My '99 TJ has the stock springs, and I am noticing a few things:
The front seems to be "drooping" a bit. You can see that the clearance from the top of the tires to the fender in the front is less than on the rear.
The PO installed new 31" tires right before I bought it, and I like the look of them, and I already fixed the front wheels rubbing on hard turns via adding washers to the turn stops.
The ride is a little "squishy & bouncy". This totally could just be a combination of the short wheel base and the stark difference in ride that I used to in our other vehicles.
The Jeep has over 208k miles on it so it would make sense to me that the springs would naturally loose some of their springyness.
I am not interested in installing a lift, no rock crawling or serious offroading for me. Plus, my wife is short, so it's already a little hop for her to jump in.
Questions:
Are stock spring replacements "a thing"? (not including as part of installing a lift kit)
Is that a task that can be done in your own garage? (not using a hyraulic lift, etc) - I did replace the shocks/springs/struts on my old Civic I had 20 years ago, and we used a spring compressor, but that car was also way lower to the ground.
When I look at options on Rock Auto, it looks like the front spring options all state " w/ A/C". My TJ doesn't have A/C, so is that a thing because A/C adds that much more weight, so the springs need to be heavier?
The front seems to be "drooping" a bit. You can see that the clearance from the top of the tires to the fender in the front is less than on the rear.
The PO installed new 31" tires right before I bought it, and I like the look of them, and I already fixed the front wheels rubbing on hard turns via adding washers to the turn stops.
The ride is a little "squishy & bouncy". This totally could just be a combination of the short wheel base and the stark difference in ride that I used to in our other vehicles.
The Jeep has over 208k miles on it so it would make sense to me that the springs would naturally loose some of their springyness.
I am not interested in installing a lift, no rock crawling or serious offroading for me. Plus, my wife is short, so it's already a little hop for her to jump in.
Questions:
Are stock spring replacements "a thing"? (not including as part of installing a lift kit)
Is that a task that can be done in your own garage? (not using a hyraulic lift, etc) - I did replace the shocks/springs/struts on my old Civic I had 20 years ago, and we used a spring compressor, but that car was also way lower to the ground.
When I look at options on Rock Auto, it looks like the front spring options all state " w/ A/C". My TJ doesn't have A/C, so is that a thing because A/C adds that much more weight, so the springs need to be heavier?
