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Mike330R
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« on: July 04, 2010, 12:29:06 PM » |
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I have a friend that got OEM suspension parts from a Rubicon (unknown year) and wants to install it on his 1993 TJ. His goal is a small lift.
He says he has springs, shocks, misc bars and some 'arm looking things'.
I have not seen the parts yet.
Will these parts fit?
If not whats a cheap alternative for a 2-3" lift?
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hurleyup
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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 12:30:56 PM » |
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I have a friend that got OEM suspension parts from a Rubicon (unknown year) and wants to install it on his 1993 TJ. His goal is a small lift.
He says he has springs, shocks, misc bars and some 'arm looking things'.
I have not seen the parts yet.
Will these parts fit?
If not whats a cheap alternative for a 2-3" lift?
1993 TJ? (YJ) Maybe |
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Mike330R
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 12:33:13 PM » |
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TJ, YJ, MJ, Pj's?...all the same to this non-jeep guy  |
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« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2010, 12:38:09 PM » |
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I was just asking cause in 1997 Jeeps went to coil springs. So I didn't want someone to get the wrong parts.
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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2010, 02:34:12 PM » |
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ya if its a 93 then he's running leafs. the 97 and up wranglers run coils, so no, the rubicon parts wont work
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« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2010, 03:19:43 PM » |
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they will fit if you add coilbuckets, control arm brackets and a trackbar... If he's interested in going though with all that, might as well build a long arm kit check out this site, lots of cool ideas. http://www.stu-offroad.com |
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What's on the other side? Maybe we should look first. (Na' it will give us something talk about later)
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Mike330R
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« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2010, 03:45:16 PM » |
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Turns out he doesn't know what he has or wants  It's a 2003, not 1993! And his main goal is to get it to ride better since the current shocks have 140K on them. He says it 'jars the crap' out of him on every little bump. I suggested 4 new shocks. Sound about right? What brand and what is the cost? Any other options if he wants to lift it slightly for $500 or less? |
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« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2010, 05:04:07 PM » |
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he can do spacers...
or replace the coils and shocks with the rubi coils and shocks
or find used coils and get shocks for it or even used shocks and if he can find used adjustable or regular control arms all for less than 500 then he'll be good
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« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2010, 07:28:35 PM » |
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Will the rubi stuff bolt right in?
How much lift will it give?
What else will I have to tweak if it adds lift?
Anything else to consider?
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« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2010, 07:46:03 PM » |
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Im sure it will bolt on. I will site maybe 2 inchs higher Id say.Rubis come with a 31 or 32 inch tire i belive.
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« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2010, 10:14:04 PM » |
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ya rubis come with like a metric 31 inch tire, and it'll come to like 2 inches maybe. shop around, see what you can find
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« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2010, 08:05:44 AM » |
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How long do you think it'd take the average mechanically inclined person to swap 4 springs and shocks?
Anything else that will need to be adjusted with the added lift?
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« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2010, 09:58:25 AM » |
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its fairly easy. its just nuts and bolts. and since its only a small amount of lift, i dont think you would have to adjust anything since your haven't changed the control arms
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« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2010, 08:13:43 PM » |
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Turns out it's a 2000 Jeep 4.0.
Got one spring off and they are the same height as the so called rubi springs.
Thought they'd add some lift?
Looks like for now I'll just install the shocks he had since they are in better shape.
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« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2010, 08:06:34 AM » |
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http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f9/can-rubicon-springs-lift-stock-tj-351941/check that out. the rubi springs have a higher spring rate, but if you want to lift it, invest either in a used lift or spacers if you wanna do it the real cheap way
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