New to this coil spring thing. Always thought real Jeeps had leaf springs - LOL. Now I find myself with couple kids and and LJ... getting old I guess ! I am looking at staying lower this time (YJ is SOA + 1.5 +2 body). Looking at around 4-4.5 inches for the LJ. For the mild lift, what has been your experiences of the std vs the newer long-arms? Its a grand diff plus a lot of install work for the LA so the std length with a flex joint is currently looking good. But I only want to do it once (went through 5 suspensions over 14 years with the YJ). Comments are appreciated!
Long Arms vs Std
- Thread starter RKCRWLR
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
If you stay at or below 4", I think you'll be fine with short arms. If you go higher, you might want to think about moving to a long arm system. I ran about 6" short arm on my XJ and it worked fine, but was a little harsh at times---nothing difficult or unsafe though.
BCGPER
Starting Another Thread
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- Sunny Arizona
I'd go the extra coin, and get the long arm. I installed a 5.5 RE kit on my LJ. You're right installation is a major PITA, and so's the extra cash, but mine rides as good if not better than it did in stock form. I'm thinking with the longer wheelbase, you may go higher in the future.
Oh, one thing to remember with an L.A. kit. Count on a new cat back exhaust system as well.
Oh, one thing to remember with an L.A. kit. Count on a new cat back exhaust system as well.
I would personally go for the LA for sure. I currently have a 4" short arm kit on my TJ right now and it rides stiffer than my kidneys can handle at times. The person I bought my kit from had it on their TJ for a short while and said it rode pretty good, but they had long arms, that's the only difference and it rides like crap for me so my conclusion is it's gotta be the arms.
Badger
I am the Brute squad
- Location
- South Salt Lake
see i'm a firm believer that any lift will be in need of longer arms.if you use short arms once those arms go beyond the factory angle you are going to be dealing with a harsh ride.the cause of this is simple once the arms start to point down more then out and level to the ground the force that would normally want to force the axle up will now be trying to force the axle back first before up.
now you can use drop brackets with short arms to keep the angle stock or closer to it then just having lift.if you really plan on wheeling it i would not go this route since the only thing you are doing is losing ground clearance .
now you can use drop brackets with short arms to keep the angle stock or closer to it then just having lift.if you really plan on wheeling it i would not go this route since the only thing you are doing is losing ground clearance .
MRJ
Just a user
- Location
- Draper, UT
I would definitely recommend taking it to Mt Logan Off-road for their Rock-Slide kit. They have done a ton of them in the last couple of years. Mine rides sweet and it works well off-road.
Oh yeah I would consider it a mid arm lift
Oh yeah I would consider it a mid arm lift
timpanogos
Push to the Peak
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- Heber