Lowering Mojave?

[James Cole]

Hey guys,

This may seems a bit weird, but am looking to lower my Mojave, I dont off-road that much and for everyday driving about 1-2 inches lower would suit me better.

Is there a way to do this without sacrificing ride quality? I was thinking of swapping to OEM Rubicon springs, just not sure how will the Fox shocks take it...

Thanks!
JC

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[Lunentucker]

Sell it and get a Sport.

 

[Gvsukids]

Hey guys,

This may seems a bit weird, but am looking to lower my Mojave, I dont off-road that much and for everyday driving about 1-2 inches lower would suit me better.

Is there a way to do this without sacrificing ride quality? I was thinking of swapping to OEM Rubicon springs, just not sure how will the Fox shocks take it...

Thanks!
JC

Did you test drive it to see how high it rode? You could get smaller tires.

 

[Jeepasaurus_Rex]

Hey guys,

This may seems a bit weird, but am looking to lower my Mojave, I dont off-road that much and for everyday driving about 1-2 inches lower would suit me better.

Is there a way to do this without sacrificing ride quality? I was thinking of swapping to OEM Rubicon springs, just not sure how will the Fox shocks take it...

Thanks!
JC

You could try to find someone selling take-offs from a sport or something like that and see if you can get them to fit on yours

 

[James Cole]

I did test drove it…

The 1-2 inch lowering its not paramount but it would make a great vehicle perfect for me…

Not looking at installing less capable tires.

Thanks!

 

[James Cole]

Anyone happen to know of rubicon springs would fit?

 

[whiteglad]

Falken sells the same model Wildpeaks in shorter sizes and they are just as capable traction-wise. 245-75-17 and 245-70-17 are 1.3 and 2.2 inches less diameter, for instance.

 

[Casique]

Buy a automatic lowering step boards, or trade it in for a Subaru!

https://www.autoanything.com/nerf-b...AfwSkMapd5IiRDZdu7lHE1NkyO3OYQvxoCI3AQAvD_BwE

 

[ATX_Jeeper]

Since you don't want to lose capability by going to a shorter tire you could get a step slider and call it a day. AMP or Rock Slide Engineering might work for you. Or maybe the Mopar enhanced rock rails.

 

[bleda2002]

Hey guys,

This may seems a bit weird, but am looking to lower my Mojave, I dont off-road that much and for everyday driving about 1-2 inches lower would suit me better.

Is there a way to do this without sacrificing ride quality? I was thinking of swapping to OEM Rubicon springs, just not sure how will the Fox shocks take it...

Thanks!
JC

Only way would be smaller tires or to make new lower shock brackets. The bypass shocks are only bypass in a small about 2" range so if you lower it 2" you'd be on the edge of the range.

 

[dcmdon]

You are getting a lot of pushback because you spent a bunch of money to get the tallest version of the Gladiator and now you want to lower it.

As someone who takes a rational look at things, your desire makes sense in some ways, but obviously not financially.

But you own the truck so now you want to tweak it to better fit your needs.

Putting shorter springs on it presents a couple of issues.

1) The hydraulic bump stops are set up to contact the axle after a certain amount of travel. When they contact, they do so with a loud clunk. Not a big deal, since that's how they are supossed to work, but would be annoying if it happened constantly

2) Bypass shocks - as others have said, you would be getting into the heavier damped part of the shock's damping curve. Ride would suffer.


In the end you should probably get springs and shocks off a sport. Ride would probably suffer just because the Mojave rides better than any other variant of the Gladiator.

I know this for sure because on-road ride was important to me. I test drove a Sport, Willys, Rubicon, and Mojave. The Mojave rode best and also had the most "sorted" feeling in the suspension. Like spring and damping rates were well matched.

As someone with some experience tuning suspension on motocross bikes, cars used for autocross and modern mountain bikes, I'd guess the Mojave is softer sprung and more heavily damped than other Gladiators.

But then again, I understand the benefits of lowering.
1) better fuel economy
2) lower center of gravity, which with properly tunedsuspension allows for better handlilng and a bettter ride. (Key words are properly tuned suspension)

In the end though, unless you go to a custom suspension shop and spend thousands of dollars on a new system, any changes will hurt the ride quality.

As I think this through, a set of sport springs and adjustible shocks would allow you to tune the shocks to the springs after the fact. But then again, a set of shocks like this would run you in the $2500 range.

So . . in short, get some steps for the truck or sell it and buy something that works better for you.

 

[James Cole]

Im impressed, thanks so much for all the detailed help...

Touching the suspension is out of the question then... I do like the ride a lot.

Is there a discrete bolt on step that can be installed in the sliding rail of the mojave or do I have to go full running boards?

Thanks!
JC

 

[wachuko]

Im impressed, thanks so much for all the detailed help...

Touching the suspension is out of the question then... I do like the ride a lot.

Is there a discrete bolt on step that can be installed in the sliding rail of the mojave or do I have to go full running boards?

Thanks!
JC

There is an option for steps. I explored that as well. You can bolt-on these without any need for additional modifications:

AR Steps

In my case, I decided to go with the N-Fab (RKR) rock rails system... because I already had the 4 steps from them... So, in my case, it was a decision between spending US$1,000.00 for the 4 AR steps to use in the stock rail, or US$500.00 for the new rails. Price difference won.

But I really like the looks of those AR steps...

 

[James Cole]

There is an option for steps. I explored that as well. You can bolt-on these without any need for additional modifications:

AR Steps

In my case, I decided to go with the N-Fab (RKR) rock rails system... because I already had the 4 steps from them... So, in my case, it was a decision between spending US$1,000.00 for the 4 AR steps to use in the stock rail, or US$500.00 for the new rails. Price difference won.

But I really like the looks of those AR steps...

AR steps look very good... thanks so much!

 

[wachuko]

AR steps look very good... thanks so much!

If you end up getting them, please share photos and feedback. I really like the looks of the stock rock rails (I still have them in storage) and those AR steps. I just could not justify the cost at this time and I needed a quick solution for my wife and father-in-law. Needed to make it easier for them to get in and out of the Gladiator.

Great thing is that either option allows for the steps to be removed if you want them out of the way on a trail...

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