Offroad-Express

Im looking at lifting my gq shorty by approx 2 inches. is there any standard springs out of different model 4wds i can put in to give me a bit of a lift??

I Dont think you would find a taller (firmer) spring in a standard vehicle.You also need to think about strength of spring rating.You may find a taller spring but it may be softer and compress to a lower ride height.Also how much weight have you got at the front? sometimes the front springs need to be firmer or taller than the rear to compensate for heavy winch ect.
Some other guy has said he made a spacer plate under the spring to lift it but it would probly require securing and after all id rather just get the correct size spring to start with

First of all- I'm sure 80 series landcruier springs give a 2" lift.

secondly- its like $150 for a set of four 2" spring spacers cheap, easy and fast!

80 series cruiser (standard coils) front will fit gq front,gives u a 2inch ish lift,and they are soft,ran them in my gq with 80 series shocks aswell as they are longer than standard gq shocks,also had OME coils did not last long thou,now i use EFS coils
vince...

LIFTED wrote:Isometimes the front springs need to be firmer or taller than the rear to compensate for heavy winch ect.

Um not unless you want it to handle like a pig. Even in a GQ where there is a huge amount more wieght over the front wheels, the rear are a firmer rate spring!
Think of it this way. You hit a bump with the front wheels first and it reacts, then the back hits it. What you want is the back to react faster so that you don't get the truck pitching forwards and backwards. (like old 40 LC did)
So you almost always want the rear springs to be a higher rate (simple terms) so that it reacts faster and the ride will be smoother and more controlled. Obviously if you are calculating the frequencies etc then it will only work at a specific speed but as a rough guide you want the rear springs to be a higher rate than the front.
eg My old MWB GQ had 280lb front springs and 300lb rears. That truck handled bumps etc very very well at speed but was a bit hard for slow speed off road. (it was a winch truck though so higher speed was more important). One thing we were planning was to reduce the spring rates to soften the rear end in particular and lower ride height. To do this we were looking at going to about a 220 to 240 lb front and about a 250 to 260 lb rear spring.
The detail is probably irrelevant for most but the idea is the important as it will make a big difference to handling.