Kevin in San Diego

Dodge Durango leaf packs fit but will give you quite a bit of lift. (4.5"?)
Other than that I like the Rubicon Express leafs. Bob Supplee will sell them
to you for RE's price or less and no tax and no shipping. I have an 88 with
190K miles on it and every one of those miles was abusive. I did keep up on
all the maintenance. Its still ready for another 100K miles of abuse.
KH

"Jeff Laughlin" <jlaughli@vtc.vsc.edu> wrote in message
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> Howdy all,
>
> I just bought myself a 1990 Cherokee Laredo with 185k miles. It's old,
> but it's in quite good shape, the previous owner was a soccer mom or
> something in the Boston suburbs and AFAIK never whooped on it at all.
>
> The rear leaf springs are whooped, as is one of the rear shocks. So as
> long as I'm going to take the suspension all apart I figured I might
> as well upgrade it, and add a little lift. I am going to be doing some
> minor offroading, unmaintained town roads mostly. Mostly I drive on
> the highway. So what I'm really looking to do is replace the springs
> and shocks, and get 2-3" of lift.
>
> I do not want to spend a small fortune on this project, the Jeep is
> too old and I'm too poor for that. The Old Man Emu stuff looks good,
> but at $600+ for springs and shocks all around, it's a little steep.
> Are there any good deals on OME stuff around? Other than OME, what
> would be a good bet? There's a nice looking Black Diamond 3" kit I
> found for $375, but it only includes add-a-leafs, I really need new
> rear leafs.
>
> I could save a lot of money on a lift kit if I DIDN'T have to buy new
> leafs. But I don't want to go with OEM springs since they suck ***. I
> know there are a lot of other trucks with leafs that will go on the
> XJ, is there a list anywhere? I've got a decent junkyard right up the
> road so I'd like to score my springs there, it's just that all of
> their XJ springs are whooped like mine.
>
> Anyway, all clues will be appreciated.
> -Jeff