I've been looking at a lot of articles online about stretching YJ wheelbases with XJ,dakota, and F-150 leaf springs. I thought , why couldn't I do this on my CJ7? so I started looking at suspension parts (new hangers, etc.) to swap springs. then I measured mine just to see, I have a Rancho 2.5" suspension lift and my rear leaves, hangers, and shackles are all 2 1/2" wide. so, it would stand to reason that since all those donor springs are 2 1/2" wide, I can use the hardware I have now- or am I missing something here? I've also heard that swapping in those stock springs will give me about 2 1/2" of lift- can anyone verify this?


'80 CJ7; bored 258, weber, MSD, centerforce, rancho 2 1/2 lift, 32" BFG