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Jeepguy91
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Ok i just noticed today when i was looking at the ole' xj that my rear springs are starting to have an s- shape to them. Now i just put on a 3" rough country lift with rear aal and am wanting to lift it a little more here soon. If i get another set of xj leafs to make a bastard pack, will that help out my s-shaped springs i have now? This is on a 91 xj that is just a trail rig. Let me know what you guys think.

The springs that i would be getting to make the bastard pack are out of a 2000 with only 60,000 miles on them.

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Ben


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from what i've experianced . no it wont correct it , but mine were so distorted that the rear axel was moved forward on one side.

try it ,you might get lucky.


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If you get those leaf packs (I'm assuming they are Kim's factory packs), use the RC AAL and than maybe a factory leaf out of your old packs you should be able to get 3.5-4.5" out of them. Is it the best option? Probally not but it'll last you awhile and most importantly it's cheap and you learn what does/does not work...

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So you are saying that i should put kims leaves in my xj and use my old stock ones to make a bastard pack with the rc aal?

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So you are saying that i should put kims leaves in my xj and use my old stock ones to make a bastard pack with the rc aal?
If your on a budget that is exactly what I'm saying. If not than buy full new packs and be done with it and never worry about it again...

 



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Hate to bring this topic back up, but will the 97+ xj leaf springs fit into a 96- xj? My stock ones are trashed and can get a set of the newer leafs but want to make sure they will work if i replace them with my '91 leaf springs.

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Jeepguy91 wrote:
Hate to bring this topic back up, but will the 97+ xj leaf springs fit into a 96- xj? My stock ones are trashed and can get a set of the newer leafs but want to make sure they will work if i replace them with my '91 leaf springs.
Yes. All model XJ leaf springs are interchangable.

 



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