Need some help figuring out what suspension I'd like to run

Ive been considering suspension now for a while, the previous owner of my truck decided a spacer lift was GTG. I disagree like most here would. I'm torn between a midtravel setup and a long travel one.

I'm leaning mid travel for various reasons including

-less aftermarket parts to help with sourcing of OEM parts
-price
-less to worry about
-daily driveability

I'm leaning longtravel because
-more stability off-road
-more travel
-will be able to handle the abuse

With that said I use this truck as my DD and I do take it off road regularly. In the end I'm torn, save some money and possibly some headaches or go balls deep and LT it?

 

Thoughts?

 

Lt is sweet but if it's your only vehicle, a 3" quality mid travel setup is the way to go. Think camburg, icon, fox, king.... shame you just missed the king group buy.

 

What do you do off road wise?

 

If money is a factor, I'd stay away from LT. Lol those rigs are ungodly expensive.

 

Trails, varying difficulty, from forrest service roads to the "damnit why did I think this was a good idea" type trails

 

As for the mid travel suspension itself I'm considering either total chaos or camburg UCA with bilstein 6112's and the OME Dakar leaf pack with a shackle flip and 5160's in the rear

 

I got a pretty entry level "mid travel" kit, extended travel front 2.5 FOX non res, and fox 2.0 in the rear... took the sway bar off, currently running stock rims and tires and my truck is better setup then anything I can put it through, Ive jumped train tracks, motorcycle jumps, hit rough rock roads at 60+ and climbed rock trails that have flexed the truck past my comfort zone.

I almost went with the 6112 however I figured why not spend just a little more and get one of the big three, I don't need cooling so I went with non res, and then went with fox because of the progressive valving. (or is it digressive?)

 

I just did my "for now" build. 5100's w/OME 886, Built Right UCA's, 5125's in the rear and an add-a-leaf. Firm ride, but I love it. I'll do a better leaf pack, longer shock towers/shocks and flip kit in the rear later when I save up a few more bucks. For what I do, this will be fine for now.

 

There are special edition stock options available as well. The TRD Pro and Baja TX Pro kits both offer 1.5" extended travel up front and 1" extended travel in the rear. They include details like different bump stops and brake line extension brackets. Some aftermarket solutions will be better, and some will be worse. A lot comes down to what you are willing to spend. The amount of lift options available for these trucks is mind boggling. It might be helpful to determine an approximate budget first.

 

I have no problem dropping money for longtravel, but I wouldn't be against saving $ with a mid travel setup

 

Yeah not a problem just an extra month or two of saving. The part I'm most worried about is parts availability if I were to break something.

 

6112 are not extended travel and therefore this setup would not be considered midtravel. Likewise with the 5160, they are about 3/4" longer (extended length) over the 5100.
I honestly wouldn't waste money on uniball UCAs if planning to run these shocks.

 

on top of travel UCA's have more adjustability that stock BJs if you're lifting the truck, regardless of MT capability

 

I have an LT set-up and have done a lot of my own work, design and fabrication. In my setup alone (not wheels and tires) I am easily over 10K and I'm not even done yet

 

True, but they do make balljoint design arms that will help with alignment if your only need for arms is a result of a lift.

 

Oh yeah I believe you. When an MT set-up is done right (mostly shocks being valved properly) it can be just as good if not better than a cheaped out LT set-up which cost more. I know this first hand. Getting everything dialed in when you have an LT setup can be painful.

 

I mean worse case, go MT, if you really feel like you're lacking then go LT.... MT stuff sells like hot cakes on here