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<blockquote data-quote="jeepjoe43" data-source="post: 429047" data-attributes="member: 19255"><p>Welcome Aboard!</p><p>Nice lookin' ride, looks pretty clean!</p><p>Full doors and the hardtop, good for CO, I grew up in Aurora.</p><p>That's about what I gave for mine, clean, bone stock, no rust and unmolested (for the most part).</p><p>Somebody butchered the doors to install a stereo.</p><p>Started with a 2-1/2" spring lift and then the can of worms opened up.</p><p>$15K later I've got what you see in my avatar.</p><p>Also didn't know she'd been parked for 10 years, or that she'd spent most of her life on a tow bar behind a coach before that.</p><p>Ran great, but the springs were completely collapsed.</p><p>Oh well, we're getting there.</p><p></p><p>Ya, the shackles gotta go, though judging by the lift, it looks like the springs might be after-market too.</p><p>If you go with new 2-1/2" springs you'll probably need to keep the T-case lowering kit.</p><p>Pay attention to the shims on the new rear springs.</p><p>If it has a CV rear drive shaft, keep the shims, if not, lose them.</p><p>Seeing the T-case lowering kit, I'm guessing it's still got the slip yoke and original drive shaft.</p><p>Was the first issue I ran into, but it wasn't the last, and not by a long shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeepjoe43, post: 429047, member: 19255"] Welcome Aboard! Nice lookin' ride, looks pretty clean! Full doors and the hardtop, good for CO, I grew up in Aurora. That's about what I gave for mine, clean, bone stock, no rust and unmolested (for the most part). Somebody butchered the doors to install a stereo. Started with a 2-1/2" spring lift and then the can of worms opened up. $15K later I've got what you see in my avatar. Also didn't know she'd been parked for 10 years, or that she'd spent most of her life on a tow bar behind a coach before that. Ran great, but the springs were completely collapsed. Oh well, we're getting there. Ya, the shackles gotta go, though judging by the lift, it looks like the springs might be after-market too. If you go with new 2-1/2" springs you'll probably need to keep the T-case lowering kit. Pay attention to the shims on the new rear springs. If it has a CV rear drive shaft, keep the shims, if not, lose them. Seeing the T-case lowering kit, I'm guessing it's still got the slip yoke and original drive shaft. Was the first issue I ran into, but it wasn't the last, and not by a long shot. [/QUOTE]
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