Gladiator ride characteristics, can I improve it?

[Ddays]

Are you new to Jeeps? These things are throw backs suspension-wise and rida and handle nothing near as nice as pretty much any other vehicle out there. Wide tires follow irregularities and ruts you can't see in the pavement. Then the shitty electro steering these things have makes it worse. I'm convinced thats the biggest reason in handling differences between JK's and JL's - thats the only real difference between the two running gear-wise. Surprised no one has a electric steering delete kit other than hydro steering.

 

[NPC 6060⁸42]

Why don’t you like MC springs or shocks?

I’m no expert on any of this shit but I have 37s with the Metalcloak GC 3.5 with Fox shocks and I’m very happy though I’ve found tire pressure makes a huge difference in how my Gladiator handles and feels. Doesn’t cost anything to try.

 

[Cousin Clyde]

It could be described as body roll, but it doesn’t roll going around corners and such. It’s hard to explain what it does, but it just doesn’t feel planted. If the road isn’t flat every hump is transferred through the entire jeep as opposed to the suspension soaking it up. If say you drive over a slight hump on the front right side It rocks the whole the whole jeep to the left. The best way to put it I guess is that it rocks side to side a lot, and kind of wiggles side to side if not rocking.

Dude it’s painful listening to you keep describing this. I can’t even read it all.

If you want it to change, you need to try everything that everyone is saying they have tried.

 

[JT@623]

Why don’t you like MC springs or shocks?

They were to soft for my liking I switched to coilovers. Suspension is subjective to each person. MC worked off road ok but at 80 or winding roads the Jeep never felt planted.