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Hello everyone,
I'm glad to have found this forum where Jeep people focus more on mileage and travel than rock crawling. Hard to find the advice I'm looking for from traditional Jeep users.
I have a JKU Sport I am overall quite happy with. My typical outings are 3-5 hours highway, then 4-6 hours abandoned dirt roads and logging roads. Lots of mud, the odd rock or log, small river/stream crossings, road washouts. Snow. Lots of snow and random drifts in the winter. And so far it has been great for my use! It has the 17" wheels, ~32" Wrangler SR-A's (Plan to upgrade to similar sized AT's when they wear out), 3.73 gears, and the stock suspension (Coils are '17' front, '58' back, with the black shocks). A Rubicon was not in the cards, so I made I made sure to get the lower gears and bigger tires. I've read and researched a lot, but am still very new and inexperienced.
The suspension is my only issue so far. It is fine for driving and exploring, but when I load in the family and all our gear for a week in the wilderness, I find it starts to feel kinda 'soft.' I don't know how better to explain it. I can't say it is actually sagging (never measured, but I think I will next time), but feels like it.
So I am curious about suggestions to remedy this? I don't necessarily want a lift, but I would not be against one ether. I mean upgrades are always fun, but honestly the vehicle does everything I need it to do stock so far. My priority is getting the Jeep to feel more 'solid' and responsive when loaded up and avoid negatively impacting the fuel economy.
I'm glad to have found this forum where Jeep people focus more on mileage and travel than rock crawling. Hard to find the advice I'm looking for from traditional Jeep users.
I have a JKU Sport I am overall quite happy with. My typical outings are 3-5 hours highway, then 4-6 hours abandoned dirt roads and logging roads. Lots of mud, the odd rock or log, small river/stream crossings, road washouts. Snow. Lots of snow and random drifts in the winter. And so far it has been great for my use! It has the 17" wheels, ~32" Wrangler SR-A's (Plan to upgrade to similar sized AT's when they wear out), 3.73 gears, and the stock suspension (Coils are '17' front, '58' back, with the black shocks). A Rubicon was not in the cards, so I made I made sure to get the lower gears and bigger tires. I've read and researched a lot, but am still very new and inexperienced.
The suspension is my only issue so far. It is fine for driving and exploring, but when I load in the family and all our gear for a week in the wilderness, I find it starts to feel kinda 'soft.' I don't know how better to explain it. I can't say it is actually sagging (never measured, but I think I will next time), but feels like it.
So I am curious about suggestions to remedy this? I don't necessarily want a lift, but I would not be against one ether. I mean upgrades are always fun, but honestly the vehicle does everything I need it to do stock so far. My priority is getting the Jeep to feel more 'solid' and responsive when loaded up and avoid negatively impacting the fuel economy.
