The latter; as I understand it the factory ones don’t contact soon enough as the coils are taller and the shock is longer, but someone will probably have a more correct answer than this!
OME 927
OME 948
Bilstein 28-185660
Bilstein 24-139168
Hockey pucks x4
Terraflex bump stops
JBA Bilstein shock adapter kit
Make sure you have a shop put the coils on the front struts because it’s basically impossible without good equipment.
Spray everything you will be taking off with...
I’m happy to do a parts list in the morning when I’m at my PC also I will I share lessons learned which are rookie mistakes I made but maybe help someone. I got all my parts and info off this site though like Tom says
Looks to me like a higher spring rating is probably the reason why it’s lifting it, springs are much stronger.
I can vouch for this method having finished it Saturday. The Jeep looks great and I’ve got easily 3” over the worn out wobbly stock suspension.
Front:
Heading to a shop tomorrow to get them installed, hopefully once the coil over is sorted I can muscle them in fairly quickly.
Glad I got the terraflex bump stops, the stock ones were seriously torn up, almost a triangle they’ve taken some beating. Stock suspension on this I think must...
Spent a full day trying to get the coils onto the Bilstein shock absorbers I’ve bought two sets of spring compressors and both are too big to come out of the coils when the top nut, washer and plate are on...
Am I going crazy? Two days for what should be a simple(ish) task... is this normal?
Both ends have metal sleeves already, the Bilstein adapter kit from JBA just looks to have a longer metal sleeve... maybe I can just throw washers on the outside of the sleeve like it says to do for the bottom?
Weird, I ordered the 03 Dakota Club Cab shocks but seem to have a different set up...
Unfortunately it really doesn’t, maybe I’ve been unlucky but the metal sleeve in the bushing on these Bilsteins is stuck like the rubber was molded onto it, won’t budge at all.
Even better the front sway bar bolts are seized
I’ve burnt my impact wrench battery three times, bent a breaker bar and almost yanked the Jeep off the axle stands and it won’t move a bit just spins in place
Not my day
Cold weather in Houston has identified a couple of squeaks and creaks in the suspension. I suspect rear sway bars are one of these, should I just remove them with the lift? I’m sure I’ve seen that done on this forum...
Thanks! I'll pull the VIN and grab a build sheet appreciate the link, very useful.
It's not my daily, so I'll hopefully have time to go through stuff like the rear diff with a bit of a fine tooth comb. Going to search the forum now for preventative/trouble areas I can help myself out with.
Thanks very much, appreciate it, you make a good point, I'm sure it's definitely sagged as I think it's on original equipment.
Great to see there's plenty running this setup and happy with it!
Appreciate it tommudd
Whilst I have your attention would you suggest using a clevis spacer, I just saw them on jeepinbyal, appreciate probably not an absolute necessity but maybe good cheap way to show that things aren't moving around or compressing back?
Think I've found almost everything I...
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