CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
When I needed new springs I just went to a local truck spring shop and
they ordered in new ones made to CJ7 specs. I wanted a 2.5" lift so
they got one spring arched already that way and manually arched the
others to match. They used the heavier pre-arched spring in place of
the second leaf down.
It has held great since 2000 and I bounce her pretty hard off road.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
they ordered in new ones made to CJ7 specs. I wanted a 2.5" lift so
they got one spring arched already that way and manually arched the
others to match. They used the heavier pre-arched spring in place of
the second leaf down.
It has held great since 2000 and I bounce her pretty hard off road.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
When I needed new springs I just went to a local truck spring shop and
they ordered in new ones made to CJ7 specs. I wanted a 2.5" lift so
they got one spring arched already that way and manually arched the
others to match. They used the heavier pre-arched spring in place of
the second leaf down.
It has held great since 2000 and I bounce her pretty hard off road.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
they ordered in new ones made to CJ7 specs. I wanted a 2.5" lift so
they got one spring arched already that way and manually arched the
others to match. They used the heavier pre-arched spring in place of
the second leaf down.
It has held great since 2000 and I bounce her pretty hard off road.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
When I needed new springs I just went to a local truck spring shop and
they ordered in new ones made to CJ7 specs. I wanted a 2.5" lift so
they got one spring arched already that way and manually arched the
others to match. They used the heavier pre-arched spring in place of
the second leaf down.
It has held great since 2000 and I bounce her pretty hard off road.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
they ordered in new ones made to CJ7 specs. I wanted a 2.5" lift so
they got one spring arched already that way and manually arched the
others to match. They used the heavier pre-arched spring in place of
the second leaf down.
It has held great since 2000 and I bounce her pretty hard off road.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
I got mine installed as well for that....
Canadian too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeepster wrote:
>
> I bought and installed new leaf springs from a spring shop last month
> and got about 2" lift them, the total cost for all 4 springs was $500
> Canadian.
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:51:20 GMT, pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> >be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> >springs are barely more than flat.)
> >
> >Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> >shop. They found nothing else wrong.
> >
> >Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> >correct term) several years ago.
> >
> >I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> >pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
> >
> >Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> >kits.
> >
> >Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> >is available? What should I buy??
> >
> >Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
> >
> >Mike
> >Michael Pomeroy
Canadian too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeepster wrote:
>
> I bought and installed new leaf springs from a spring shop last month
> and got about 2" lift them, the total cost for all 4 springs was $500
> Canadian.
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:51:20 GMT, pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> >be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> >springs are barely more than flat.)
> >
> >Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> >shop. They found nothing else wrong.
> >
> >Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> >correct term) several years ago.
> >
> >I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> >pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
> >
> >Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> >kits.
> >
> >Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> >is available? What should I buy??
> >
> >Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
> >
> >Mike
> >Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
I got mine installed as well for that....
Canadian too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeepster wrote:
>
> I bought and installed new leaf springs from a spring shop last month
> and got about 2" lift them, the total cost for all 4 springs was $500
> Canadian.
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:51:20 GMT, pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> >be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> >springs are barely more than flat.)
> >
> >Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> >shop. They found nothing else wrong.
> >
> >Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> >correct term) several years ago.
> >
> >I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> >pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
> >
> >Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> >kits.
> >
> >Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> >is available? What should I buy??
> >
> >Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
> >
> >Mike
> >Michael Pomeroy
Canadian too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeepster wrote:
>
> I bought and installed new leaf springs from a spring shop last month
> and got about 2" lift them, the total cost for all 4 springs was $500
> Canadian.
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:51:20 GMT, pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> >be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> >springs are barely more than flat.)
> >
> >Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> >shop. They found nothing else wrong.
> >
> >Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> >correct term) several years ago.
> >
> >I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> >pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
> >
> >Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> >kits.
> >
> >Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> >is available? What should I buy??
> >
> >Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
> >
> >Mike
> >Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
I got mine installed as well for that....
Canadian too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeepster wrote:
>
> I bought and installed new leaf springs from a spring shop last month
> and got about 2" lift them, the total cost for all 4 springs was $500
> Canadian.
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:51:20 GMT, pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> >be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> >springs are barely more than flat.)
> >
> >Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> >shop. They found nothing else wrong.
> >
> >Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> >correct term) several years ago.
> >
> >I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> >pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
> >
> >Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> >kits.
> >
> >Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> >is available? What should I buy??
> >
> >Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
> >
> >Mike
> >Michael Pomeroy
Canadian too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeepster wrote:
>
> I bought and installed new leaf springs from a spring shop last month
> and got about 2" lift them, the total cost for all 4 springs was $500
> Canadian.
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:51:20 GMT, pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> >be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> >springs are barely more than flat.)
> >
> >Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> >shop. They found nothing else wrong.
> >
> >Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> >correct term) several years ago.
> >
> >I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> >pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
> >
> >Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> >kits.
> >
> >Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> >is available? What should I buy??
> >
> >Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
> >
> >Mike
> >Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
I got mine installed as well for that....
Canadian too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeepster wrote:
>
> I bought and installed new leaf springs from a spring shop last month
> and got about 2" lift them, the total cost for all 4 springs was $500
> Canadian.
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:51:20 GMT, pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> >be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> >springs are barely more than flat.)
> >
> >Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> >shop. They found nothing else wrong.
> >
> >Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> >correct term) several years ago.
> >
> >I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> >pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
> >
> >Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> >kits.
> >
> >Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> >is available? What should I buy??
> >
> >Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
> >
> >Mike
> >Michael Pomeroy
Canadian too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeepster wrote:
>
> I bought and installed new leaf springs from a spring shop last month
> and got about 2" lift them, the total cost for all 4 springs was $500
> Canadian.
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:51:20 GMT, pomerom@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> >be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> >springs are barely more than flat.)
> >
> >Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> >shop. They found nothing else wrong.
> >
> >Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> >correct term) several years ago.
> >
> >I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> >pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
> >
> >Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> >kits.
> >
> >Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> >is available? What should I buy??
> >
> >Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
> >
> >Mike
> >Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
Mike,
Looks like you want to keep things mostly original. Go to
http://www.willysoverland.com
They have many parts, some are N.O.S.. If keeping things original is what
you want to do I'd recommend going that way. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
but your springs are the same as CJ7 springs, so you may have to get those
since CJ8 stuff is few and far between.
Rich
<pomerom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
Looks like you want to keep things mostly original. Go to
http://www.willysoverland.com
They have many parts, some are N.O.S.. If keeping things original is what
you want to do I'd recommend going that way. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
but your springs are the same as CJ7 springs, so you may have to get those
since CJ8 stuff is few and far between.
Rich
<pomerom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kfbr8099go78te7in01eeds1lntorib2ii@4ax.com...
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
Mike,
Looks like you want to keep things mostly original. Go to
http://www.willysoverland.com
They have many parts, some are N.O.S.. If keeping things original is what
you want to do I'd recommend going that way. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
but your springs are the same as CJ7 springs, so you may have to get those
since CJ8 stuff is few and far between.
Rich
<pomerom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kfbr8099go78te7in01eeds1lntorib2ii@4ax.com...
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
Looks like you want to keep things mostly original. Go to
http://www.willysoverland.com
They have many parts, some are N.O.S.. If keeping things original is what
you want to do I'd recommend going that way. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
but your springs are the same as CJ7 springs, so you may have to get those
since CJ8 stuff is few and far between.
Rich
<pomerom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kfbr8099go78te7in01eeds1lntorib2ii@4ax.com...
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
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Re: CJ8 leaf springs -- what should I do?
Mike,
Looks like you want to keep things mostly original. Go to
http://www.willysoverland.com
They have many parts, some are N.O.S.. If keeping things original is what
you want to do I'd recommend going that way. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
but your springs are the same as CJ7 springs, so you may have to get those
since CJ8 stuff is few and far between.
Rich
<pomerom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kfbr8099go78te7in01eeds1lntorib2ii@4ax.com...
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy
Looks like you want to keep things mostly original. Go to
http://www.willysoverland.com
They have many parts, some are N.O.S.. If keeping things original is what
you want to do I'd recommend going that way. Someone correct me if I'm wrong
but your springs are the same as CJ7 springs, so you may have to get those
since CJ8 stuff is few and far between.
Rich
<pomerom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kfbr8099go78te7in01eeds1lntorib2ii@4ax.com...
> Leaf springs appear very worn; worse on the front where it appears to
> be dropped a couple of inches on each side. Very noticeable. (These
> springs are barely more than flat.)
>
> Just got new tires and alignment at my long-time favorite alignment
> shop. They found nothing else wrong.
>
> Rear springs are better, but one side was rebowed (not sure about the
> correct term) several years ago.
>
> I want to keep this CJ8 mostly stock, and almost all driving is on
> pavement. So I certainly don't want a serious (if any) lift.
>
> Looking through 4wd and other catalogs most of what I see are lift
> kits.
>
> Suggestions, please on what I should do? What are my options? What
> is available? What should I buy??
>
> Thanks for all advice & suggestions ......
>
> Mike
> Michael Pomeroy