mjeff87 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I nabbed a set of ZJ coils out of the yard this morning. Anyone know an estimate of how much lift they'll give on my (used to be 2WD) 87, 2.5L? I'm guessing maybe 1-1/1/2" :?: If so, I can use them and add a spacer for the 3" I'm looking for in the front. I compared them with a cheap caliper I have, and they're @ 1mm thicker than the ones I have on now. Anyone know the uncompressed length of 2WD XJ/MJ springs? TIA, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Jeff, They might net you an inch, maybe a touch more. I hope they were not to hard to pull. To me they would not be worth the effort when coil spacer are less then 30 bucks :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feerocknok Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 According to JP magazine, they give roughly 2" to a 4wd XJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejeep Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 According to JP magazine, they give roughly 2" to a 4wd XJ. I think thoes are the UC springs.. either way you will see at least an inch possibly more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 stock springs are a piece of cake to pull if you have a small bottle jack....took me about 20 minutes 8) and only cost me $6 ea, that's why I grabbed them. Plus, my springs are the original ones that came with the MJ and they're going on 19 years old. These came off a 98 ZJ....I couldn't just leave them there, now could I????? :D Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Which ZJ coils? There's 3~ different types. I think that the I6 versions will actually drop you an inch, if anything. The V8 versions are supposed to be 1" lift. I think they also have an 'up-country' option for ZJs, which would give you 2". I don't remember for sure. Did you take the stock coil isolators as well? You can stack them with the ones you've got and get a bit more lift. XJ 'up-country' coils are only an inch. I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 They were V8 coils. I didn't check the option package....I just saw the 8 in it and grabbed them. It had ABS and a D35 in the rear, if that matters. I didn't take the isolators, tho. Maybe I'll run back down there and grab them tomorrow. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87manche Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I think that the difference will be more than an inch,since you have 2WD coils in the front, and those are shorter than the 4WD coils. So figure if they give an inch to a 4WD XJ, and you have 2wd coils that sit roughly an inch lower than that. So 2" plus whatever your old coils have sagged to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 That's what I'm hoping. I guess I won't know until I bolt them in, for sure. If I can get 2.5" or so in the front with them plus a spacer and go 3" in the rear I'll be set. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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