So I have been on a bit of a collection spree as of late. Collecting parts and pieces to correct the poor suspension weve left on this thing, still the same set up since we first went with 285-70-16 toyo at!
Ultimately I was not going to pay $1500 for a set of coilovers with 5" of throw, sorry, nuh uh, not happening. And on the rear, I couldnt justify the money into leaf springs, hammer hangers, bracing,shackles, better shocks, just for it to still be on leaf springs. Now, I was on budget to link the rear end, however Accutune, or anyone else, could not get ahold of the coilovers I wanted. I even looked at the king options, still no dice. SoI had to opt for the 2.5 resis and that doubled my coilover price - ouch. ( I wanted 2.0's as the ass of the truck is 2k even, and thats with the 600lb or so of unsprung weight. We just dont weigh enough or move fast enough to need more. But it is what it is)
So, up front I am doing LSK UCA braces, FOA 2.0 resi 8" coilovers w 700# spring, and building my own uniball uppers using tmr bushings and uniball. Despite not having broken any, I am replacing all steering components, and tossing in some poly steering rack bushings. Ash and I have already decided if we blow up this rack we are just going to a full hydro setup and going to be done playing around with making crap steering racks work. We will see what this season holds.
On the rear, I wanted to do a link setup, but Ash swore she didnt want a fuel cell, or to move the tank into the bed. (for those that havent run a fuel cell, they are great in most senses, but they can be a pain to not get vapor lock, and have issues running in the heat. Considering most of our wheeling season is extremely warm, she wasnt up for it. So I had to settle with a 3link/panhard setup. I had seen what RSG did with big mikes, and that atrocity that is rock slayer, and neither were acceptable. For a show truck, sure. But for legit hard wheeling in the rocks and ledges, where they all mount their lowers frame side, is where we already drag frame a ton. Adding a 3" rock magnet down there wouldnt help us at all, it really would screw us for the most part. So I am outboarding the lower links on the frame, giving me a roughly 37.5" lower link length. For now I will be just doing 1.25 heims and DOM links until I dial in the setup I want, thenI will likely go Summit joints and ali links from her as well. Really focusing on my AS/RC/RAnumbers in the calculator, but really, it should be great. I will be boxing the bed in with tube and tying a lot of things together to stiffen up the rear. Going Fox 2.5x16 resi rears pretuned by accutune for the setup I will be running. Should be here tomorrow actually. Brackets are a mix of artec and wilkey works brackets. New brakelines front and back, as well as DCLB parking cables so they are long enough to route out of the way and not snag.