Cabz Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Well I have had the crustys springs on a while now and they seems to have settled out a bit low :headpop: . I would say to about a 2.5 in lift. Anyone else notice that there packs have settled that much? or is it just my luck with ole crustys?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Mine didn't settle enough. I had to take the bottom leaf out to get my advertised 4 inch lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWLONGSHOT Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 A couple questions: 1) How long have you had them? 2) How many miles did you put on them? 3) Do you haul a lot of heavy crap? 4) SOA? 5) Stock legnth shackles? mine are fine, ZERO problems so far!! CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabz Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 A couple questions: 1) How long have you had them? 2) How many miles did you put on them? 3) Do you haul a lot of heavy crap? 4) SOA? 5) Stock legnth shackles? mine are fine, ZERO problems so far!! CW 1. bout 2 years 2. bout 10,000 miles 3. camping stuff and work stuff , never more than 500lbs. These springs don't like a lot of heavy stuff. 4. nope sua 5. yup stock shackles I had to add 1 1/2 inch worth of spacer to the front to accomidate the huge warn winch bumper and the soon to be mounted winch , so it looks a bit high in the front . But the back seems to have settled a lot more than I expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 I had to add 1 1/2 inch worth of spacer to the front to accomidate the huge warn winch bumper and the soon to be mounted winch , so it looks a bit high in the front . But the back seems to have settled a lot more than I expected What warn bumper/winch? They don't weight THAT much. I've been through this before but... If you have 150lb/in coils, you'd need to put 300lbs on the front end to compress the coils 1"! A lot of the aftermarket ones are of an even higher rate than that (upwards of 180). My front bumper on the XJ only weighs about 35lbs. It's not 'light-duty' either, as it's all .250 or .500. My 8k winch (100' of cable) weighs maybe 60lbs. You shouldn't need to add a 1.5" spacer to the front! Measure from hub to fender flares to see where you're at. Smart people on this site know what stock measures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabz Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 I have the warn rock crawler winch bumper , the damn thing is massive and heavy :eek: I noticed that when I put my lift on ( rusty's 4.5" lift ) that the fron settled to only about 3" of lift I called rustys and they said there springs where 150's and that I would have to add a spacer to bring it up . I ended up adding an extra stock isolator bushing and a 3/4 inch poly spacer , that put it where it needed to be . But now it seems like the azz end has settled down a bit more than the front . Did anyone put there overload' back in with there rustys packs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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