To Upgrade Suspension or not?

[JeepJohnZ]

This is probably the dumbest question of the day: Has anyone spent a bunch of money to upgrade your Jeep's suspension, and regretted it? I've got a 2012 4 door Sport with 120K miles and may pull the trigger on a $6K suspension. My hesitation comes from the fact that I paid $11k for the Jeep. With any other type of vehicle, this would not pencil out. I'm thinking though, damn the pencil.

So, does anyone regret their pricey suspension upgrade?

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[Reinen]

First of all, this is a JL forum. Mid-2018 and newer. You may have more accurate responses from a JK forum.

But generally speaking, it all depends on what you do with it.
On-road DD, bad idea. Often off-road and would use the clearance and get larger tires, good idea.

The Jeep OEM suspension is a good compromise between on-road manners and off-road ability. If you make it more capable off-road, you make on-road manners slightly worse. Might be a good trade off, might be bad.

I don't regret my suspension upgrade at all (OME Heavy Load) because I use what it provides, both in additional cargo capacity and ground clearance. There are others who regret the same suspension because they stay light and/or stay on pavement and easy trails.

Think about what's right for you.

 

[TheBirdie72]

Think about what's right for you.

 

[MntGoat]

How do you use it? Have you installed lockers in her?
Why do you want a new$$$ suspension? Looks or use?
What tires etc?

 

[ENDVR]

As someone who has tried multiple brands of lifts, shocks, coils ect. I will say the most fun and least stressful setup I had was my AEV lift on my JK. Did it flex or ride the best, no! But it was reliable and functional. I feel when you go to the more complex lifts it's just opening a can of worms and its one thing after another.

 

[Megawatt]

Just get new fox shocks no reservoir for your needs. Low cost, easy install you can do and after 120k miles you need them and be done with it.

you didn’t say you wanted to lift and for what purpose etc. So just do new shocks.

 

[Mumbly]

I've had several lifted Jeeps and a couple 4Runners. Never regretted one, but you have to accept the inevitable rabbit hole ...what you need to, what to, or feel you need to upgrade after that. Then your 35s look small ...damn, I should have gone with 37s. Steering, ball joints, dilithium crystals, fuzzy dice ...it never ends!! Cheers!

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