Frankenstein coil spring lift?

[jazngab]

I currently have stock springs with a 2” spacer all around. I’m on 31s with a winch. I’m content at the time being although there is some rake. I’m looking at adding a front bumper that would cause increased sagging. I am satisfied with the rear lift. No heavy rear bumper or tire carrier at the time being. I’m thinking about just swapping the front springs for HD OME with a spacer if needed and leaving the rear alone for now. Looking for any thoughts or experiences from others. Thanks in advance.

 

[4.0TJ]

I used front coil springs out of a V8 Jeep zj and those gave about 2 inches of lift. They were about $20 from the junkyard. Then I just used 2 inch coil spacers in the rear. You could probably use a combination of the zj coil springs and maybe a 1 inch spacer to level the Jeep after adding a winch and bumper. Buying new coils would work fine too, this is just the cheapest way to do it in my experience.

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[Equilibrium31]

It may help to give a call to Dirk at DPG Offroad if you're considering OME springs since he has a lot of experience on those sorts of recommendations (his phone number is on their website). He may try to upsell you on a full OME kit, but if springs are all you want, he should be able to assist with that too.

https://dpgoffroad.com/

 

[pagrey]

I was in the same situation. I used Moog CC782 springs to get about 2" over stock with the extra load from bumpers, winch and armor. My Jeep is heavy at just about 4000lbs on the scales. I've also used CC780 and they gave me 1" over stock. CC782 are probably a good inexpensive solution for you They are about $70 shipped from rockauto.com. With all lifts there is guesswork involved so if your Jeep is light you might get more out of them.

 

[lindsey97]

I started out with a 1 3/4" Rubicon Express spacer lift and 31" tires. Then I went to OME HD 2" spring in the front and left the 1 3/4" spacer in the rear, which gave me a level stance I'm looking for. I have Rockhard heavy bumpers, soft top, and Warn M8000 winch.

I am currently running 33x12.50 Dick Cepek tires, and also added a 1" BL.

When I get around to installing my spare tire and aftermarket carrier, I will probably change out the oem rear spring/1 3/4" spacer combo for a OME light duty 2" spring. Then add the OME front spacer in to get the Jeep leveled back out.

 

[jazngab]

I started out with a 1 3/4" Rubicon Express spacer lift and 31" tires. Then I went to OME HD 2" spring in the front and left the 1 3/4" spacer in the rear, which gave me a level stance I'm looking for. I have Rockhard heavy bumpers, soft top, and Warn M8000 winch.

I am currently running 33x12.50 Dick Cepek tires, and also added a 1" BL.

When I get around to installing my spare tire and aftermarket carrier, I will probably change out the oem rear spring/1 3/4" spacer combo for a OME light duty 2" spring. Then add the OME front spacer in to get the Jeep leveled back out.

I think that is the route I will end up going as well.

 

[jazngab]

I started out with a 1 3/4" Rubicon Express spacer lift and 31" tires. Then I went to OME HD 2" spring in the front and left the 1 3/4" spacer in the rear, which gave me a level stance I'm looking for. I have Rockhard heavy bumpers, soft top, and Warn M8000 winch.

I am currently running 33x12.50 Dick Cepek tires, and also added a 1" BL.

When I get around to installing my spare tire and aftermarket carrier, I will probably change out the oem rear spring/1 3/4" spacer combo for a OME light duty 2" spring. Then add the OME front spacer in to get the Jeep leveled back out.

Did you use a spacer with the OME HD at first?

 

[lindsey97]

Did you use a spacer with the OME HD at first?

No OME spacer yet. Just the OME HD 2" lift spring up front.

This is the first lift kit I ever pieced together. I've done several lifts over the years, but never like this. Think I have about $900 in it total. It rides, handles and drives great.

The list:

Rubicon Express disconnects
Rubicon Express nitrogen shocks
OME hd front 2" spring
Rear stock TJ spring w/RE 1 3/4" spacer
JKS front track bar
made my own rear sway bar extensions
Energy Suspension red bump stops
Rubicon Express bump stop extensions front and rear
Brown Dog 1" MML

Pieced it together off eBay, craigslist, and classifieds here. Used coupons, sales and Ibotta. Getting the RE shocks used from JMT here saved quite a lot.

I'm setting myself up for a Genright or UCF tummytuck, but I still have a rear SYE driveshaft, upper adjustable arms, and tummytuck to purchase. Got E-lockers, rear axles, and 4.88 gears setting on the shelf. One piece at a time.....

 

[SB50]

At what height do you need to install longer sway bar links? 1”, 2”, etc?

 

[jjvw]

At what height do you need to install longer sway bar links? 1”, 2”, etc?

Front or rear? The rear is more forgiving to changes in ride height.

 

[SB50]

Either, both...

 

[jjvw]

Either, both...

The stock front links are a ball and socket design with limited motion. Lifting puts them further outside their range of motion. I broke mine apart at about 2" of lift.

The rears are a simpler bolt through a bushing and don't care too much about being lifted. I replaced those with longer links at about 3" of lift only because I saw that the original bushings were rotten and the entire sway bar was loose and floppy.

Ultimately, longer links after a spring lift puts the sway bar closer to a horizontal position, which is arguably better than a less than horizontal position.

 

[SB50]

Thanks for the explanation

 

[WesRJ86]

A more expensive option is to use ACOS up front. They allow you to adjust your ride height in a range from 1.25" up to 3.5". Let's you play with your height/rake when you add or remove items, without adding or removing spacers. Pretty convenient. I have them because the PO installed them but again they are pricey.

 

[SB50]

ACOS? Adjustable Coilover Shock? Do you then delete the coil springs?

 

[WesRJ86]

ACOS? Adjustable Coilover Shock? Do you then delete the coil springs?

No, they sit on top of the spring like a spacer. At their smallest they give 1.25" of lift and can go up to 3.5" of lift.

 

[jjvw]

ACOS is just a very expensive adjustable spacer. You could buy several thicknesses of regular spacers before breaking even on the ACOS. And it would be unusual to not know how much spacer is needed after a spring lift to make make the final adjustments.

 

[WesRJ86]

You could also make your own spacers if you wanted. I would have went this route if mine had not come with the ACOS.

 

[Bofa-Deez]

PO had ACOS installed on mine too. Don't know if I would have sprung for them out of pocket, but they make adjusting rake really simple. They are backed all the way down to the lowest setting in the pic because I had just installed new shocks and springs and was dialing the rake in.