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9:27 pm
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September 3, 2008
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I need some rear bumpstop extensions for the rear of my LJ. I did some suspension work on my rig and went out to Prairie City to test it out and my rear coil fell out about 4 times 🙄 So, anybody know a local spot that has about 2 inch extensions? I know RE had some back in the day but they aren't selling anything yet.
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1:11 am
May 4, 2004
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I use the Currie bumpstops which include a coil spring retainer. You might take a look at them.
10:26 pm
"finder_87" wrote: I need some rear bumpstop extensions for the rear of my LJ. I did some suspension work on my rig and went out to Prairie City to test it out and my rear coil fell out about 4 times 🙄 So, anybody know a local spot that has about 2 inch extensions? I know RE had some back in the day but they aren't selling anything yet.
Could take a 2" piece of tube, weld it to your existing bump stop mounts and get a longer bolt 
2:47 pm
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April 2, 2003
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Troy's suggestion is an easy solution. Alternatively, RE is selling again if you want those plates they sell, or the longer poly stops.
Kathleen and Brad
3:28 pm
Springs falling out and you need bump stop extensions? Jeeps must be different than normal vehicles or there is more to the story. Wouldn't you need coil spring retention device, like a piece of bar stock with a hole and bolt. But maybe you are trying to limit articulation to keep the spring in place. Guess you could use a longer spring with lower spring rate. I don't own a Jeep, maybe the spring mount and bump stop are one piece, so they move together. A piece of bar stock from Lowes might be all you need.
4:07 pm
Rockincrawler has a good point there. You probably should also be looking into a set of limit straps if you're to the point that your springs are completely unloading.
6:18 pm
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April 2, 2003
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You could run shorter shocks.
You could use bumpstop extensions to prevent the coils from falling out under articulation if they are installed from the "top down" rather than a lower extension.
You could buy and install limiting straps.
I would not suggest coilspring retainers unless you only run them on one end of the spring and not both. Stretching the coils under extension will cause them to fail.
Kathleen and Brad
7:11 pm
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July 10, 2003
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My fenders limit my uptravel and my shocks limit my downtravel. Not pretty but it works well and hasn't blown up.
I used to wheel a lot. . .
8:54 pm
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September 3, 2008
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I don't want to limit my droop. So tj's generally use there bumstops as a spring guide to help seat the spring when at full droop. I never installed bumpstop extensions when I put my lift in. Even with 2" bumpstop extensions, my fenders still stop my 37's at full stuff.
I have spring retainers on the axle side of the spring. But the springs would unseat at the frame end. I know have bumpstop extensions. They helped a little. But my spring still unseats. I have descent flex with my foolsize axles. So i ended up with Ruff Stuff limiting straps on the back axle. 😥
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9:27 pm
January 12, 2007
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"JohnDF" wrote: My fenders limit my uptravel and my shocks limit my downtravel. Not pretty but it works well and hasn't blown up.
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9:33 pm
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July 10, 2003
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"finder_87" wrote: I don't want to limit my droop...i ended up with Ruff Stuff limiting straps on the back axle. 😥
Ummm. Okay then 
I used to wheel a lot. . .
10:19 pm
"JohnDF" wrote: [quote="finder_87"]I don't want to limit my droop...i ended up with Ruff Stuff limiting straps on the back axle. 😥
Ummm. Okay then
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12:13 am
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September 3, 2008
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"troyman" wrote: [quote="JohnDF"][quote="finder_87"]I don't want to limit my droop...i ended up with Ruff Stuff limiting straps on the back axle. 😥
Ummm. Okay then
x2 Holy-conflicting-statements-batman!
This was over several weeks of testing and tuning that I ended up using limiting straps. Fairly old post.
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