No sir. Maybe I'll try doing that and re torquing them. I had the body off when I did itwill e wrote:Rough ride on the jeep means different things to different folks. I don't have experience with the 2" lift but would be surprised if it really harshened up the ride. The bilsteins are known for being a bit more agressive.
That being said my rusty's 4" lift softened up a bit after a while.
My question, did you over torque the bolts? Did you jump up and down a bit on the bumpers before torquing them down?
Should I wait until all of the weight and interior is back in it to do this?Stuka wrote:Did you wait to tighten the shackles until it was down on the ground with the tires on? If not, your ride will be terrible. Helps to bounce it some too before tightening.
Mars wrote:One man's trans leak is another's penetrating oil
It took about ~1000 miles or so for my BJs 4 inch lift to soften up. It was bouncy at first, you could feel every pebble on the road too. It is much nicer now w/ about 3k miles on it.Iroc313 wrote:Purchased a 2" offroad lift kit a few years ago for my wagoneer resto, finally getting around to driving it and wow does it ride rough.
Does it take a bit for these springs to break in? It almost feels like it has heavy duty springs in it.
I also have new bilstein 5125 shocks in it.
Iroc313 wrote:Purchased a 2" offroad lift kit a few years ago for my wagoneer resto, finally getting around to driving it and wow does it ride rough.
Does it take a bit for these springs to break in? It almost feels like it has heavy duty springs in it.
I also have new bilstein 5125 shocks in it.
"like"will e wrote:I had alcan make my springs. I sent them the weight front/back and told them 'about 1 inch of lift' since I already was SOA/SF.
My rear leaf pack has 5 springs, the front has 7. The ride seems fine and it flexes pretty good for a leaf setup.
This is with the front sway bar connected:
Did you mean "not great" or "great"?RamJetFSJ wrote:I hated my Rustys 4" lift when I first installed it. Since then I have replaced both front and rear shackle bushings, and the ride is not great. Much improved. The original bushings must have been rock hard with no flex/twist.