I have a 97 4.0 wrangler with a 2" RE spacer budget boost with dt3000
shocks. Im running 33s currently with a 1" body lift. I am looking
into a warn m8000 winch but i do not want the front to sag, as the
front is somewhat lower than the rear as it is now. Would adding Old
Man Emu front coils (2.5-3") to ONLY the front end level off with a
winch and work fine? Could i Keep my dt3000 shocks with the longer
front coils?
thanks

 

My Warn HS9500i lowered my front bumper a full inch on stock Rubicon
coils. I would imagine the 8000 would be close to that. If it were me
doing what you propose, I would do a complete spring lift and use
spacers to even things out _if_ necessary, not vice versa.

The DT shocks were purchased to fit _what_ size lift? Ask RE what lift
range they will fit...you might get to keep them.

Derek Proctor wrote:

> I have a 97 4.0 wrangler with a 2" RE spacer budget boost with dt3000
> shocks. Im running 33s currently with a 1" body lift. I am looking
> into a warn m8000 winch but i do not want the front to sag, as the
> front is somewhat lower than the rear as it is now. Would adding Old
> Man Emu front coils (2.5-3") to ONLY the front end level off with a
> winch and work fine? Could i Keep my dt3000 shocks with the longer
> front coils?
> thanks

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tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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My Warn HS9500i lowered my front bumper a full inch on stock Rubicon
coils. I would imagine the 8000 would be close to that. If it were me
doing what you propose, I would do a complete spring lift and use
spacers to even things out _if_ necessary, not vice versa.

The DT shocks were purchased to fit _what_ size lift? Ask RE what lift
range they will fit...you might get to keep them.

Derek Proctor wrote:

> I have a 97 4.0 wrangler with a 2" RE spacer budget boost with dt3000
> shocks. Im running 33s currently with a 1" body lift. I am looking
> into a warn m8000 winch but i do not want the front to sag, as the
> front is somewhat lower than the rear as it is now. Would adding Old
> Man Emu front coils (2.5-3") to ONLY the front end level off with a
> winch and work fine? Could i Keep my dt3000 shocks with the longer
> front coils?
> thanks

--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________

 

My Warn HS9500i lowered my front bumper a full inch on stock Rubicon
coils. I would imagine the 8000 would be close to that. If it were me
doing what you propose, I would do a complete spring lift and use
spacers to even things out _if_ necessary, not vice versa.

The DT shocks were purchased to fit _what_ size lift? Ask RE what lift
range they will fit...you might get to keep them.

Derek Proctor wrote:

> I have a 97 4.0 wrangler with a 2" RE spacer budget boost with dt3000
> shocks. Im running 33s currently with a 1" body lift. I am looking
> into a warn m8000 winch but i do not want the front to sag, as the
> front is somewhat lower than the rear as it is now. Would adding Old
> Man Emu front coils (2.5-3") to ONLY the front end level off with a
> winch and work fine? Could i Keep my dt3000 shocks with the longer
> front coils?
> thanks

--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________

 

My Warn HS9500i lowered my front bumper a full inch on stock Rubicon
coils. I would imagine the 8000 would be close to that. If it were me
doing what you propose, I would do a complete spring lift and use
spacers to even things out _if_ necessary, not vice versa.

The DT shocks were purchased to fit _what_ size lift? Ask RE what lift
range they will fit...you might get to keep them.

Derek Proctor wrote:

> I have a 97 4.0 wrangler with a 2" RE spacer budget boost with dt3000
> shocks. Im running 33s currently with a 1" body lift. I am looking
> into a warn m8000 winch but i do not want the front to sag, as the
> front is somewhat lower than the rear as it is now. Would adding Old
> Man Emu front coils (2.5-3") to ONLY the front end level off with a
> winch and work fine? Could i Keep my dt3000 shocks with the longer
> front coils?
> thanks

--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________