Mid and long travel installs, tube bumpers, sliders, bed rack’s, cmc's, shock hoops & welding So cal

you wouldn’t be the first brotha

sorry J I sold it already. If all goes as planned hopefully I’ll have a stock lsd rear end with 4.88’s for sale in the next few months

 

Keep me in mind if you do, I only need the housing because I can’t run 4.88’s with my one piece drive shaft. If you had one I would want you to clean it, truss it and tab it for my 3 link complete

 

sounds good brotha

 

Are you still running the ome springs in the rear Keith? If you are, I think you should swap springs before shocks. We can make a much bigger performance improvement with new springs. Lmk and I’ll get you the hook up on some Deavers

 

Do you find it to be that much of a difference between OME and other manufacturers, specifically for SOA? What are your results?

 

Yeah. Ome is like oem springs that can handle more weight. They do their job but ride like shit. Everyone that makes the change to something like deaver u402’s notices a big difference in progressiveness and small bump compliance. I can’t remember everyone whose still on TW that we’ve help make the swap, but I know @SilverSurfer and @Tyler07 can speak on the changes they noticed. I was very pleasantly surprised the first time I test drove Tyler’s truck.

 

Good to know. I'm still on OME and have those very complaints but have not been able to drive a truck with Deavers/Alcans anywhere but on road to make a good comparison.

 

I don’t have much experience with alcans. I know @jberry813 used to run them before the deavers, Jim bob ran the same set of springs, but I think they were a little too long. They wouldn’t cleanly cycle when we did his suspension. He’s since swithted to deavers as well. I’m currently running a custom set of atlas springs, they are sua, but by far the best spring I’ve run on my current setup.

 

You have a DMZ SUA kit yeah?

 

no. I have a heavily modified tc kit. It’s supposed to just be temp. I’ve had new coil overs for the rear sitting in my garage for the last few years. Hopefully with the new 4 car garage I’ll have enough room to tear the truck down next year

 

Yep. Still running the OEM springs that you installed when you installed the S/C.

After 2 years of running them they are kinda meh. Harsh on small bumps. I also have the extra leaf in them to make them the HD version but I never did any additional weight to the rear end.

Ill hit you up sometime next year. Still got a lot of shit to pay off from the house purchase and remodel from this past year.

 

That’s where the deavers really shine, they will still be stiff like the ome’s but that’s just because of the increased payload. Where they really shine is over the small the bumps. That’s where having more leafs in the pack really helps with the ride quality. Just hit me up when you’re ready, we can even have deaver shop them directly to you

 

Gotcha, been looking at that kit myself as another option. Don't plan on LT any time soon but I would like to be able to really make the truck work regardless.

 

I switched from OME to deaver like Jason said, and the difference on and off-road has been huge (granted the rest of the rear (hangars/shocks) was done at the same time). I’d definitely jump for them when you’re ready. You shouldn’t have any much trouble selling your Dakars

 

Could ship directly to me ... or could ship to you and have you install hammer hangers at the same time

 

hammer hangers are another one of those game changes. That will make a huge difference in ride as well. It’s amazing how much better your suspension will work with a set of aftermarket hangers. Sounds like you have a good game plan Keith

 

Hey Bud
Do you have any racks already made for short bed

 

Yeah after making the switch to Deaver and also adding the Hangers the ride is so much smoother than Dakars. Dakars rode like a wooden wagon with or without weight in the bed compared to the Deavers, also like the way the Deavers perform offroad. Only regret is not doing it sooner.

 

What are your thoughts on BAMF hangers? Love that bumper btw. Will be waiting to see a high clearance version.

 

Thanks. Bamf hangers are great. I’ve installed a few sets and they went in very easy. I actually just built a cross bar this weekend for a set we previously installed.