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Originally Posted by hills46
Just to play devils advocate, the QL will lower the vehicle again if you exceed certain speeds so as to stay within the operating parameters of the ESC. I'm not sure it's legal to permanently lift an ESC equipped vehicle, irrespective of whether it's MA or MC rated. Unless you want to get an engineering cert for it.
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You have a good point there but I believe the OR1 speed threshold can be raised from 80km/h to 110km/h if you ask your Jeep dealer..This is only hearsay and I've never checked it out so if correct then 1.3" lift must still be within ESC parameters. What I can't understand though is the MA classification of Trailhawks which I assumed to be "Trail Rated"..Definition of "Trail Rated"??..Me as an Australian would have defined this as offroad..Besides all the steel suspension 2" lifted WK2s that I know of have never reported premature ESC activation so guess that means still OK even if not within ADRs..Now further to the MA reclassification, what about the Aftermarket developers of lift kits and other offroad gear for the WK2??...Guess now they'll stop developing and manufacturing for the WK2...no money in it....and Installers where do they stand in all this mess??...They have a "Duty of Care" or don't they??
No mention of ESC in the Jeep blurp on OR1 or OR2 "Improved off-road performance by increasing ground clearance with 2 settings: Off-Road II is 2.6" higher than normal ride height (NRH) and Off-Road I is 1.3" higher than NRH
Automatically lowers at highway speeds to reduce drag resulting in better fuel economy (0.5" lower than NRH) "
But this doesn't override the ARDs of course which many have said are BS anyway but it is the law until changed.
Seems now if we jeep fanatics want an offroad WK2 with lift then we are essentially limited to the QuadraLift (OR1 down at 80km/h & OR2 down at 40kM/h a real pain in the Simpson between dunes) so sales of steel suspension will slide but not being able to fit heavier duty offroad tyres is a worry to me and I've had my day with P rated tyres having had 4 flats on the Plenty Hwy all in one day...Always had me baffled though - 20" rims and P rated tyres on a "once was true" offroader..What ever happened to the Jeep Legend???...MA one more nail in the coffin.
Anyway this is it with Jeeps for me unless there is a change back to MC..Without my next 4x4 will be a Ranger Wildtrack..Hard for me to say that after 20 years and many Jeeps but going by the sales of Dualcab Utes and the slide in Jeep sales then I'm not the only one drifting to the other side...Over and out for me.