Long or Mid travel for overland build?

hows it going. I have Been doing a lot of research regarding if I will be going the long travel or mid travel route for my overland surfmobile build. its not like a full prerunner and won't be doing high speed whoops or sand washes not needing three link or four link, more so crawling, mud, sand, rocks, water, rivers. The advantages of the long travel is I would get more travel and a slightly wider track. I don't mind if I have to get glass fenders.

I'm slightly leaning towards the long travel set up. Not sure about the rear yet... Any more info on the long travel guys like van city would be awesome. ✌️

 

The price difference between mid travel and long travel is significant. So is the amount of required upkeep. Is is worth the several thousand extra dollars for a couple extra inches of suspension travel, or would that money be better spent on other parts?

 

My votes on mid.

 

Agreed I pondered over the same thing for a while then decided I did not need the long travel I still want it but I went with mid travel Icons and had money for more things

 

Ive got LT on mine, but that's because I wanted LT so I can do sweet jumps, and overland lol

 

I would go mid and set the leftovers you would have spent on LT for skids, sliders, lockers, gears..

 

Sounds like you already know Mid suits your needs better. If you want to be a baller, SAS that bitch.

 

Yeah. Seems like most these guys overland builds have mid travel with King or ivd 2.5" coilovers do the job even at all the gnarly 4x4 spots like Moab and tahoe and Colorado etc.

Im leaning as far as mid travel,
towards the king extended travel 2.5 with adjusters, total chaos uniball upper arms and a 650 pound spring for a winch and bumper.

Anyone know about the new camburg upper control uniball 1.25 arms or would recommend the total chaos as it seems most people are running?

 

If your doing bumper and winch I would do 700lb coils im on 650s without anything up front

 

Straight axle would be badass. This is a daily driver also.

 

Even better.

Mine will remain IFS. Mid travel with shackle flip is my plan. Very versatile with a reasonable price tag.

 

Most the most bad ass overland second gen's on here have long travel setups. If your keeping stock lower arms mid travel will be cheaper if your going aftermarket lca's the only thing your saving on is the cost of axles. I originally went mid travel with aftermarket lca's I should of just gone lt from the get go, but I didn't want to mess with axles. You also may save on fenders, but even if I was midtravel I'd have McNeil +2 glass (I still have a brand new set sitting in the shop from before I decided to go lt) but that's just cause I'm not a fan of butchered fenders, unless you go legit like @clupi. Like everyone said, you don't need lt. But my truck rides way better on and off the road with my lt kit than it did with my mt and short of arm lengths they both had equally high end components.

If you have the money go lt. The amount of expendable money everyone has is different so to some an extra 1-2k is a lot. To others it's just one more weekend of overtime.

 

Thanks for your insight. I appreciate it.

 

Can you post some pics off yours if possible. ✌️

 

Will a 2+ long travel with 700lbs Spring handle differently on the road compared to an old man emu with sway bar ?