I have the OME 2" kit that I purchased from Northridge. I believe it came with heavy duty springs in the front and regular springs for the rear. We were coming back from a camping trip on gravel roads a couple months ago and I ran into a large dip at around 35 mph that actually caused the JK to get some airtime. I had the back filled with a lot of camping gear. So much that the back end weighed down a little even before hitting the dip but soon after hitting it we went to air up and I notice the rear of the JK looked like it was sitting at stock level again. I could definitely tell because I was able to see the top of the hard top and normally I can't. After we got home and everything was unloaded everything seemed to be back to normal. This was until we went on another camping trip where it was loaded down even heavier than before. Everywhere we went on the trail the right rear of the Jeep looked lower than the rest. Until this day it seems to be that way but only sometimes. I'm wondering if the right rear spring has failed or been over compressed from hitting that dip. I plan on getting the LOD rear bumper with tire carrier some day and I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to get the OME heavy duty rear springs anyway. Any thoughts on what this might be and would getting the heavy duty rear springs solve it?

 

Do you have any pics of the spring and how it is seated on the perch top and bottom?

 

No but I could take some. I failed to mention that I installed a 1 inch body lift about a month before hitting the dip in the road and when I did so I removed the 2" bumpstops that I had put on the rear axle after installing 34's. Don't know if the bumpstops might have prevented this had they been installed when I hit the large dip.

 

unfortunately, it sounds to me like you've over-compressed your coil. your bumpstops exist to prevent that from happening.

 

Sounds like they definitely would have helped. I thought they were there to prevent rubbing the fender wells with my tires. I noticed they didn't rub after I installed the bodylift so I removed the bumpstops so they would flex more. ?????

 

unfortunately, so do a lot of uninformed and misinformed people. your coils alone will for the most part prevent you from rubbing your fenders in static or low impact conditions. just take a look at a stock JK on a ramp and i can assure you that its axles will not touch the bump stops. the only reason why bump stops exist is to prevent the over compression of your coils - i.e. squish them down to the point where they do not return to their original height. the prevention of rubbing is an added bonus and a lot of suspension manufacturers do use it for that purpose but that is not what they were originally designed for. unforutnately, you had to find out the hard way. at this point and time, you can probably get a coil spacer to make up the difference but you might be better off getting a new pair as the over compressed one you have now may not offer the same quality ride. sorry.

 

BTW - if it's not too much to ask, would it be possible for you to post some pics of what your jk looks like now? i think it would be helpful for others to see.

 

The OME lift kit doesn't come with bump stop extensions. This would lead me to believe it was designed to work with the stock bump stops without over-compressing. Is this not the case? What height bump stop extensions would you recommend?

 

and to be completely honest, i don't know why they would do this. perhaps on a jk without any additional mods like heavy bumpers, tire carrier, winch or gear, the weight of the jk alone would not be enough to over compress the coils. however, with all the extras on, everything may change. also, it should be noted that pkess3 hit a dip fast enough and hard enough to get some air. this is not something that most people would do but apparently, it was enough to over compress his coil.

as for what size bump stop extension you should go with goes, typically, you would install one that is of the same height as what your lift is. so, if you installed a 2" lift, you would install a 2" bump stop extension.

 

How full your gas tank is or not will affect how the right rear sags.