Lift suggestions

marcus

marcus

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Hi all, I've a Wrangler JK 2dr 2010 with 35 tires, 2" OME lift, synergy track bar, rocks4x4 bumpers, AEV front geometry correction brackets and stock control arms.
It's time to refresh the setup. I use the jeep 80% on road and 20% offroad during we (no rock crawling, I prefer go fast on light off roads). I'm thinking on a 2.5" new lift. Looking at the coils linear or dual rate or progressive? And how to know with which coils a shock was tested and tuned? I mean, how to pair a shock and a coil. I'm thinking to leave the drop bracket in place for a best smooth ride feeling, but I don't know if add adj control arms or not.

Suggestions?
 
OME is a good setup. Is the lift giving you any problems or limiting you on or off road? Any odd steering quirks? Is the ride uncomfortable? If your lift is serving you well, there’s no need to replace it. Save the money for more important things, like fuel and maps.

Before doing anything, inspect the steering linkage, ball joints and bushings for damage and wear and replace as necessary. If the shocks are old, replace them. If you replace the steering stabilizer, just get an OEM stabilizer. Don’t waste money on dual stabilizers or anything fancy. They have no benefit over the JK factory stabilizer.

Drive the Jeep until she tells you what needs to be done next. You can do a lot of serious wheeling with what you’ve got now.

Then-
-Tank up
-Air down
-Hit the trail

Don’t leave home without-
-On board air compressor, hose and tire gauge
-Recovery gear
-Bottle jack with extensions and adaptors
-Tools
-Water
-Snacks
-Maps
-Significant other
-Kids
-Dog

Wheel Before Modifying. Fuel Before Accessories

Welcome to the forums!
 
GP NOIR said:
OME is a good setup. Is the lift giving you any problems or limiting you on or off road? Any odd steering quirks? Is the ride uncomfortable? If your lift is serving you well, there’s no need to replace it. Save the money for more important things, like fuel and maps.

Before doing anything, inspect the steering linkage, ball joints and bushings for damage and wear and replace as necessary. If the shocks are old, replace them. If you replace the steering stabilizer, just get an OEM stabilizer. Don’t waste money on dual stabilizers or anything fancy. They have no benefit over the JK factory stabilizer.

Drive the Jeep until she tells you what needs to be done next. You can do a lot of serious wheeling with what you’ve got now.

Then-
-Tank up
-Air down
-Hit the trail

Don’t leave home without-
-On board air compressor, hose and tire gauge
-Recovery gear
-Bottle jack with extensions and adaptors
-Tools
-Water
-Snacks
-Maps
-Significant other
-Kids
-Dog

Wheel Before Modifying. Fuel Before Accessories

Welcome to the forums!
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The coils and shocks are 9 years old and now the ride isn't confortable neither on road and offroad .. too stiff.
I need to replace track bar joint because I disvovered slack in that point (joint on the axle side). I planned also to check ball joints, I ordered 2 HD jack stands for this test, so I'm waiting. Also the steeering shock is gone.
 
marcus said:
The coils and shocks are 9 years old and now the ride isn't confortable neither on road and offroad .. too stiff.
I need to replace track bar joint because I disvovered slack in that point (joint on the axle side). I planned also to check ball joints, I ordered 2 HD jack stands for this test, so I'm waiting. Also the steeering shock is gone.
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How old are your tires, what load range are they and how much psi are you running in them. A lot of times, a stiff ride is a result of a high load range tire (D or E) and or running too much air in them (over 30 psi).
 
wayoflife said:
How old are your tires, what load range are they and how much psi are you running in them. A lot of times, a stiff ride is a result of a high load range tire (D or E) and or running too much air in them (over 30 psi).
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tyres 4y old, running at 1.9 bar
 
what about buy adj shocks in order to tune the jeep as I want? or a non adj shock like fox 2.0 can be enough ?
 
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