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Front: Donahoe Spacer, Bilstein HDs
Rear: Deaver 3 leaf AAL, Bilstein 5100s (when available)
Goal of lift: Mainly to level it/looks. Fix my crappy rear end ride from my flat leafs sitting on the overload. Better road handling (my other vehicle is the WS6). Light wheeling, but rarely. CHEAP!!!!!
Pros: Fairly cheap, should be a good ride for my 99% street rig. I figure the added dampening (both compression and more importantly rebound) on the HDs will help with the added preload caused by the spacers. Since my leafs are pretty flat, I figure the 3 leaf would be better than say the Wheeler's single leaf (still a possible choice though) and I run empty most of the time. The truck will see some mild wheeling and hauling 2 dirt bikes in the future, but not for a while (and I could replace the stock leafs with wheeler replacements at the point if needed).
Cons: Front ride won't be as nice as coilovers, but should be better than keeping the stock shocks. My leafs should be replaced, but I think that money would be better spent on new rear shocks, than on replacement springs (ie getting the 5 leaf wheelers springs vs shock and the 3 leaf AAL).
What do you all think? Good setup? Bad? Be honest, I've got thick skin.
Rear: Deaver 3 leaf AAL, Bilstein 5100s (when available)
Goal of lift: Mainly to level it/looks. Fix my crappy rear end ride from my flat leafs sitting on the overload. Better road handling (my other vehicle is the WS6). Light wheeling, but rarely. CHEAP!!!!!
Pros: Fairly cheap, should be a good ride for my 99% street rig. I figure the added dampening (both compression and more importantly rebound) on the HDs will help with the added preload caused by the spacers. Since my leafs are pretty flat, I figure the 3 leaf would be better than say the Wheeler's single leaf (still a possible choice though) and I run empty most of the time. The truck will see some mild wheeling and hauling 2 dirt bikes in the future, but not for a while (and I could replace the stock leafs with wheeler replacements at the point if needed).
Cons: Front ride won't be as nice as coilovers, but should be better than keeping the stock shocks. My leafs should be replaced, but I think that money would be better spent on new rear shocks, than on replacement springs (ie getting the 5 leaf wheelers springs vs shock and the 3 leaf AAL).
What do you all think? Good setup? Bad? Be honest, I've got thick skin.