Skyjacker 8" coil ?

[1RangerNut]

Did a quick search and didn't come up with anything but are they the same ppi as the 4-6" ones and also about how much lift do you think they would lift a 4 door explorer?

Thanks: Steve

 

[jovibuilt]

Skyjacker

part#----------free length---spring rate

F580 8" GAS spring ----26" 420#
F585 8" DSL spring ----28" 470#
F560 6" GAS spring ----24" 410#

179 9" 79 F150 ---------23" 550#
176 6" -------------------21" 452#

188 8" 80-96 F150------22" 560#
186 6"--------------------20" 623#

136 6" Ranger-----------19" 435#
138 8" -------------------21" 430#

TJ60F 6" 97-06 jeep----22" 182#
TJ80F 8" ----------------22.5" 227

JC80F 8" 84-01 Cherokee 23" 235#
JC60F 6" --------------------22" 230#


Here the 8's on a two door explorer sport
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=279286

 

[1RangerNut]

So it should be about 6" then since the 6" will give about 4.5" and these have a little less ppi. Right?

And also thanks for all that info.

 

[4x4junkie]

A buddy of mine has the SJ 8" coils on a Supercab Ranger w/4.0L (probably the heaviest RBV in terms of frontend weight). They sit right at 17" tall with weight on them which was almost the perfect height for a set of 6" lift axle brackets.

 

[1RangerNut]

Where they to tall or just tall enough for the 6" brackets?

 

[4x4junkie]

Where they to tall or just tall enough for the 6" brackets?

Read again, they were pretty much perfect for them.
IIRC, I think his camber bushings are set around -0.25° or so (they might even be 0°, though it's been a few years since I did any messing around with his truck). Regardless that's pretty close to dead-on.

A 4-door Ex I suspect is a hair lighter on the front axle than his S/C Ranger, so you might be looking at a -0.5 to -0.75° camber correction for yours, but it should still be very well within usable range.

 

[1RangerNut]

almost the perfect height for a set of 6" lift axle brackets.

You said almost, I was just wondering if we were actually gonna get 6" or a little more/a little less. It's gonna be an off road toy so it's doesn't have to be aligned perfectly we just wanted at least 6" of lift to match a spring over without big spacers.

 

[4x4junkie]

Well, there is considerable leeway where aligning it is still possible... "Almost" was simply referring to being close to the ideal of needing a 0° camber alignment bushing (no correction negative or positive).

I would expect the coils to be maybe ½" taller than that ideal on a Ex of normal weight & 6" brackets, requiring the slight negative camber correction I noted above.