Weight of 2 door JK and Front to Rear weight transfer question...

Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed

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Has anyone else weighed their JK? Mine weighed 2540kg./5599.74 lbs. a few years ago! I was near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and happened upon a closed truck weigh station. I drove across and weighed it. WOW.

I did a bit of body damage that trip and have since changed out the Bushwacker fender flares for Poison Spyder steel ones. I also added some EVO rear Rock Skins.
I have an ARB 50 quart Fridge/Freezer with extended slide and 2 ARB drawers. I carry a 20 lb. CO2 bottle.
With all that I carry for spare parts, tools, camping equipment, etc. I have been experiencing some squatting in the back and the front unloading the springs. I need a front to back anti-sway bar!!!
I am going to the Jeepers Jamboree in about a month and will try to weigh it fully loaded and ready for the Rubicon before I go. I am curious about stock axle weights, front to back weight ratio.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can prevent or negate such a weight transfer?
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Thanks for any and all your help.
 
BaddestCross

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Wow, that's a lot of weight. 😂 My rig's ass is heavy too. I'm running OME HD springs to compensate and I'm still squatting a bit, but the front doesn't unload. What springs are you running? If you're not doing something to stiffen up the rear, if start there.

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Tumbleweed

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I started off w/ BDS 3" lift springs for a 2 door. The rear was sagging a bit, not sure if the springs were getting fatigued, so I went to BDS 4 1/2" rear springs for a 4 door. The front springs remained the same.
 
BaddestCross

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Tumbleweed said:
I started off w/ BDS 3" lift springs for a 2 door. The rear was sagging a bit, not sure if the springs were getting fatigued, so I went to BDS 4 1/2" rear springs for a 4 door. The front springs remained the same.
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Not familiar with BDS. The OME springs are rated for weight and give those ratings on their web site. I had originally started out with their medium duty springs but still bottomed out hitting bumps/whoops at higher speed. The HD springs fixed that. I'm gonna put in some spacers in the back to level out the ride until I go with a higher lift all around.

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Tumbleweed

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At least it's not a Teraflex lift!!!

Seriously tho', if I were to change the springs again, what would the recommendations be? I am estimating my "going down the trail" weight to be 6500-6800 lbs. I have no idea what the front to back ratio will be.
 
BaddestCross

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Tumbleweed said:
At least it's not a Teraflex lift!!!

Seriously tho', if I were to change the springs again, what would the recommendations be? I am estimating my "going down the trail" weight to be 6500-6800 lbs. I have no idea what the front to back ratio will be.
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Well, I think I recommended OME heavy duty springs twice already. 😎

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OverlanderJK

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Tumbleweed said:
At least it's not a Teraflex lift!!!

Seriously tho', if I were to change the springs again, what would the recommendations be? I am estimating my "going down the trail" weight to be 6500-6800 lbs. I have no idea what the front to back ratio will be.
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If your 2 door jk weighs 6800 pounds you need to rethink what you bring. Fully loaded four doors with dtd, 60/80 and all gear are only weighing 7000.


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wayoflife

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OverlanderJK said:
If your 2 door jk weighs 6800 pounds you need to rethink what you bring. Fully loaded four doors with dtd, 60/80 and all gear are only weighing 7000.
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To be fair, we came in at 6900 lbs and that was with full doors on and an LS under the hood. Of course, not like we pack a ton of tools, fluids, a heavy ass welder, a heavy fridge or anything like that. :crazyeyes:
 
Tumbleweed

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Truthfully, I have only weighed the Jeep once at the weigh station. So it's possible that the scales were off. But that doesn't change the front end unloading issue.
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Any other recommendations besides Old Man Emu? Nothing against OME, just looking for a consensus.
 
bigcale

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Stock 2011 2 door is supposed to weigh around 3800, a stock Rubi is around 4100. Not impossible to add that much weight. I would expect that the scales are probably not overly accurate on a vehicle that light, I am sure that is near the bottom of it's range. My advice would be, if they are available, to pick up a set of 4 door rear springs for whatever lift you are currently running. I can't say if OME is a good lift, however I have not heard bad things like with Rough Country, teraflex, etc.
 
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OverlanderJK

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bigcale said:
Stock 2011 2 door is supposed to weigh around 3800, a stock Rubi is around 4100. Not impossible to add that much weight. I would expect that the scales are probably not overly accurate on a vehicle that light, I am sure that is near the bottom of it's range. My advice would be, if they are available, to pick up a set of 4 door rear springs for whatever lift you are currently running. I can't say if OME is a good lift, however I have not heard bad things like with Rough Country, teraflex, etc.
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There is no difference between 2 door and 4 door springs. If companies advertise a 3" four door it is essentially a 4" two door. They plan on stupid people believing they are different.


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