So I went from thinking I was going to install my nice new shiny Rough Country lift to having to fix a bunch of mistakes the previous owner made. While I was fixing the leaf spring mounts I decided I would protect and make the bottom of the Jeep less grimy and look clean and easier to clean since I plan on taking it off road.
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Dont no if you stared or have already swapped this jeep but a swap nobody looks at is a 4200 l6 from trailblazer same computer as Ls much easier to package under xj hood has more 100hp and 50 more torque uses 4l60e easy to put the 231 j on it
what kit was that? i need to replace my rear mounts on mine as well
What brand are those mounts?
Do you own that junkyard? and place looks familiar , is that In colorado? cinematography is awesome btw
You're a good teacher man 🙂 inspired. Wish I could afford to go that route with my 91 xj . Is there a cheaper route for a basic 3 in lift ?
What brand are the spring mounts.
Think I'd like to add those when I do my lift, since you can adjust the shackle location
I got a lot from this video, thank you.
I am replacing a real bad 6.5 inch lift on my 92 XJ with a rough country long arm lift. I had to replace the rear studs today without an air ratchet. It was awesome. I have to replace the passenger side hub assembly tomorrow then I can get to the rest of it. It is nice to be able to take the tires off.lol
I have never heard of people's leaf spring perches falling off. The bolts rust in them all of the time, which i have experienced on a few of my XJ's. Most people get shackle relocation brackets to get a little more flex or fix shackle angles. It looks really nice all painted.
I don't think these brackets would work with frame stiffeners and they make it difficult to run a rear bumper or skid plate that mounts to the frame rails. That is what has kept me from getting them.
That’s not feasible for the average Joe. Not everyone has access to a complete shop. I could and would do a lot more if I had that kind of equipment.
Really appreciate you posing this video. I've had a set of front leaf spring mounts from irorman4x4fab. Glad to see a a video of the install.
Looking for to the next episode.
That nut cutout on the front leafspring mount is a COMMON fix on these XJ's. Basically, anyone who's done a leaf swap on one of them, especially one that lives in the north, has done that mod. I wouldnt "fix" it as us XJ's owners consider what youre looking at the fix. They should have never been boxed in at the factory.
What brand of leaf spring mounts are those. I've searched can't seem to find any that look like them. Those look a lot better than any others that I have found.