JKBANDIT55

I parked next to a stock JKUR today and with my 2.5" of lift, My jeep was only about 1.5" taller up front and Like 1/2" taller in the rear?

Just a question Oh and i checked his springs like a stalker, no spacers and stock springs with the tags still on them

desync0

I parked my doorless Sahara next to a rubi and I sat about 3/4" higher in the front, 1/2" in the back.

BigMAK1

4x4 equipped Wrangler I think the only height difference will be springs on whatever you ordered. Towing package would sit somewhat higher for example. I had a Rubicon w/o the towing package and my Wife's Rubi with the towing package was slightly taller due to heavier springs.

LiveOn

Stock Rubicons come 2"s higher off the dealership lot

JK-Tex

That's not true.

Freewill

Few months ago I stopped at the dealer with a tape measure. There were a bunch of 2011 and 2012 Wranglers on the lot. All the Sports and Saharas measured about the same, and they were about an inch lower at the fender than the the Rubicons. None of them showed any factory or dealer mods on the stickers.

JK-Tex

That's a function of which springs get installed at the factory. There are three or four different kinds for both front and rear. In theory*, 2-door soft tops get the lightest springs while 4-door hard tops with the towing package get the strongest, and everything else falls somewhere in between. Rubicons do not get special springs.

*I say "in theory" because people have reported some strange combinations, leading some to speculate that you just get whatever the guy on the line happens to pull out of the spring pile.

red2010rubi

I have a JKR and my co-worker has a sahara jku and there is little to no differance between the height of our two JKs.

Freewill

Totally agree there is not a "Rubicon" spring or a "Sport" spring. In the case of fronts, spring numbers seem to range between 13 and 19.

The spring numbers are computer-generated. For a given build, the spring number is supposed bring the Jeep to the factory spec of 71.9" tall.

What I don't get is both Rubi and Sport are supposed to be 71.9" tall, yet all the Rubis I measured were an inch taller than the Sports. Maybe this is where grabbing the wrong spring at the factory comes into play. Or maybe the Rubis were so fresh that the springs had not "settled in" yet?

It is hard to figure what the factory does. My Rubi springs came from a JKUR hardtop, fully loaded including tow package - yet the spring numbers are one number lower than the strongest factory springs.

For sure, springs are a squishy subject

mojoe

I have a 4 door rubi and my co worker has a 4 door sahara. Both has Towing package. I havent measured exactly but it is definitley higher. I say at lesat 1 inch higher.