Very cool and glad you got that worked out. With all this talk about JK springs, what is the best riding spring that people have used? Although I have a Tera long arm lift on mine, I retained the old Full Traction springs that came on it. I'm not a fan and would like to get springs that ride better.
Here's my experience with springs on JK's in particular.
I started with BDS springs and at first they were nice but as I added weight they did not respond well.
I played with OME and they were a bit stiff riding for my taste and really didn't support the weight of my Jeep like I had hoped so I reinstalled the BDS in the front and went with the Currie Overlanding rear coils and although they rode better than the OME they still didn't carry the weight like I was told they would. In a post on my Jeep build thread I had mentioned about my theories of how the rear was sagging on steep ledges and causing my front to unload so I won't repeat it here but if interested I think it described well what I was experiencing.
I lastly switched over to the Metalcloak dual rate springs but in an inch taller spring than I needed in order to get compensate for the weight and also going to a higher spring rate. I was so impressed with not only how the Metalcloaks rode as well as supported my heavy JKU that I also went ahead and swapped over my front coils to the Metalcloak dual rates and removed my ACOS system up front. Over the last couple of months I have put quite a few miles on the Jeep both on and off-road and even my wife has commented about the ride. She also mentioned that it raised my rear end up a little which she wasn't thrilled about but it needed to happen to level out the Jeep.
My Jeep has been much more difficult to dial in compared to someone who may just want to lift their JK, but then again I don't think people on here are like most Jeep forums and just want added lift. My requirements probably mirror many others on here because I actually wheel mine and it's not just a highway queen although it does spend a lot of time on the pavement. I wanted top build the best dual purpose vehicle but because of the weight I'm carrying and the fact that I refuse to go to flat fenders it has become much more of a task to find that sweet spot. Keeping road manners but also getting enough flex and suspension travel has not been an easy venture so springs, shocks and bumps have been played with repetitively over the last 8+ years and 100k plus miles.
On several clients Jeeps back when I had my business I was having good luck with Teraflex's suspensions pretty much right out of the box but most of those were pavement pounders and saw little off-road. I'm not saying that the Teraflex didn't perform well off-road, I'm only saying that wasn't the owner's primary function and they were pretty stock without armor and/or aftermarket accessories.
Mike
