Is it just me or does the bumpstop belong in the center of the spring?

 

That is exactly how progressive springs are designed. The upper coils typically have softer compression rates and they stiffer as you approach the bottom. This allows for a softer ride under lighter dynamic loads such as on the road, but as the dynamic loads are heavier, big bumps or high speed compression the stiffer lower coils avoid bottoming out.

 

This looks like the rear driver side spring, in which case the bumpstops are on the outside of the springs. It always throws me off a little too when I see these.

 

Do the Jeeps come with progressive coils stock?

Are OME coils progressive?

 

That looks like a front coil. My teraflex rear coils are bigger.

 

Thats def a rear coil. the bump stop is outside the spring.

 

The problem in the picture is that there should be a little space between the upper coils.... and more space between the lower ones. Thats how progressive springs work. Looks like you have too much weight on the coils and the softer upper ones are fully compressed.... thus the harder/firmer lower coils are supporting the weight and causing a rough ride. If the coils were right there would be about a finger or two worth of space between the upper coils and two to three on the lowers.

 

That's what they say, "normal"...I don't see how. IMO, if the softest part of the spring is compressed to the point that the coils are touching each other then doesn't it render that part of the spring USELESS?? So, now I'm riding on the stiffest part of the spring and you can definitely tell it while driving. It just doesn't make sense to me is all. And it's still lifted, just not quite as much....I've lost about 3/4" since first installed.

Exactly, but here's the thing.....I have a 2-door, no cargo or extra weight on the rear, and these are the "4-door" coils.

Correct!



Thanks for the comments everyone, I just wanted some opinions to see if it was just me that thought RC was feeding a line of BS.....and I still think they are. I'm going to be removing these springs and re-installing my factory coils with my old spacers instead.

 

You hit the nail on the head, sir!! Well, except the part about having too much weight on the coils...

 

What I meant by "Having too much weight on the coil" was that the coil cannot support that much weight. I guess I'm saying the coil is too soft for the JK thus the upper/softer coils are fully compressing. This would be a coil problem, not the user "putting too much weight on it".