Improving Ride Quality

[Reece]

I installed the 2" mopar lift back in June with 35x12.5/20 MT Baja Boss ATs and my ride quality has gone to hell. I know i know, "DoNt PuT 20s oN yOuR JeEp". Well, i did. Can someone help me an offer up some good advice on how I can improve my ride quality? Softer spring, uprading the shocks, etc.

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[JT1]

I installed the 2" mopar lift back in June with 35x12.5/20 MT Baja Boss ATs and my ride quality has gone to hell. I know i know, "DoNt PuT 20s oN yOuR JeEp". Well, i did. Can someone help me an offer up some good advice on how I can improve my ride quality? Softer spring, uprading the shocks, etc.

What air pressure are you running and how wide and what offset is your wheel?

Also, toe and caster can affect ride quality if they are way off.

 

[The Last Cowboy]

20” wheels and load range E tires. That combo rides rough even on a full size pickup.

 

[Punkn89]

Are those e rated tires? If so, def lower the psi.

 

[Steph1]

Well you answered your own question, you don’t need softer springs, you need smaller wheels?‍

 

[kah.mun.rah]

I had the Mopar lift on my 2018 and the springs and Fox shocks felt better than stock. If you are experiencing a big change in ride quality I would say that it’s more in your new wheel/tire combo than your new suspension. If you are using the stock track bar, replacing it with an adjustable one will help a little by re-centering your axle but this wouldn’t be the root cause of bad ride quality.

 

[Reece]

I installed the 2" mopar lift back in June with 35x12.5/20 MT Baja Boss ATs and my ride quality has gone to hell. I know i know, "DoNt PuT 20s oN yOuR JeEp". Well, i did. Can someone help me an offer up some good advice on how I can improve my ride quality? Softer spring, uprading the shocks, etc.

32 psi

 

[Punkn89]

32 psi

Try around 25-28 psi. If you really want to spend more money to make it a more comfortable ride, you can always change the springs to a dual sport or plush and you can get tuned shocks from accutune. A lot of it will have to do with the tires/wheels though.

I ran e rated 35’s on my JK, nitto trail grapplers. Those were rough, but eventually you also get used to it. Your passengers might not though ?

 

[The Last Cowboy]

20" wheels weigh a lot, and so do 35x12.50x20s. Combine those weights with the relatively short, and very stiff sidewall and there's no overcoming it.

So, what matters more, the look you have or being happy while driving it? As far as I know, all 20" tires over 33" are E rated. It's tough to find 18s over 33" that are not E rated too. 17S are where it's at for larger tires. That's why the Wrangler XRs, Raptors, TRXs, etc all have 17" wheels.

 

[Shibadog]

Well you answered your own question, you don’t need softer springs, you need smaller wheels?‍

And C tires. .. Never saw “E’s” that were particularly good riding, esp on a Jeep. You’ve got a lot of extras sprung weight to boot, and that alone will adversely effect the way a vehicle drives.

 

[Flatties 4ever]

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[NewJLU2019]

I have 35X12.5X20 Toyo Open Country MT's with Mopar lift and drives like it did stock. Smooth at 40 and 80 mph. 30 psi Drives like my Sahara on 33's

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