J Springs with BFG AT 295/75/16's
Well I've had my 850 J and 863 J springs on for about a week, so I decided to post pics and impressions. I like the amount of lift that this combo gives so far. It's exactly what I wanted. I believe it lifted the front and rear from between 4 to 5 inches. I didn't take any pre-measurements but before the lift I had about an inch clearance between the tires and the fender, not I have about 5-6 inches of clearance.
One thing that surprised me a little was I expected the shocks to have a little firmer valving. I think they are ok for now. It's hard to tell exactly since my caster is screwed up.
Speaking of caster, I'm somewhat surprised by the way the truck drives. It actually drives better than I thought it would. This of course is in comparison to my Grand Cherokee (ZJ). Now the ZJ used to tell you where it wanted to go and you just suggested where it should go. In contrast the 80 now suggests where it should go and you tell it where to go. Going straight isn't much of a problem, but turning can be interesting. On sharp turns the truck likes to overdo it and I find myself needed to correct the arc that the truck has chosen to avoid from hitting another car or the curb and people....
Caster correction is definitely in the future but I do find the vehicle drivable with the messed up caster... even on the freeway going 75 or so. I'd also like to point out that I don't have the correction bushings since I didn't see the point considering they aren't enough.
Also I learned that one way to clear up the mess left from the roof rack is to drive the truck 60% of the way out of the garage and then forget to check if the remaining 40% will clear. This is especially bad if your garage has the remnants of a handle from when the garage did not have an automatic opener. So since the handle made some nice paint crunching grooves in the roof which required to headliner to be removed, I had the body shop weld the holes from the roof rack. Also the rear wing was pushed into the rear door so now that thing is gone as well as it's nutsert holes.
And finally what my truck would look like with bedlinered fender flares...
Well I've had my 850 J and 863 J springs on for about a week, so I decided to post pics and impressions. I like the amount of lift that this combo gives so far. It's exactly what I wanted. I believe it lifted the front and rear from between 4 to 5 inches. I didn't take any pre-measurements but before the lift I had about an inch clearance between the tires and the fender, not I have about 5-6 inches of clearance.
One thing that surprised me a little was I expected the shocks to have a little firmer valving. I think they are ok for now. It's hard to tell exactly since my caster is screwed up.
Speaking of caster, I'm somewhat surprised by the way the truck drives. It actually drives better than I thought it would. This of course is in comparison to my Grand Cherokee (ZJ). Now the ZJ used to tell you where it wanted to go and you just suggested where it should go. In contrast the 80 now suggests where it should go and you tell it where to go. Going straight isn't much of a problem, but turning can be interesting. On sharp turns the truck likes to overdo it and I find myself needed to correct the arc that the truck has chosen to avoid from hitting another car or the curb and people....
Caster correction is definitely in the future but I do find the vehicle drivable with the messed up caster... even on the freeway going 75 or so. I'd also like to point out that I don't have the correction bushings since I didn't see the point considering they aren't enough.
Also I learned that one way to clear up the mess left from the roof rack is to drive the truck 60% of the way out of the garage and then forget to check if the remaining 40% will clear. This is especially bad if your garage has the remnants of a handle from when the garage did not have an automatic opener. So since the handle made some nice paint crunching grooves in the roof which required to headliner to be removed, I had the body shop weld the holes from the roof rack. Also the rear wing was pushed into the rear door so now that thing is gone as well as it's nutsert holes.
And finally what my truck would look like with bedlinered fender flares...
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You don't want to be advertising for something that you had to pay for.
, should have been way less.
