TK's Yellow Krait LJK Buildup by tkfx

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Here are the pics of the jeep at ride height in the front with the setup. The front sits higher then the rear by about 2". Front axle is also sitting 2" forward.

Have to recheck all my measurments when I get home today.

Edit: now that I think about it. I wonder if the absence of a steering stabalizer has anything to do with the wander, because everytime I gas it the front end rises and the jeep starts to pull to the left. When I let go of the gas it wants to go back straight.

8-26-2014

After a little more driving ive narrowed down why my jeep wanders. When I give it gas the front end rises, in turn pulling the jeep to the left, when I let go of the gas it drops back down and returns back straight. Now most of my weight is transfered to the rear because my front is sitting higher then the rear. This would make it much easier for the front end to rise then normal. So I am going to wait until the rear coilovers are in before I make any big changes. But ultimatly I will swap my front springs out. Right now I the CO's are set up with 14" 200/250 lb springs. Ill swap out the 200 lb spring for a 12" 150lb, this will lower my jeep and hopefully stop the front end from rising so much.

8-27-2014

All 4 of my COs are 200/250. 250 being the main spring. I feel like i need to swap out the 200 lb spring in the front for a 150 because its not compressed enough at ride height, feels too stiff. Then again all my weight is transfered to the rear because my front end is so much higher then the rear. When I get my rear converted to the CO and long arm setup then ill be able to see what I need exactly. Until then its all guess work.

Just food for thought, the Poison spyder daddy long legs LJ runs 12" x 200, 14" x 250 in the front and 12"x 100, 14" x 250 spring rates in the rear.

No problem. Also your 5.7l hemi shouldn't weigh much more then the 4.0 I6 engine. 5.7L has a weight of 450-500lb depending on accesories and the 4.0 is 480lb.

Also it looks like you might have gotten your spring rates mixed up. You should have the 150/300 in the rear and the 200/350 in the front. The rear is much lighter then the front which needs the heavier springs in the front. The Poison spyder LJ has no tire carrier in the rear and has no back seats which allows him to run the 100lb spring in the back, not much weight to keep up.

Based on the accessories you have told me, I feel like if you switched the springs from the rear and front you will see better results. With the extra weight you are running I feel like the 200/350 in the front would be perfect, and the 150/300 in the rear would be good too. I would make those spring changes then see how it rides before purchasing new springs to swap out. If you have King coilovers, I know for a fact (called them today) that they will swap your springs with any of their springs if you pay for shipping.

As for my sway, after doing some flexing and going fast over some bumps, I feel like the jeep is stable in its current spring rates. I think the only reason it sways right now is because the rear is still on standard coils and is sitting a good 2-3 inches lower then the front which causes my front end to rise a lot when I accelerate, which in turn causes my wander. Once my rear is sitting at the same level as my front on stiffer CO springs with proper suspension geometry then I will have less squat in the back and will have less wander. I also plan on lowering it a bit by swapping my top 14" springs with the same spring rate 12" springs.