Help me confirm my new suspension is what I want

EricT · Jun 30, 2021

phdog[OP] said: ↑

I finally reached out to headstrong about the stage 2 kit. I asked about the kit on the site and if it was stage 1 or 2. They said if it's what I'm looking for it's probably the right one. Pretty unhelpful as I wanted them to verify if it was what I was looking for (i.e. the stage 2 kit).
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That's the most non answer ever. "Hey just buy our thing it's probably right who knows".

Had I gotten the 650# springs I probably could have left off the sway bar. The 600s definitely slop out too much on any sort of cornering. I thought I was speaking with experts but my answers were all that bad too. Not shopping there again.

And how do you not know what stage a leaf pack is. What the hell. Now I'm extra annoyed.

OskiATX · Jun 30, 2021

memario1214 said: ↑

I wouldn't recommend the Dakar pack though as it is stiff as a board unless you have a decent load in the rear.
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Slowly shopping this stuff out too. @memario1214 when you say "decent load in the rear" how much are you estimating? I've got a decked and a shell coming soon. I think I saw the dakar medium's rated for ~330lb and heavy's for ~660lb. I'm guessing I'll be right under 400lb (unless/until I get a steel bumper) before anything goes into/onto the drawers.

memario1214 · Jul 1, 2021

OskiATX said: ↑

Slowly shopping this stuff out too. @memario1214 when you say "decent load in the rear" how much are you estimating? I've got a decked and a shell coming soon. I think I saw the dakar medium's rated for ~330lb and heavy's for ~660lb. I'm guessing I'll be right under 400lb (unless/until I get a steel bumper) before anything goes into/onto the drawers.
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How high are you going to want the truck sitting over stock? The benefit of getting the heavies in your case is that it is too stiff you can always pull out one of the leafs (I believe it was #3) to soften it up.

Honestly, I don't even recommend Dakars anymore unless someone is just regularly loading the bed with gravel or something similar, and I point most folks towards the Icon RXTs. At the price I can get them to you not being much different than Dakars + the adjustability and progressive nature of how they are built they are just... better.

OskiATX · Jul 1, 2021

memario1214 said: ↑

How high are you going to want the truck sitting over stock? The benefit of getting the heavies in your case is that it is too stiff you can always pull out one of the leafs (I believe it was #3) to soften it up.

Honestly, I don't even recommend Dakars anymore unless someone is just regularly loading the bed with gravel or something similar, and I point most folks towards the Icon RXTs. At the price I can get them to you not being much different than Dakars + the adjustability and progressive nature of how they are built they are just... better.
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Thanks for the feedback. I'll read up on the RXT's too. Probably going to be around 400-450lb over stock most of the time (before getting a bumper).

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