Advice for suspension lift kit?

[nipmgt]

Hey all,
I’m going to be getting a 2022 gladiator Willy’s. I’ve always been a truck guy and always wanted a jeep so now I can have both. I also have a 20ft ultra light camper I want to tow with it. I’m looking for suggestions on what type of suspension upgrades to get. I’m looking for a 2.5 inch to a 3 inch lift but also don’t want to have alot of squat when towing the trailer. My price point is about 1500. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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[Gvsukids]

Hey all,
I’m going to be getting a 2022 gladiator Willy’s. I’ve always been a truck guy and always wanted a jeep so now I can have both. I also have a 20ft ultra light camper I want to tow with it. I’m looking for suggestions on what type of suspension upgrades to get. I’m looking for a 2.5 inch to a 3 inch lift but also don’t want to have alot of squat when towing the trailer. My price point is about 1500. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

The lift will reduce your towing number. How much does your trailer weigh?

 

[nipmgt]

About 4500 pounds

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

Clayton 2.5" Ride Right is a great option. I think it's the best value in this price range.

It comes with triple rate rear coils that do not sag much with weight.

 

[Gvsukids]

About 4500 pounds

You're already pretty close to the 80% threshold of 6000lbs.

 

[brsnow2585]

I have a '22 Rubicon, past Thanksgiving me and my dad did the "2 inch Mopar lift" with Terraflex front 1 inch leveling spacers. I got the lift from Bam wholesale, it was around $1800, but harder to find because mines a diesel. I put 2 inch in quotes because I measured afterwards and it actually turned out to be more of a 3-3.5", it'll settle some, pulled my camper from Illinois to Texas and back a few weeks ago, handled real well. 2 side comments, 1: if you look at the Mopar lifts for '22, there's 2 different shock brands, Fox is what '22 started with but then mid year I guess they changed to another(Bilstein maybe? Pick your flavor, I got Fox 2.0 on mine). 2: when you do lift, swap out the factory steering damper if it's not already swapped. I'm convinced that as mentioned in some other threads and outside threads, the combination of the lift geometry and cold weather, reduces the effectiveness of the damper.

 

[Reddog]

Hey all,
I’m going to be getting a 2022 gladiator Willy’s. I’ve always been a truck guy and always wanted a jeep so now I can have both. I also have a 20ft ultra light camper I want to tow with it. I’m looking for suggestions on what type of suspension upgrades to get. I’m looking for a 2.5 inch to a 3 inch lift but also don’t want to have alot of squat when towing the trailer. My price point is about 1500. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

AEV lift kit. Can't go wrong with them.

 

[MudderNuker]

You didn't mention if you are getting bigger tires. If you lift 2.5"-3", your factory 32" Firestones will look silly small. If you want to tow 4,500Lbs., you want to keep your tire size close to stock since you have 3.73 gears. You will hate your life if you go bigger than 33" and tow that much weight with your 3.73 gears. It will feel like you are pushing a barrel of lard uphill on its flat side.

For your intended use, and since you didn't mention tire size and if you are planning on doing serious offroading, I recommend not going bigger than 33" tires, installing a 1.5" TF leveling kit, front adjustable track bar and Mopar LCAs. For the rear all you need is a set of airbags (Air Lift 1000) to help with the squatting. About the most important equipment you will need is a good weight distribution hitch with friction bars properly setup. This is a sensible approach that will not break the bank, the truck won't be lifted too high keeping most of your towing capacity and will fall within your gearing capacity. Also, all this you can do it yourself and including the hitch, you will be well under the $1,500 (not including new tires).

Good luck!

 

[Kenny Erhardt]

Aev with heavy springs if ihad to do it over i would go with the AEV 2.5 lift with no heavy in the rear Look at my Picture

 

[nipmgt]

You didn't mention if you are getting bigger tires. If you lift 2.5"-3", your factory 32" Firestones will look silly small. If you want to tow 4,500Lbs., you want to keep your tire size close to stock since you have 3.73 gears. You will hate your life if you go bigger than 33" and tow that much weight with your 3.73 gears. It will feel like you are pushing a barrel of lard uphill on its flat side.

For your intended use, and since you didn't mention tire size and if you are planning on doing serious offroading, I recommend not going bigger than 33" tires, installing a 1.5" TF leveling kit, front adjustable track bar and Mopar LCAs. For the rear all you need is a set of airbags (Air Lift 1000) to help with the squatting. About the most important equipment you will need is a good weight distribution hitch with friction bars properly setup. This is a sensible approach that will not break the bank, the truck won't be lifted too high keeping most of your towing capacity and will fall within your gearing capacity. Also, all this you can do it yourself and including the hitch, you will be well under the $1,500 (not including new tires).

Good luck!

Good point, Indian on new tires not sure on the size yet but definitely not bigger than 33. I appreciate it!

Clayton 2.5" Ride Right is a great option. I think it's the best value in this price range.

It comes with triple rate rear coils that do not sag much with weight.

thank you!

 

[BearFootSam]

Clayton 2.5" Ride Right is a great option. I think it's the best value in this price range.

It comes with triple rate rear coils that do not sag much with weight.

For those interested, I just installed the 2.5” ride right last week with the Falcon 2.2 and triple rate HD rear springs. MASSIVE improvement over stock.

Granted my stock shocks were so worn I could compress them by hand (after 38k miles). The HD triple rate springs are a game changer. We just did a 1,300 mile road trip with a bed full of gear and it drove wonderfully with the shocks set to soft. I even noticed a slight fuel economy improvement which though counterintuitive I attribute to a much more composed ride with less wasted energy bouncing around.

A good 30-40% of our driving is loaded and off pavement and it seems like this kit was a great choice. I'll probably add on the rest of the control arms to build up to the overland kit.

The truck should have come stock setup this way. The rubicon fox shocks and springs are just far too soft for the design brief of a off road pickup.

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