Mojave front springs and airlift 1000 bags with sport fender flares

[alpineovernappa]

I have a 3.6 overland with Mojave front springs (stiffest oem JT option) and overland rear springs with airlift 1000 bags set to 30psi in them. The overland has the lower sport flares paired with factory mojave/rubicon 285/70r17 takeoffs. The mojave front springs netted 1.5” of height gain with my full width warn steel front bumper (no winch). I’ve been really happy with this setup, so I wanted to share the details. As it sits, there is .5” rake to the front. No problems with rubbing (I don’t disconnect sways). I chose to pair it with rancho 9000 front shocks at the stiffest level, which handle canyon roads amazingly well.

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[NC_Overland]

Nice! I too hated the factory overland ride and handling so I immediately upgraded. I went a different route, I got what was the stiffest available springs when I bought mine. I put a full Rubicon LE suspension on it. That, combined with 285/70/18s, dramatically improved the handling. Slightly larger than your tires, but close. I think the E load helps with the handling, because mine handles surprisingly well on mtn rds with very little body roll. It was comically bad with the body roll on the stock suspension. Mine sat about like yours when new, but now that I’ve added a winch and bumper, it has dropped about an inch on the front. I’ve been planning on putting a 1-1.5” spacer on the front. Just for looks. It looked better before with less rake. The warn winch plate is really heavy and the winch itself is heavy too.

After 60k miles of towing and hauling sometimes over the payload, I’m starting to notice some wear on my OEM Fox shocks. It’s starting to bounce over bridges again like it did when on the overland suspension. I think I’m
Just going to put 5100s on it. I’ve loved every Bilstein shock I ever had.

 

[alpineovernappa]

Nice! I too hated the factory overland ride and handling so I immediately upgraded. I went a different route, I got what was the stiffest available springs when I bought mine. I put a full Rubicon LE suspension on it. That, combined with 285/70/18s, dramatically improved the handling. Slightly larger than your tires, but close. I think the E load helps with the handling, because mine handles surprisingly well on mtn rds with very little body roll. It was comically bad with the body roll on the stock suspension. Mine sat about like yours when new, but now that I’ve added a winch and bumper, it has dropped about an inch on the front. I’ve been planning on putting a 1-1.5” spacer on the front. Just for looks. It looked better before with less rake. The warn winch plate is really heavy and the winch itself is heavy too.

After 60k miles of towing and hauling sometimes over the payload, I’m starting to notice some wear on my OEM Fox shocks. It’s starting to bounce over bridges again like it did when on the overland suspension. I think I’m
Just going to put 5100s on it. I’ve loved every Bilstein shock I ever had.

I ran 4 OEM fox shocks on my last gladiator and two failed within 15k miles (heavy leakage). The OEM fox are really soft in comparison to just about everything else. Any upgrade there will do you well, but you can’t go wrong with the bilsteins. I chose the ranchos because they’ve served me well on my LJ and I wanted the 9 stage adjustability. The finish on the ranchos is crap, but they handle beautifully (80k on this set)

since you tow and maximize payload like I do, take a strong look at the airlift 1000 bags. They are an easy install and the best handling modification I’ve done to any vehicle in the last 20 years. The only time I wouldn’t run them is if you tend to regularly max out flex on the rear suspension. They tighten up the rear end an incredible amount and only run about $100

 

[NC_Overland]

I ran 4 OEM fox shocks on my last gladiator and two failed within 15k miles (heavy leakage). The OEM fox are really soft in comparison to just about everything else. Any upgrade there will do you well, but you can’t go wrong with the bilsteins. I chose the ranchos because they’ve served me well on my LJ and I wanted the 9 stage adjustability. The finish on the ranchos is crap, but they handle beautifully (80k on this set)

since you tow and maximize payload like I do, take a strong look at the airlift 1000 bags. They are an easy install and the best handling modification I’ve done to any vehicle in the last 20 years. The only time I wouldn’t run them is if you tend to regularly max out flex on the rear suspension. They tighten up the rear end an incredible amount and only run about $100

I’m hoping to be maxing it out less in the future. I was using it as a work truck for a while. Airbags are a great idea, but I was always impressed with how well it handled 1200-1500 lbs in the bed. It would still be pretty level. No noticeable sag till 1500+ lbs. those rubicon LE rear springs are no joke. If I have to start working it much again, I’ll definitely look into them. Thank you for the info. That’s great to hear.

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