Looking to change front shocks to make it level

MrTeak

MrTeak

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I have Old Man Emu 2933 front springs with a 1in spacer. I have a rockcrawler bumper and a winch on it and it still has a slight rack. I was looking to pull the front springs out along with the spacer for a set of 3.5in springs so I can eliminate the spacer. Has anyone done this if so what did you go with? What springs would be recommended to accomplish this?
 
MrTeak said:
I have Old Man Emu 2933 front springs with a 1in spacer. I have a rockcrawler bumper and a winch on it and it still has a slight rack. I was looking to pull the front springs out along with the spacer for a set of 3.5in springs so I can eliminate the spacer. Has anyone done this if so what did you go with? What springs would be recommended to accomplish this?
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Are you talking about going to a taller spring in the front only (no change to rear springs) to eliminate front end rake?
 
MrTeak said:
I have Old Man Emu 2933 front springs with a 1in spacer. I have a rockcrawler bumper and a winch on it and it still has a slight rack. I was looking to pull the front springs out along with the spacer for a set of 3.5in springs so I can eliminate the spacer. Has anyone done this if so what did you go with? What springs would be recommended to accomplish this?
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You're probably going to have to go with 4" front springs. A lot more choices.
 
Yes taller spring up front only. In the pic you can see the 1in aluminum spacer up front.

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MrTeak said:
I have Old Man Emu 2933 front springs with a 1in spacer. I have a rockcrawler bumper and a winch on it and it still has a slight rack. I was looking to pull the front springs out along with the spacer for a set of 3.5in springs so I can eliminate the spacer. Has anyone done this if so what did you go with? What springs would be recommended to accomplish this?
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You can use the shock and coil spring resource to make an educated guess. I used the 2933 and a 1.5” spacer to get close to 3.5”. After that I went with a 4” spring. There are a lot more shock choices at 4”. I’d go with RockJock front and rear. I wouldn’t be obsessing about rake.
 
JMT said:
You can use the shock and coil spring resource to make an educated guess. I used the 2933 and a 1.5” spacer to get close to 3.5”. After that I went with a 4” spring. There are a lot more shock choices at 4”. I’d go with RockJock front and rear. I wouldn’t be obsessing about rake.
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I took it as he's looking for 3.5" front springs only. His thread title made it confusing.
 
The 2933 springs are 2in and I added a 1in spacer and still has a little rack that’s why I figured a 3.5in spring but I guess I can do a 4in spring. I don’t want to change the rear just really wanted to get rid of the spacer and gain a little more height up front.
 
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It's been trial and error for me.
Rock Krawler (triple rate) 3.5" front springs gave me about 3" on my LJ.
My new Rockjock 3" front springs (9132F1) are giving me 3.5".
I had Rockjock rears (913RH2) that were supposed to be 3.5", ended up being 4.5".
 
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