Spacer Lift vs. Coil Lift
05-22-2012, 06:42 PM
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Re: Spacer Lift vs. Coil Lift
Any chance you can post some pics of your Jeep w/ the lift and give me your tire size. I am considering the same lift. Thanks !
The Teraflex kit I chose has shock extensions and bumpstop extensions... It rides identical to stock. The shocks are in the exact same part of their travel so there is no physical reason for any difference.The sway bar link is even extended. With the solid axle design of real jeeps (ie wranglers) the only difference is the space between the axle and the frame.
05-23-2012, 10:46 PM
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Re: Spacer Lift vs. Coil Lift
The Teraflex kit I chose has shock extensions and bumpstop extensions... It rides identical to stock. The shocks are in the exact same part of their travel so there is no physical reason for any difference.The sway bar link is even extended. With the solid axle design of real jeeps (ie wranglers) the only difference is the space between the axle and the frame.
05-25-2012, 10:02 PM
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Re: Spacer Lift vs. Coil Lift
Sure thing... The tires are 275 70R 18 Goodyear Duratracs (amazing tire!!! Very Highly recommended) which if you do the calculation they are 33.2"x10.8". I have a small spacer (under 0.5 inch) in due to the front tire rubbing on the swaybar at full lock with the stock height. The tires aren't even close to rubbing now with the lift. Extremely satisfied with the tires and the lift.
Last edited by Gho; 05-25-2012 at 10:06 PM. Reason: adding pictures!
05-26-2012, 09:29 AM
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Re: Spacer Lift vs. Coil Lift
I went with a 2.5" coil lift, but in all honesty if I were to do it over again with only 2.5" lift I would have gotten the spacer lift and shock extensions and retained the O/E springs/Shocks as they are good quality and a lot of money is saved.. Now if I were going over a 3" lift that would be another story....
05-26-2012, 09:35 AM
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Re: Spacer Lift vs. Coil Lift
Looks nice, i will be doing very close to the same thing. I have 285/70/17 MTZ's. Have run them in the summer for 3 years now, still have very good tread left........almost want them to wear out so i can get a set of duratracs. Almost the same offroad and way nicer on the hwy, and a good snowtire!! Did the lift do anything to level it out?
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