2-3'' suspension advice
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JK Newbie
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2-3'' suspension advice
I'm going to be picking up a Wrangler soon and am looking for a little advice on lifts. I will be using it for work and will be doing alot of driving on the street. My offroad driving is mainly beach and trails in the woods.
I'm looking for a suspension system to get rid of the rake and allow me 33-34" tires. Anybody know of a system that will improve my ride and curvy road handling as well as give me the lift needed. I'm thinking OME with AT's but am not sure yet. Thanks!
I'm looking for a suspension system to get rid of the rake and allow me 33-34" tires. Anybody know of a system that will improve my ride and curvy road handling as well as give me the lift needed. I'm thinking OME with AT's but am not sure yet. Thanks!
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From: Chino
uh... increasing height and improving "curvy road handling" are complete opposites 
Laws of physics- you raise the vehicle up, you raise the center of gravity up, you decrease the curvy road handling. You need to lower a vehicle to get better handling.
Of course, tires also play into the equation. The less sidewall you have, the better the handling will be (less sidewall flex in the turns). So you could always do this with it
Laws of physics- you raise the vehicle up, you raise the center of gravity up, you decrease the curvy road handling. You need to lower a vehicle to get better handling.Of course, tires also play into the equation. The less sidewall you have, the better the handling will be (less sidewall flex in the turns). So you could always do this with it
but this will be up to you....
JK Newbie
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I have the 2.5" Skyjacker (spring lift) and FT M-force shocks and it handles great on/off road. Nice firm ride, when I had the BB it seemed soft and bottomed easy. The 18" rims might help with little sidewall as well.
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Sorry was doing more than one thing while I was typing this, didn't really mean better handling, i meant a better ride. I should have just typed what I meant. Basically the same ride but the front end doesn't dive down now when I brake...... Does that make sense?
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If I had it all to do over again, I would do it exactly as I have.