Stock Height Suspension Upgrade for JTR

[montechie]

Besides the basic Falcons, I later added Dobinson springs to compensate for my added weight (camper, gear, winch, etc). Dobinson offers several target weight options with their springs front/rear as well as lift height. Their lifts heights are over a Sport, I netted 1" front/rear on my Rubicon with their 2" lift and 100lbs+ front coils and 400-600lbs rear springs. They have 2 weight options up front and 3 for the rear per 2" or 3" lifts. I didn't need new control arms, but did do trackbars and my 0-1.5" Falcons fit perfect without the need for bumpstops. I absolutely love the ride now on highway or dirt or rocks. I also didn't want much of a lift, I'm not going over 35s, and often switch between 33s and 35s still (summer/winter).

When I talked to Clayton, they claimed I would net 2.5"+ with their 1.5" lift given my winch up front and 400lbs constant load in the rear. I still think the person misspoke or something, 1" settling would be nuts on moderate coils. Clayton is easy to reach though unlike Synergy, so just talk to them.

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[BlackDog]

Coming back to report I went with the Synergy 1" lift and Fox Performance 2.0 shocks. End result feels good after 50ish miles so far and resulted in exactly 1" lift. I'm heading to Moab tomorrow so the new suspension will get a nice road and wheeling test.

 

[JTTexas]

Coming back to report I went with the Synergy 1" lift and Fox Performance 2.0 shocks. End result feels good after 50ish miles so far and resulted in exactly 1" lift. I'm heading to Moab tomorrow so the new suspension will get a nice road and wheeling test.

Do you have pictures?
Thinking about getting those 1” springs just the front ones, wanna know the actual lift you gain.

 

[Zachanadandy]

Yeah, that is just a bit of a problem. And I don't have a shock stretcher anymore

I'm willing to bet they'd fit at ride height, you'd just have 0 downtravel as you only have about 4" of downtravel on a stock rubicon. Obviously nobody wants to run a shock with <8" of stroke on a lifted Jeep but they'd bolt up.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

. I posted that early last spring - in jest in large part) and had totally forgotten about this thread (on purpose, I suppose)

 

[BlackDog]

Do you have pictures?
Thinking about getting those 1” springs just the front ones, wanna know the actual lift you gain.

Was and still is 1" gain. Here's a picture I took right after the install.

 

[NC_Overland]

I ended up putting the 5100s on mine. What a difference. It’s night and day better. I should have done it along with my winch and bumpers. So much better than my rubicon fox shocks. It handles and rides like it should have from the factory. It’ll never handle like my Canyon, that’s not a fair thing to ask, but they ride the same now.

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