SOA with 4" lift springs - Good or Bad??

[hoobness]

Im about to almost completly dismantle my YJ as i swap out my crunchy, flakey-rusty frame and tub for less rusty frame and tub...
I also am swapping out the axles for a pair of Dana 44s from a Waggoneer. Since I will need to grind and weld the D44s anyway to make them fit, I thought about a SOA at the same time...

Heres the question.

I have a Rubicon Express 4" lift, so am I crazy for wanting to do a SOA as well with these springs - while still keeping this Jeep as my 40 miiles a day at highway speeds driver...?

thanks!!

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

I wouldn't go any higher than 1" or 2.5" springs tops. Stock height or 1" springs would be best.

What tire size you plan on running? Best to keep things in perspective with what you want to do, like all the road driving, and keep that center of gravity as low as possible to clear the tires you want to run.

 

[Joopin]

Creaking noise from front end?

your gonna have about 10 inches of lift with that combo. Plan on buying some big arse tires to fill up that lift, not to mention Hi-steer, and a sturdy step ladder! I plan on putting 1.5" RE SOA springs over my SOA soon, that will be nice and tall with no axle wrap. I like the idea though...

Just do it so I can Gawk at it in amazement!

 

[jps4jeep]

Bad Idea if you ever plan on driving it on the streets! I would suggest to keep the 4" lift, and cut the heck out of the body to fit some larger tires, those D44's really should not have any tire larger than 36" on them...(in stock form)

If you do a SOA on 4" springs you will definatly need full width axles to keep you some what stable!

 

[Junkpile]

RE: Re: RE: Star Wars

While 9-10" of lift are plenty doable on a regularly driven rig, the 39" tires and other required mods are going to make it a very expensive daily driver that requires constant upkeep. I know several guys rolling DDs that are as big or bigger than that. My preference of 36-38" tires on a Jeep is partially because it is my self imposed limit for a Jeep that sees real street use. Some people won't go over 33s on a DD......it's more preference and willingness than anything else.

You guys are playing up and generalizing the loss of stability idea too much. A properly setup rig at 10" of lift is better than an improperly setup one with only 5". Learn your limits and adjust your driving style, and it's not really that big of a deal.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

10" is way too much for stock width axles, you can't gain enough stability back with rims with less backspacing, you need the stability of wider axles. Not to mention the problems with driveshaft angles.

 

[hoobness]

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Thanks again guys!!

 

[currupt4130]

full widths, one tons, 44's, 350... thats the rest of your mods right there!

 

[Junkpile]

New body and frame, now it won't start.

Currupt, if you're running 35s with a 2" SOA......why would a 4" SOA require 44s?

10" is way too much for stock width axles, you can't gain enough stability back with rims with less backspacing, you need the stability of wider axles. Not to mention the problems with driveshaft angles.

I wouldn't say way too much. A 15-16.5" wide tire hanging off the end of a 58"+ axle has enough track width to retain a good amount of stability. It wouldn't be a corner carver, but it wouldn't be as bad as it seems. Now whether or not those tires belong on those axles is another issue.......

 

[currupt4130]

im stepping up to 37s soon, i havent cut out my fenders yet either. i have plenty of room and will run my 2" SOA for a loooong time. ill start cutting after that. ive got a buddy doing an soa on 4inch springs and 39inch boggers fit good in it, w/o any cutting