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Re: NY / Long Island area installer recommendations? -
05-05-2006
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I don't know about doing a kit like that, but when I need spring work on my trucks with leaf springs, I go to local truck shops that do big semi tractor and dump truck springs. They were fighting over who got to do my little 'toy' truck, but the boss jumped them all and did it himself. LOL! These folks sell springs, they don't cater to the niche market of 4x4's so they don't claim their mechanic's tools are gold plated, or price them like that anyway... I got new springs, arched for 2.5" with a replacement pre arched keeper leaf installed for under $250.00 Canadian a set.... It might be worth a check in the yellow pages and a call... Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) Mike wrote: Thanks guys, I wouldn't mind spending a little extra for the 4.5" I was hoping not to spend more than $3000 for the lift + wheels + tires + gears. I'm hearing now that installing the gears is really expensive due to the ammount of labor is takes. Still haven't gotten any recommendations of an installer - and I don't want to spend a day or more doing this stuff - just to find out I'm missing some tool or some other nonsense and be left with a Jeep in pieces in my driveway. I like to tinker but at the same time I know my limits, and I'm not about to take on a project this size... Got my office move date of June 9th, so no more long highway miles for me - so it's basically a green light for this... I just would really love to find a shop that has some experience doing this type of stuff, that I could go back to if I had a problem down the road. There's a bunch of speed shops in Queens, along Queens blvd... though they seem to cater to those little annoying imports... wondering if that's my best bet around here?? -- Mike Mike NY / Long Island '03 Wrangler X - Freedom Edition ----- Posted via http://www.wranglergear.com |
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Mike- Your CJ only has a 2.5" lift? Carl "Mike Romain" <romainm (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca> wrote in message news:445BB517.5E292E60 (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca... I don't know about doing a kit like that, but when I need spring work on my trucks with leaf springs, I go to local truck shops that do big semi tractor and dump truck springs. They were fighting over who got to do my little 'toy' truck, but the boss jumped them all and did it himself. LOL! These folks sell springs, they don't cater to the niche market of 4x4's so they don't claim their mechanic's tools are gold plated, or price them like that anyway... I got new springs, arched for 2.5" with a replacement pre arched keeper leaf installed for under $250.00 Canadian a set.... It might be worth a check in the yellow pages and a call... Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) Mike wrote: Thanks guys, I wouldn't mind spending a little extra for the 4.5" I was hoping not to spend more than $3000 for the lift + wheels + tires + gears. I'm hearing now that installing the gears is really expensive due to the ammount of labor is takes. Still haven't gotten any recommendations of an installer - and I don't want to spend a day or more doing this stuff - just to find out I'm missing some tool or some other nonsense and be left with a Jeep in pieces in my driveway. I like to tinker but at the same time I know my limits, and I'm not about to take on a project this size... Got my office move date of June 9th, so no more long highway miles for me - so it's basically a green light for this... I just would really love to find a shop that has some experience doing this type of stuff, that I could go back to if I had a problem down the road. There's a bunch of speed shops in Queens, along Queens blvd... though they seem to cater to those little annoying imports... wondering if that's my best bet around here?? -- Mike Mike NY / Long Island '03 Wrangler X - Freedom Edition ----- Posted via http://www.wranglergear.com |
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Thanks guys, I wouldn't mind spending a little extra for the 4.5" I was hoping not to spend more than $3000 for the lift + wheels + tires + gears. I'm hearing now that installing the gears is really expensive due to the ammount of labor is takes. Still haven't gotten any recommendations of an installer - and I don't want to spend a day or more doing this stuff - just to find out I'm missing some tool or some other nonsense and be left with a Jeep in pieces in my driveway. I like to tinker but at the same time I know my limits, and I'm not about to take on a project this size... Got my office move date of June 9th, so no more long highway miles for me - so it's basically a green light for this... I just would really love to find a shop that has some experience doing this type of stuff, that I could go back to if I had a problem down the road. There's a bunch of speed shops in Queens, along Queens blvd... though they seem to cater to those little annoying imports... wondering if that's my best bet around here?? -- Mike Mike NY / Long Island '03 Wrangler X - Freedom Edition ----- Posted via http://www.wranglergear.com |
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I don't know about doing a kit like that, but when I need spring work on my trucks with leaf springs, I go to local truck shops that do big semi tractor and dump truck springs. They were fighting over who got to do my little 'toy' truck, but the boss jumped them all and did it himself. LOL! These folks sell springs, they don't cater to the niche market of 4x4's so they don't claim their mechanic's tools are gold plated, or price them like that anyway... I got new springs, arched for 2.5" with a replacement pre arched keeper leaf installed for under $250.00 Canadian a set.... It might be worth a check in the yellow pages and a call... Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) Mike wrote: Thanks guys, I wouldn't mind spending a little extra for the 4.5" I was hoping not to spend more than $3000 for the lift + wheels + tires + gears. I'm hearing now that installing the gears is really expensive due to the ammount of labor is takes. Still haven't gotten any recommendations of an installer - and I don't want to spend a day or more doing this stuff - just to find out I'm missing some tool or some other nonsense and be left with a Jeep in pieces in my driveway. I like to tinker but at the same time I know my limits, and I'm not about to take on a project this size... Got my office move date of June 9th, so no more long highway miles for me - so it's basically a green light for this... I just would really love to find a shop that has some experience doing this type of stuff, that I could go back to if I had a problem down the road. There's a bunch of speed shops in Queens, along Queens blvd... though they seem to cater to those little annoying imports... wondering if that's my best bet around here?? -- Mike Mike NY / Long Island '03 Wrangler X - Freedom Edition ----- Posted via http://www.wranglergear.com |
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