Topic: Will cj springs fit a yj?

[86turboyota]

My buddy got a some 4-5in lift springs from a 85 CJ for free and we are wondering if they will work on his mid 90s YJ wrangler, and if they work what else we will need to get to lift him... such as drop pitman arm and what not.. im a toyota guys so i dont realy know the jeep stuff to well....
thanks

[iNfErNaL]

My buddy got a some 4-5in lift springs from a 85 CJ for free and we are wondering if they will work on his mid 90s YJ wrangler, and if they work what else we will need to get to lift him... such as drop pitman arm and what not.. im a toyota guys so i dont realy know the jeep stuff to well....
thanks

The CJ springs are a little narrower than the YJ springs.Personally,I would skip the CJ springs and just go spring over axle with the stock YJ springs,You'll get a hell of a lot better ride and flex.

[86turboyota [OP]]

so we could do a spring over using his stock flat-ass springs?   thatd just take a ubolt flip... and longer shocks and pitman drop?

[iNfErNaL]

so we could do a spring over using his stock flat-ass springs?   thatd just take a ubolt flip... and longer shocks and pitman drop?

You don't even have to get a u-bolt flip if you don't want,just weld some new spring perches on top of the axles(be sure to angle them correctly)get longer shocks,and a pitman arm.You should be able to clear 35s with very minor trimming.To me that'd be the way to go...I would also recomend doing a shackle reversal and a short shaft kit,but that's something you guys can do later down the road,you can get away with not doing that just yet.

[86turboyota [OP]]

right now he has a 1in body lift and extended shackles and only wants to run 33s... is that going to be too much lift if we spring over it?

[86turboyota [OP]]

so new spring perches, a drop pitman arm and longer shocks is all that is neccessary to do a spring over swap?