Recently got my old Jeep back after four years of my sister driving into the ground and performing no maintenance on it. Its a 1997 4.0 country with 4-wheel drive. It still has what I believe to be the original suspension. I'm looking to overhaul as much of the suspension as possible in the very near future to improve my ride quality. I'm looking at new shocks, leaf springs, and steering stabilizer. My question is what else should I swap while I'm down there? What am I forgetting? Its my DD with little to no offroading. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

I'd say replace the front coils too. Check your control arms and track bar to see if those need replacing as well.

 

Thanks for the quick response. I'm looking on RockAuto parts for everything so far. I'm not seeing the springs on there and quadratec has them for $50 each. Is there somewhere else I should look? Also, what specifically am I checking for with the control arms and track bar?

 

If you have the budget, look at the tie rod ends too. Control arms too (you're looking for bushing wear and metal fatigue)

 

The right tie end rod was bad and I just had that changed out by my local Jeep mechanic. I assume the left one is good or they would have recommended that I swap that one out too.

 

The front coils should be changed also with 200k on them and when replacing the leafs use new hardware grade 8.

The entire steering should be checked for worn or damaged parts, bushings and the like. You will have some of those to replace also if everything is closely checked, don't forget the sway bars either.

 

Does a new track bar come with the bushing and ball joint already installed? Same with tie bar ends? New assemblies seem to be very reasonably priced.

 

Ive bought a stock track bar from autozone and an adjustable rough country bar and both already had the joint installed. All I had to do was put the boot on and screw in the nipple for grease.