Anybody use Rough Country Rear Coil Spring Correction Plates?

[Wade Durbin]

Scrolling across extreme terrain website and saw these angle correction plates that fix the angle of the rear coil spring to help reduce spring wear and smoothe out the ride of the lifted tj's. I put my 4 inch Currie lift on myself and definitely noticed the spring had some bend in it to keep on both ends of the spring perch seats.

Is this worth the money or just a way for rough country to make money. Are there other brands out there, never saw or heard of people using them before. One review said they worked and helped the ride but I like to see mulitple reviews.

Appreciate any info on the subject fellow TJ owners have!

 

[Wade Durbin]

https://www.extremeterrain.com/roug...W|SiteVisit|HouseBrand|TJ|0-10&T5_Var3=orange

 

[Buck]

Interested in hearing some answers on this as well.

 

[tworley]

I think most will tell you to save yourself $69+shipping and use your stock upper perches. You can grind the welds off of the ears and move it to the center of the arch in the frame.

 

[dbbd1]

I'm not one of the "most people" I guess. I used them on my other jeep. If you're like me, my welds look like pigeon shit or, maybe you don't have a welder. They are handy and worked well. You may need a 3/4" spacer up front to re-level the jeep afterwards. I'm not sure if mine were RC or not, though. But, they are probably all about the same. You'll need to re-check pinion angles too. These will save you from grinding the lips on your spring buckets too, if that is a problem for you.

 

[tworley]

I guess the question should be asked, what are you trying to solve with the perch relocators?

A bow in the rear spring isnt hurting anything.

 

[Wade Durbin]

I guess the question should be asked, what are you trying to solve with the perch relocators?

A bow in the rear spring isnt hurting anything.

That's basically what I was asking if it would actually help smoothe the ride and reduce spring wear/stress or if that was their selling motive BS to get people to buy stuff not necessarily needed.

 

[tworley]

Marketing hype. The bow doesnt hurt a thing, its just sometimes annoying to look at. If you are looking for a smooth ride I would be looking at replacing shocks.

 

[Wade Durbin]

Marketing hype. The bow doesnt hurt a thing, its just sometimes annoying to look at. If you are looking for a smooth ride I would be looking at replacing shocks.

Well my lift is brand new and I went with the recommended by most rancho 5000x model I believe if IRC and so far it is ok, wouldn't say it is smoothe riding in my mind though. Thanks for all the input so far everybody!

 

[tworley]

Well my lift is brand new and I went with the recommended by most rancho 5000x model I believe if IRC and so far it is ok, wouldn't say it is smoothe riding in my mind though. Thanks for all the input so far everybody!

What is your tire size and pressure?

 

[dbbd1]

Give it 500 miles or more for things to settle in. Then re-evaluate.

 

[Wade Durbin]

What is your tire size and pressure?

They're probably part of the culprit. 33" and I do think the press is high. Never adjusted at all after I got the tires mounted at the shop. I'll relieve some and see if it helps. BF Goodrich KM3's any idea of a good press to keep for smoothe Rd driving at the moment? And I'd say I'm above 500 miles at this point. Need to go recheck torques and such.

 

[Chris]

I wouldn't use them. I'd just relocate the upper spring perches. Those things will also require you to get shorter rear springs, as it's going to raise the rear end an inch, maybe more.

 

[tworley]

They're probably part of the culprit. 33" and I do think the press is high. Never adjusted at all after I got the tires mounted at the shop. I'll relieve some and see if it helps. BF Goodrich KM3's any idea of a good press to keep for smoothe Rd driving at the moment? And I'd say I'm above 500 miles at this point. Need to go recheck torques and such.

Lower it to 26psi and see how it rides.

I had 35s installed last summer and Discount had them at 50 psi Lowered to 25 and its a night and day difference.

 

[oldjeepman]

I would drop your pressure to 30,28,psi to start with. I run 25psi on my 35's

 

[Wade Durbin]

I wouldn't use them. I'd just relocate the upper spring perches. Those things will also require you to get shorter rear springs, as it's going to raise the rear end an inch, maybe more.

I am going take the Jeep to a good welder to just have the frame coated with bed liner because he does that work good for cheap. I'll mention it to him and if he thinks it's a good idea, maybe I'll have him do it. Not too worried based off the other responses so far though. Thanks all!

 

[Goatman]

Door jam on mine says 28. I'd start close to that. Your wear pattern and contact patch will let you dial it in.

 

[Wade Durbin]

Door jam on mine says 28. I'd start close to that. Your wear pattern and contact patch will let you dial it in.

Ok cool, thanks!

 

[jjvw]

The real reason to move the upper spring seats is to make the bump stops line up again after raising the pinion on a taller lift with a tummy tuck. The changes in ride quality are negligible. These correction brackets add ride height because they are also spacers. And they look clunky.

 

[Crashtown]

I was gonna post this same question, but wanted to revive this post.