Twist in coil spacers

[CountryBoy704]

yeah I know they're a bad idea

I just bought a new to me ranger '94 2wd 4.0 ex cab It's got FOUR of those metal "crank in between the coils and hope for the best" inserts in each front spring. Anyone know about how much lift that would have netted me? I'm hoping I can throw a washer stack underneath the coils and get rid of those things. It's currently on 31's and lightly rubbing at full lock.

 

[Captain Ledd]

yeah, 31's on a stock 4x2 are tight. I've seen them on truely stock ones before, they will run them.

I'd say do the definitive method, measure before you take them out, and measure what your reference point is afterwards. Then add washers/ proper lift device accordingly. General rule of thumb is 1:1.5, One inch of spacer lift nets around 1.5" of actual lift. Which a 1" spacer should do fairly well.

 

[rangerbum]

From what I've seen those don't actually provide any lift. They prevent one or two coils of each spring from being functional, redirecting force to the remaining coils. Especially hard on variable rate springs since the only gaps they'll fit in are the stiffer section. Then the force goes to the softer section. Essentially it just wears out coils.

Washers will give you a bit of lift, but I think you'll be limited to only a few washers by the short stud under the coil.

 

[CountryBoy704]

yeah it doesn't look like I have room for more than 2 or 3 washers there definitely not the inch or two some people do. I may try taking the spacers out and see if it affects the ride height. Has anyone run washers with stud extenders? Im thinking you would have to get a much larger ID washer