I just got my jeep back on the axles yesterday after converting everything to an SOA suspension. I still need to install the High Steer kit I got and traction bar in the rear before I can drive it. I noticed my springs got pretty flat when I set it down, flatter than I expected. I was planning on adding a leaf made for SOA in a month or two since I expect them to get worn pretty fast like this. This is my daily driver. I know a lot of people say no SOA on daily driver, but I don't care. A lot of my driving is in the city here, but I am a fishing addict and wanted something I could drive way out into the middle of nowhere at some spots I know. I do wheel it about 1-2 times per month, but no rock climbing or anything, just mud and some steep hills for maybe an hour at most when I go. So how long will these last stock? Am I going to snap one of these driving down the highway if I don't change anything for a year, or is it something I would eventually break on the trail and not on the road? I honestly have no idea how much abuse these springs will take. Either way I am going to add a leaf since I cant afford the full spring upgrade. This SOA project turned out to be way more expensive to do right than anyone ever says in their write ups. I did everything myself and it still cost a fortune. So any advice on these springs would be great. Thanks in advance for any help you guys can offer.
Soa is very expensive, I do trails, and mostly rock. I'm very easy on the skinny pedal as I have a 5.22:1 low range. I don't do deep mud or sand. I started out with using my stock YJ springs. They lasted about 3 months then I bent one into an S shape. I bought a brand new pair of stock springs those last just as long befor I bent one. I pick up pair of stock XJ springs used the second leaf and bastered a pack together. Those did pretty good, they did look to flat. But again I bent them only cause I fel asleep and went into a ditch at 50mph. So stock springs will work but not very well. I see two options either add the second leaf of an XJ pack to your stock springs or buy springs built for a SOA like Rubicon Express 1.5" SOA springs. That's what I run now and like the ride better then I did with stock springs.
Thanks Banks316. That tells me a lot. SO what I am going to do then is see if the XJ Springs will cost me less than the add a leaf made for SOA. Cost is what it is all coming down to at the end of this project. Does anyone know someone who used those add a leafs for SOA? I would hate to get those saving little cash and they are dead in a year.
my friend did the xj springs and they were worse cause they were longer. think a short piece of metal and a long one and jump up and down on em. like banks said it depends on how ya beat on em. but i would not do the xj spring swap. didnt work out for my buddy at all. thing hopped like a basketball on the road.
I'm doing the Rubicon RE1445 upgrade myself because my springs front and back are all pretty warped/bent/etc. Seems like a solid deal for the money and those I know that run them are very happy with them.
Good deal! After I get the Jeep running right, that is the next move!
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