springs and shockers

HI   my new to me jimny has a 2 inch lift on it just a standard lift and its fine   my problem is what happens if i break a spring or shocker  how do i know what to replace it with as i dont want to replace all four

It's difficult to identify the brand quite often. However you would only have to replace two (same axle) rather that all four

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paul2u wrote:

HI   my new to me jimny has a 2 inch lift on it just a standard lift and its fine   my problem is what happens if i break a spring or shocker  how do i know what to replace it with as i dont want to replace all four

It’s a little bit of an odd question tbh.

Why do you think you’ll break a single item? And in many cases it might be worth replacing in pairs anyway.

You can try and ID what you have. But may not be easy and they may not be available in the future.

You could swap all the suspension now, either to stock or a brand/setup you know.

More of major step. Sell the vehicle and buy one with no lift or a different vehicle entirely.

Or don’t really worry about it. A shock or a spring is almost a service item. They will need replacing at some point. No matter what is on there now. They won’t last forever. So why make a problem where one doesn’t exist. Should something happen, worry about it then and solve it. 

I wouldn’t worry about the springs, wait until one breaks and then replace as a pair, if one goes another won’t be far behind and anyway they slowly compress over time, so just fitting one will give an uneven ride.

Someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I think the front drivers side spring is slightly longer?

Robin

Well for starters, do you know for certain that you have longer springs and shocks and it's not just a "body" lift? Could you just text the guy you bought it from? What about any receipts of the parts?

If you've got nothing to go on then take a good look at the shocks for a brand. Tough Dog, Rough Country, Trailmaster - anything like that. If you can't see anything obvious then there's a reasonably high chance it's an unbranded Jimnybits "Black Raptor" (light grey in appearance, compare online).

But as others have pointed out, if any of these parts brake you'd typically replace them as a pair anyway.

For my 2 inch trailmaster lift I am currently using rear KYB grand vitara rear shocks since the germans has refused to sell anything to Norway.

I checked the compressed and expanded Lenghts in the spec online and they match just fine.
Two inch black raptor shocks are shorter than the trailmaster 2 inch lift shocks.

Easy to measure and check if you need replacing.