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Strut/Spring Recommendation for 2" lift

233 views 5 replies 3 participants last post by  Hobie-Wan Kenobi  
#1 ·
Long story short, my red Eibach spring broke and am in need springs/struts while keeping 2" of lift the springs nominally give me.

I figured I'd replace the OEM Koni FSD struts with something different. I'd like a strut with more travel, as I was "topping out" when doing some light off roading.

I still have the 2" body lift on the Jeep and don't plan to take it off.

Any springs to give 1"? I see the Bilstein B8 gives 1" and could pair with a 1" lift spring.

I'd be cool getting the 2" Eibach if I could find a longer travel strut at OEM height.
 
#2 ·
Its unfortunate that nobody makes kits to correct the suspension geometry for these cars. Lowering or raising your car moves the tie rods and control arms so that they no longer follow the same arc. Almost every other offroading vehicle with lift mods has a tie rod flip kit or some sort of heim joint tie rod end thats is adjustable in height. Something to consider.
 
#3 ·
I haven't had issues with the previous ATP 4.0 kit, besides the spring breaking. CV shafts and other components are fine after over 40k miles since I owned it. The lift was on there when I got it.

My big issue is finding a spring/strut combo to not change the current geometry of the OEM struts with the 2in red Eibach springs. I waiting on an email back to see if the current Eibach springs (silver) are the same as the red ones from the ATP kit.