By ryan on Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 12:48 pm: Edit

I don't know the name of these, but they are 10 mm thick plates that go above or below your springs to give you a leveled ride. Does anybody know what I am talking about? I think they are called packers or something. How much lift will they give me?

By Robert Mann (Oldscout) on Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 01:07 pm: Edit

They will give you 10mm , Dooooh!

By ryan on Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 02:16 pm: Edit

Yeah, that last qustion was kind of useless, let me redeem my-self:
Where can I get those things? Can you put 2 of them on one spring for 20 mm?

By Scott (Scott_Bowden) on Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 07:28 pm: Edit

Yes, you can put one on top of the spring and one on the bottom of the spring.
Have been running like that for over 30k miles, no problems.
Just don't put two on the same end of the spring because they will sqeeze out.

By Ron Ward (Ronward) on Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 08:08 pm: Edit

Hey Scott,

I ran Tellico with 10mm's under the front springs and they allowed my springs to actually shift around on the spring perch. I read someplace they are really suited to sit on top of the spring. Do you retain the bottoms of the fronts like the rears?

And check out 4x4connection for a source for these (ARB Spring Packers).

Oh, and see you at Pado's on Saturday...

Ron Ward

By Scott (Scott_Bowden) on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 07:35 am: Edit

My front shocks might not be long enough to let the spring come loose.
I had Bilstiens on for a while then changed to Ranchos 9207 front, 9234 rear with Rovertym short style upper mounts and stock lowers.
Right side 10 mm on top and bottom of front and rear springs.
Left side (drivers) 10mm on the bottom and 5mm on the top of front and rear springs.
Rear springs are retained with homemade "clamps".
Someday I will take pictures and make a gallery.