So I am tired of dealing with XJ spring packs. I am looking to swap a heavier set of springs in, but I do not want to push my rear axle back. I am not looking to do a bastard pack or anything of the sort as the upper leaf seems to fail just as often as anything else in XJ packs.
I have been looking at ranger/explorer packs as those are what I am used to with the vehicles I normally deal with and they tend to not fail out wheeling.
XJ leaf springs are 23" in front of the bolt and 28 5/8" past for a 52" leaf with a 655 cap. Expo are 25 11/16 in front of the bolt and 31" past for a 56" leaf with 1100-1200lbs cap's. They are known to lift about 4" which is about what I want.
Now if I push the forward mount forward the roughly 2-3" and mount the rear wherever it needs for proper shackle angle am I going to hit the bumper and am I missing anything in my plan? I am already going to be removing both sets of leaf spring mounts to plate the framerail when I go to replace the floor and install the rear 8.8" I have laying around.
I have been looking at ranger/explorer packs as those are what I am used to with the vehicles I normally deal with and they tend to not fail out wheeling.
XJ leaf springs are 23" in front of the bolt and 28 5/8" past for a 52" leaf with a 655 cap. Expo are 25 11/16 in front of the bolt and 31" past for a 56" leaf with 1100-1200lbs cap's. They are known to lift about 4" which is about what I want.
Now if I push the forward mount forward the roughly 2-3" and mount the rear wherever it needs for proper shackle angle am I going to hit the bumper and am I missing anything in my plan? I am already going to be removing both sets of leaf spring mounts to plate the framerail when I go to replace the floor and install the rear 8.8" I have laying around.