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Looking for everyone's opinion on suspension lift vs. body lift. The Wagoneer has 31X10.5 tires on it and they are in good shape. However they seem to rub somewhere when making a tight turn. I noticed this when loading the vehicle on my auto hauler. I know the body bushings are shot and need replacement so that will raise the body a bit from the frame, but what is the easiest way to gain clearance for the 31's?
I'm not trying to turn it into a mudder truck, but just a bit higher sitting profile would be nice to provide the clearance and make the tires look more proportional, but not interested in having to modify a bunch of other things to accommodate this...Any suggestions on suspension lift vs. leaf spring lift vs. additional body busing lifts?
A 2.5" suspension lift will clear those tires, and be much less of an impact than a body lift. Body lifts have lots of downsides, including causing cracks on the body.
A 2-2.5" suspension lift is arguably easier to install. It can change the ride depending on who's springs you go with.
I put a 2 1/2 spring lift on mine, it certainly increased the caster angle causing very sensitive and wandering steering, having the caster re-adjusted resolved it...the only problem for you is finding a 4WD specialty shop to adjust this for you as the big box and mom and pop shops wont /cant do the work
If you dont understand what i am talking about caster angle is somewhat similar to riding a bike with the handlebars 180 degrees around....very quirky steering, not quite as bad as a bike but why induce more problems in a gearbox steering system
a 2 inch lift is perfect - it looks nice, adds some "stance" to the rig and is not red-necky looking
Tripwire wrote:I put a 2 1/2 spring lift on mine, it certainly increased the caster angle causing very sensitive and wandering steering, having the caster re-adjusted resolved it...the only problem for you is finding a 4WD specialty shop to adjust this for you as the big box and mom and pop shops wont /cant do the work
If you dont understand what i am talking about caster angle is somewhat similar to riding a bike with the handlebars 180 degrees around....very quirky steering, not quite as bad as a bike but why induce more problems in a gearbox steering system
a 2 inch lift is perfect - it looks nice, adds some "stance" to the rig and is not red-necky looking
steve
Typically lift springs should not change your caster at all. Lift shackles certainly will. Your case was kind of an oddball. I have run numerous lifts from 2" to 6", never had to touch caster.