thatguy03 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 help.gif ok here's my situation right now bought a pair of coils from a jgc v8 told the guy at the counter they had to be from the front (got them last week) and was re reading the forumn where it was talkin about the sizes and mesurments as in lenght 17 inches so i went and measured the ones i picked up and it only came to like 14... ohoh.... anyways i took em back todayand said they werent long enough and i told the guy 17 " so he went to the back and came out with another pair looks like same thickness and the full lenght is 18" took a tape measure to see the thickness of the spring in the middle it looks like 1/2 an inch maybe just a smidge more and it has what looks like 8 and a bit of coilsthe bit being the rest of the coil where its tapered in..... so my question after that long winded info bit is how do i determine weather or not they will work short of cutting them and installing them they have been marked 98 cher in yellow jy paint would like to figure this out before cutting incase i have to get other ones also i stumbled across a spring rate calculator once but now i cant find it i so wanna do so much to my pathy but dont wanna screw up either any help is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey.T Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 (edited) The 18" should be it... What is the coil count... I think 88 said it should be 9 full coils... Found it... 88pathoffroad Posted: Mar 13 2006, 08:34 PM Forum Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5,083 Member No.: 3 Joined: 30-November 03 There are two types of springs used in the JGC's apparently. On the Laredos with the Upland suspension package(maybe) they got 9-coil .56" coils. The stock JGC's got 9-coil .52" coils AFAIK. I've measured many a set and only found two sets of the .56" coils, both off Laredos. And once again, the standard 8-coil Cherokee coils won't give you any lift AFAIK. It's been tried... Edited March 18, 2006 by Casey.T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 sssh do the coils you got look anything like this? these are my coils after they were cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Just so you know, that's an aftermarket progressive rate spring for a JGC, not a stock JGC spring in Slick's pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Here are mine, prior to cutting the pig tail off. They're from the front of a 96 JGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Follow the yellow brick road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguy03 Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 (edited) this is them Edited March 20, 2006 by 88pathoffroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90seven Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 (edited) Will the JGC coils fit on the R50 or only the WD21s? Edited March 20, 2006 by 88pathoffroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Only the WD21's. R50 coils are bigger diameter, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguy03 Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 so does it look like i gots the right ones??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I count 8 coils on those. Am I seeing things? Look at MrPickles picture above and count and see what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 If your seeing things then I am seeing the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 looks like the I6 springs (8 coil .52wd) rather than the v8 springs (9 coil .56wd) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Nope, they're Cherokee coils. Not from a Grand Cherokee at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguy03 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 ok i think i finally got the right ones gonna put them up here to double check thanx for input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I think we have winners. Nice slippers, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguy03 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 thanx and thanx gotta be stylin yaknow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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