jadmt

I agree . I would not use sb drop plates on the front swaybar. on the rear maybe in certain situations but not on the front.

Vladimer

The skid is from Rugged Ridge Amazon.com: Rugged Ridge 18003.30 Black Front Skid Plate: Automotive (Example link, don't recall which vendor I got it from) Normally not great quality but this is really just a chunk of steel and thats it. Its held up pretty well with a bunch of wacks so no issues. It protects the e-locker really well and works with my ARB bumper which was the primary reason I got it.

I appreciate everyone elses suggestions. I don't believe the sway bar would be the culprit as it is pretty level and I can stuff and drop all the tires without any binding or issues. If anything I would think the CA's would be to blame as I only have front lowers. But I really don't think they are that far forward or back to cause that much deflection in the coil

Looks like the Synergy 4.5" dual rate coils will be a good place to start and see what it does from there. If I still get the coils bowing then it would probably be due to some other issue in the suspension. Would that be a valid assumption and action?

kjeeper10

Not all Synergy coils are progressive. Iirc someone recently upgraded to 4" and the coils were linear. I could be wrong.
The RK triple rates are fantastic coils. Check out the 3.5's


2007 Rubicon /2 door/6 speed

DunnyBunny

The 2" and below Are linear. Don't you have a set of 3.5" RK coming off soon. Lol.

kjeeper10

EVO's 3" coils. I want 3.5-4 not 4.5-5 rofl


2007 Rubicon /2 door/6 speed

Vladimer

I have a 4 door and heavy front/rear full width bumpers + some armour, so figured the 4.5's would sink just a little to 4"... would it be better to go with the 3.5?s Would rather not be just at the same lift as I am presently or else it would defeat some of the reason in replacing them

kjeeper10

The higher coils are linear


Part #APPROXIMATE LIFT HEIGHT
(2 DR JK)APPROXIMATE LIFT HEIGHT
(4 DR JK)SPRING TYPEFREE LENGTH
(INCHES)BLOCK HEIGHT
(INCHES)
8063-102.0"1.0"PROGRESSIVE20.750"8.560"
8063-203.0"2.0"PROGRESSIVE20.750"7.440"
8063-304.0"3.0"PROGRESSIVE21.375"7.750"

8063-455.5"4.5"LINEAR21.375"7.750"
8063-607.0"6.0"LINEAR22.000"9.300"

Note: Spring free length increases with lift height for compatibility with longer extended length shocks



2007 Rubicon /2 door/6 speed

Vladimer

Well that is a bummer, 8064-45 was the part number I was looking at. So Now I am a bit stuck, should I stick with the 4.5 linear synergy's? I can pick them up in about an hour, or go with something else and wait for shipping. Are there dual rate/progressive 4" springs around the same cost?

Vladimer

Reading up on the Linear vs Progressive vs rest debate and it looks like Linear would be preferably avoided. Although a lot of the dual/triple rate springs out there seem to be 3.5 instead of 4" or then bounce up to 5.5"

DunnyBunny

Something in the back of my head was telling me I was wrong. Lol. Had them mixed around I guess