fun bike. 82 Maxim 550- Bobber in the making Before: Now:

Hey guys I've been lurking for the past day or 2 reading hours upon hours of posts trying to soak in as much as possible. I'm going to look at an 89 Comanche tomorrow and hopefully buy it. 160k miles, at, cc, tw, etc. I talked to the owner tonight and he said it had "death wobble" at 45-55mph. He said his uncle replaced almost everything in the front end. I asked him if he had the tires balanced and he said no. I'm hoping that's it. He's asking $1200, hopefully I can talk him down to $1000, but we'll see. Now for the questions. My questions pertain to lifting it. I would be fine with doing a 3" lift with 31's, but it almost seems cheaper to do a spring over. From what I've been reading the SOA should yield b/t 4-6" depending on if it's a metric ton and or the shape of the leafs. If I do the SOA I would use the bolt on kit sold here: http://www.rocky-road.com/comanche.html For the front I would run 4.5 coils and spacers as needed. With any lift I'm pretty sure I will need an adjustable track bar and either quick discos or swaybar relocation. With the SOA will I need to do anything to the driveshafts? Will I need a T/C drop? Aside from brake extensions what else am I missing? Also is there a way to do a SOA and take a leaf out to drop it down to a 3" lift? Thanks in advance. Ryan Oh yeah....here is my old baby....had to sell her to pay off some debt. :fool: