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Yep, I had to make one of those from a HF cutter too. VW has hard plastic boots, so they are even worse. They make a crimper with a bolt for those and next time I am buying one of those. Too much of a pain otherwise.
Very nice Irving, it looks great! I don't have any experience with rear coils outside of installing spacers on my brothers wrangler, but I believe some use limiting straps if your droop is that extreme. I'm also curious what length your shocks are, as that will also limit droop before it gets to the point of losing a spring.
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Like you can see in the picture, they are barely longer than stock. Right now it looks like the real limiting factor is the rear sway bar. i haven't messed around with it much yet though.
I may have missed the picture of the shocks, I saw the springs. Typically when you lift, you order shocks that will accommodate the full usable up/down travel of the new suspension. Come to think of it, while not tinkering with rear coils, I recall the front coils in my 99 XJ had a steel retaining "strap" that secured the spring to the lower coil bucket on the axle, the upper part of the spring sat in the upper bucket freely, and I recall under extreme flex it would separate from the upper bucket, and the isolator could be moved by hand. Anyway, just thinking out loud at this point.Originally Posted by Irving
ETA: This is also the Jeep that I installed an Aussie locker in the rear end.
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Last edited by hurley842002; 04-28-2020 at 12:13.
Assuming both springs are on same "k", that X" difference probably would not matter as it is less than fraction of % of total length.
It must be some kind of record for performance. My tractor uses two 12v batteries. Last week they failed to hold a charge so I replaced them. The manufacture dates on the batteries were 11-2008 and 3-2009, and I had installed them in March 2009, so I got more than 11 years of service from them. Cheapie Energizers from Sam's Club.
I hope the new batteries last as long. This time Sam's only had the Duracell Ultra Platinum AGM BCI Group 47 for $145 each, which I thought was pricey. Now I see that Autozone, Batteries+ and other parts stores sell the same battery for $70 to $110 more. Sam's for the win.
Oh I misread. The shocks are longer for the lift. I didn't do a side by side with the last shocks so I couldn't tell you how much longer.
Where are you guys getting your alignments done? I called a place very close to my house and their standard price is competitive at $80-$90, but he said if it gets difficult because of the lift he bumps the price up to $200. Seems pretty high for an alignment and I didn't have the last shop complain when I did this years ago. I want to say that I took it to Bear Creek Auto, or Lakewood Automotive, but I can't remember and I thought I heard they had a change of ownership. Anyone have a recommendation?
Les Schwab installs lift kits and they are in ok with lift kits alignments. Price? Can?t remember. But as you know, you pay for knowledge and experience. Rather done right the first time.
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My experience with Les Schwab was not the same as above. Pulled after 10k miles and they wouldn't fix.
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