TJ With Air Shocks

[joejeepny]

Has anyone had any experience with air shocks on a TJ with coil springs. I use my TJ mostly for hill climbing and rock crawling where limiting up travel may be beneficial without sacrificing droop and was thinking air shocks may do the trick.

 

[jps4jeep]

are you refering to air shocks that support the weight of the vechicle (replae the coils) or air shocks like they used in the 70's that work in conjunction with the coil spring?

 

[joejeepny]

are you refering to air shocks that support the weight of the vechicle (replae the coils) or air shocks like they used in the 70's that work in conjunction with the coil spring?

I dont want to replace the coils. I was thinking maybe using a fox air shock without the coil over and adjusting the pressure so it would help the original coils. This would make them work similiar to a Monroe air shock but would be of much better quality.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Just use properly placed bumpstops, which you should have regardless. Air shocks will cause a rough ride and they're hard on the shock mounts.

 

[joejeepny]

Just use properly placed bumpstops, which you should have regardless. Air shocks will cause a rough ride and they're hard on the shock mounts.

Properly placed bump stops sounds great but in actuality with heavy bumpers, offroad protection , tools, spare parts, two spare tires, a heavy winch, and a couple of passengers , contacting the bump stops has not proven to be the most comfortable ride either. I was hopeing the air shocks would help the 4-1/2" Rubicon Express springs a little bit and lessen the impacts to the bump stops somewhat. Isnt that what air filled bump stops do anyway? I could always beef up the shock mounts.

 

[jps4jeep]

no,, like mentioned, the shock mounts are not designed to support load, second, you should look for a stiffer spring rate. to be honest, most mass produced manufacturers offer only one spring rate for a particular spring so your kinda SOL, you can install a spacer in the front to level it out if thats a concern.

yes you could put in air bumps, but now your talking a considerable investment for something that might be able to solve for pennys on the dollar.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Is all that weight really necessary when wheelin?

 

[jps4jeep]

I met Joe back at paragon around 2002; he has to travel a long distance (5 hours or more) to get to any wheeling property, so yes, carrying lots of equipment is somewhat needed.

LIOR (long island off road) not sure if this is Joes club, but they often travel up to Mass and NH to wheel which is about 7 hour drive.