Here's the thread to my XJ's project...http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=13634
I had an idea last night about moving the front coils over to straighten them out. Sorry about the horrible picture, but you should get the idea.
I thought about cutting the spacer cup flat with the upper coil mount and welding a new 1/4" plate (blue), with a 1/4" gusset (blue) from the plate to the stock mount. Essentially making a new upper mount for the coil. This will allow the coil to be moved outward so the center is where the yellow line is, instead of the center being where the red line is. It should straighten the coil out, be easier than fabbing something on the radius arm, and give a little more stability.
What do you guys think, any problems you might forsee in this? A problem that might arise is that when the passenger side is raised up, the tire might hit the new perch.
If this doesn't work, I've got another idea, but any ideas on how to straighten this coil out would be helpful.
I had an idea last night about moving the front coils over to straighten them out. Sorry about the horrible picture, but you should get the idea.
I thought about cutting the spacer cup flat with the upper coil mount and welding a new 1/4" plate (blue), with a 1/4" gusset (blue) from the plate to the stock mount. Essentially making a new upper mount for the coil. This will allow the coil to be moved outward so the center is where the yellow line is, instead of the center being where the red line is. It should straighten the coil out, be easier than fabbing something on the radius arm, and give a little more stability.
What do you guys think, any problems you might forsee in this? A problem that might arise is that when the passenger side is raised up, the tire might hit the new perch.
If this doesn't work, I've got another idea, but any ideas on how to straighten this coil out would be helpful.
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