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I'm sure this is somewhere already, but... I couldn't find it in 30 minutes of searching. What is the stock ride height measured from bottom of fender flare to the middle of the hub? I finally got my GS MT 3+2 springs with an extra inch of arch installed (the ones from the group buy) and I forgot to measure before i installed them. My other MJ has too much crap in the bed to get a good measure on rear suspension. But i did compare the front suspension height and my 2wd with 1.75" coil spacer (the one that I installed the MT springs in) is the exact same height as my 4wd MJ stock. Thursday I'm installing my Krustyballer hitch and reinstalling my FEY step bumper. Then i will be throwing over 1000 pounds of concrete blocks in the bed to settle the springs. I also need to get an extended rear brake line, mine is maxed out with these springs.

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It also has Ford rear shackles, but those don't add or remove any height. For anyone wondering, it takes 3 washers on each side of the leaf spring to fill the gap that the explorer shackles have due to the Explorer springs being wider.

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Front should be 17-1/2", same as the XJ. I don't think there has ever been a definitive measurement taken for the rear using the hub-to-flare method, but my informal measurements suggest that it should be somewhere around 21-1/2".

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35 minutes ago, Pete M said:

there should be factory measurements in the link in my sig.  :L: 

Sadly it's only got the axle to frame measurements. I'll probably end up measuring Thursday when I'm offwork, unless someone chimes in with definitive flare-hub measurements

28 minutes ago, Eagle said:

Front should be 17-1/2", same as the XJ. I don't think there has ever been a definitive measurement taken for the rear using the hub-to-flare method, but my informal measurements suggest that it should be somewhere around 21-1/2".

I'm hoping that's what stock is. With these springs I've got 24.5" flare-hub so after the springs settle I expect 23.5". I'm going to have to bring the front up a good bit for sure.

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