Fuel Fire Desire
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After my Mopar lift, I wound up with the front sitting about 1.5” lower than the rear as a result of my heavy winch/ bumper. I debated between the 3/4” and 1.5” leveling kit, and am glad I went with the 3/4”.
The driver side took all of 10 minutes to put on. It took longer to get my tools out. The passenger side took me a good 2 hours. I simply could not find the right angle to get the spring back on with the spacer. There was no way the spring was getting back over the Mopar bump stop extension. I finally broke down and decided to remove the extension……which was a “I hate engineers” adventure. I could not find the right combinations of drive size,extensions, or angle to make it work. After I was at the point of throwing a wrench, I realized the wheel speed sensor line bracket on the back of the perch was removable, and opened up a hole big enough to sneak a 1/4” drive ratchet in there with microns to spare.
After the spacers were on, I found a rather surprising result. The front was raised just shy of an inch, and the rear settled nearly a 1/4” (assuming from the slight load shift).
Front before.
Rear before.
Front after.
Rear after.
End result is the front is now about a 1/2” lower than the rear, which should level out once I get a 35” spare and bumper on the back.
‘Another thing I noticed, was a less jarring ride. The extra inch of rubber on the factory isolator dampens out a bit more of the hard shocks I’d get from potholes. The Jeep looks a lot better, and not a bad deal for $30. I just wish I knew the trick with the bump stop extension beforehand, it would have saved me over an hour of experimenting.
The driver side took all of 10 minutes to put on. It took longer to get my tools out. The passenger side took me a good 2 hours. I simply could not find the right angle to get the spring back on with the spacer. There was no way the spring was getting back over the Mopar bump stop extension. I finally broke down and decided to remove the extension……which was a “I hate engineers” adventure. I could not find the right combinations of drive size,extensions, or angle to make it work. After I was at the point of throwing a wrench, I realized the wheel speed sensor line bracket on the back of the perch was removable, and opened up a hole big enough to sneak a 1/4” drive ratchet in there with microns to spare.
After the spacers were on, I found a rather surprising result. The front was raised just shy of an inch, and the rear settled nearly a 1/4” (assuming from the slight load shift).
Front before.
Rear before.
Front after.
Rear after.
End result is the front is now about a 1/2” lower than the rear, which should level out once I get a 35” spare and bumper on the back.
‘Another thing I noticed, was a less jarring ride. The extra inch of rubber on the factory isolator dampens out a bit more of the hard shocks I’d get from potholes. The Jeep looks a lot better, and not a bad deal for $30. I just wish I knew the trick with the bump stop extension beforehand, it would have saved me over an hour of experimenting.
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