I'm not sure if there are really any viable lowering options out there right now for the D.

 

Road Magnet springs for the D and Eibachs that are intended for the Grand Cherokee are the only ones I know of.

Coilovers would be cool because the other options lower too much for what I want. I don't want the slammed tuner look...I just want to lose the fender gap.

Someone else has done airbags, but from what I understand they had to be custom built at quite a cost.


Turborusty

 

Cool overs if you live in a area with ruff roads will simply not last and the ride will be super ruff.
If you have nice roads like fl does you will be able to get away with it.
If you go air bags your prob gonna be in the custom route cuz as far as I know there is no kit yet.
If your looking for the parking lot smashed to the ground look air bags is the way you want to go.

 

Cool overs if you live in a area with ruff roads will simply not last and the ride will be super ruff.
If you have nice roads like fl does you will be able to get away with it.

Not always true. I've had coilovers on almost every car I've had and obviously it stiffens the ride as intended but wouldn't say it's rough. I live in North Idaho so roads aren't exactly like glass and I've never lost a coilover. My cars are pretty dang low as well.

 

Nobody offers a bolt on bag kit so that would have to be custom. Nothing available for coilovers either. Road Magnet offeres a set of coils made specifically for the Durango available through BlackOpsAutoWorks.com. Strongly advise their rear control arms as well to fix the neg camber issues youll have once lowered. These are designed to work with the factory load leveling shocks but also work with the non load leveling.

 

I've read quite a few problems with the Road Magnet springs from another forum. Did they get all the bugs worked out? I would be very interested if so as I can't stand stock height vehicles.

 

Doesn't the JGC have an airbag option?
Should be able to transplant those I would think from a wrecked donor if you have some mechanic skill.
Otherwise, I would think the aftermarket will catch up soon.

 

The WK2 does have an air ride option but thats to take the suspension higher than normal, not lower. Using that system in an application for lowering would result in driving around on bottomed out suspension. Picture a 20 year old Lincoln Mark VIII...

 

Considering that coil overs are the suspension of choice for every off-road buggy/racer/F1/GT vehicle in the world, where does the idea that coil overs won't work on rough roads come from? It makes no sense. They can be used to lower a vehicle as well as air bags, just much more expensively. The real problem in lowering is the angles put on the driveline and c/v joints depending on how far you go.

 

A poorly implemented coilover system will beat itself to pieces, a well-designed one will not.

And as for the JGC air ride system, it will both raise higher than normal and will also lower to a height below the standard ride height and still maintain it's composure. The biggest problem is, it's a very complicated system with extensive wiring, sensors, controls, etc. It can be done, but it will not be cheap or easy.



Turborusty

 

A poorly implemented coilover system will beat itself to pieces, a well-designed one will not.

Turborusty

This....anyone who thinks a coilover system will fail before a regular stock suspension isn't using quality components. A well built coilover is incredibly tough.

 

Honestly, I've heard directly of issues from only one person and I have a feeling the issue is the shocks. These are designed to work best in conjunction with the stock load leveling shocks but apparently Dodge offers 3 different variants for the Durango and they all changed to different part numbers for the '14+. I can tell you that they have worked flawless for me and everyone aside from that one instance, in his case his vehicle was returned to stock and cost of coils refunded. I started to try to dig a little deeper in to the issue but that individual wasn't very cooperative.

 

How can you tell which version of stock you have and which the coils are supposed to work with?

 

Yeah, part of that reason taxi's last only 4 years is that the law makes them get rid of them.

 

They all have over 200k miles in 4 yrs. they are simply worn out .

 

I know they work with the load leveling with sport suspension. If you can look under and give me the part number I'll let you know what you have.