I am looking to upgrade my stock 2 door JK sports suspension to that of a 4 door Rubicon. Will the Rubi suspension fit onto my rig and is it worth the grade in your opinion? Does anyone know how much height I will gain from the suspension swap.
The items I plan to replace with Rubi parts are the springs, shocks and rear track bar. I look forward to your opinions.
The springs may or may not be different, you need to compare part numbers. The shocks are an upgrade. The track bar is exactly the same as what you have.
I just got a 2012 Sahara with Freedom top. I went to remove hard top and the #40 tort tool is not in the jeep, salesman is telling me it doesn't come with jeep, I had one in the past with another hard top, jeep supplied, I have a hard time believing jeep doesn't include this tool. I found an empty package in console says please leave in jeep for customer use, am I right or wrong here?
Ride quality improves substantially. Way less brake dive and body roll. Handles the washboard crap better on road. I paid about 140 for shocks and springs and got about 1.5-2.0'' all around. Rides and looks way better.
Springs depend on all sorts of factory options. Hardtop gets stiffer rears for example. A rubi wont have stiffer springs just because its a rubi. But a 10a with those heavy bumpers?
I imagine the 4 door probably does have stiffer rear springs.
Honestly i wouldnt bother with any of this. If its factory available then i wont put it on my jeep. Rubi shocks are nice but dont have any more travel.
Id get a 2.5 inch lift over those springs. Thats a size that wont normally cause a lot of problems. One thing i dont like though is 2.5 inch lifts with stock shocks......
Had 13/55 on my Sahara. Got a deal on a Rubi stock set of shocks and 19/59 springs that were 7 days old (owner put in a new lift). Spent a Saturday installing and I got an increase of 1.75" up front and 1.5" in the back.
Rides much better and less brake dive and less corner roll. Overall a cheap little lift and better handling. Well worth the small investment financially and the knowledge of doing the install myself.
Mine came with the dual tops. I don' think there is any rhyme or reason for the spring rates. Even people with the exact same builds have seen different rates.
My neighbors 2DR sport has 12 front, 55 rear. My 2DR Rubicon has 14 front, 57 rear.
It seem like the assembly line just grabs whatever their is a abundance of, so you really don't know what number springs you have until you look at the numbers on your.:nonono:
I'm going to be doing this swap on my 07 JK this week. Is there any need to swap out anything else like the sway bar links or anything or is it just a straight swap of the the shocks and springs? Looking to run 35s on a budget. I have 1.5" spacers on already.
I'm about to sell my 4D Rubicon set up to a friend and she has a 2 door sport. I already sold her my wheels and tires. I told her she might get 1-1.5" of lift since has 14/56 combo and mine are 17/59. Does she need my swaybar links?? Will she need an alignment or anything else??
Can the stock sway bar links from a 2 door Sport be used with 4 door Rubicon springs/shocks??
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