Looking to upgrade suspension

Have been running the following set-up for the past 4 years, looking to finally upgrade. 90% road, 10% mild rock crawling/off-road. The more I work from home, the more I hope to transition this though to maybe 70/30 or more.

Front Suspension
- OME N140S shocks & 885 springs
- SPC Light Racing UCA (Part #25470)

Rear Suspension
- OME N182 shocks
- OME CS047R leafs w AAL

Wheels/Tires:
- SCS (Stealth Custom Series) F5 16x8 -25 offset matte dark bronze
- Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac 265/75/16 load range C

Below is the wishlit I built just trying to figure everything out and wanted to know if the b110's will "probably" work with the rear set-up and if I'm kind of on the mark with the front suspension to be level and a decent ride for my application. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rear Suspension Upgrades
- Bilstein B110 shocks
- Low Range Off-Road 1" lift block (thinking this'll get me to the +/- 4" lift needed to keep B110's from topping out).
- steel braided extended brake lines
- Wheelers front & rear superbump bumpstops & rear ubolt flip kit

Front suspension upgrades
- Fox 2.5 factory series remote reservoir (any help or suggestions here highly appreciated)



Currently running BAMF IFS, LCA, mid-, tcase, and rear diff skids and rock sliders and will be installing a C4 hybrid front bumper that's on order. At some point in time will throw a high clearance rear on too, but planning on ruining the OEM one first. Bed is mostly empty, don't plan on going crazy on adding weight back there for the near-future.


Thanks!

 

I would definitely shoot for a reservoir shock in the rear. You can fade a standard rear shock pretty dang fast, even on basic forest roads. I timed how long it took to fade the stock rear bilsteins, and it took 3 minutes on Washboard to make them too hot to touch. Those b110s would really offer any more fade resistance, so I would shoot for the 5160 Bilsteins or similar. The Fox 2.0s/Resis for the rear are a huge upgrade and are pretty dang stout, which are just a hair more cost wise than the Bilstein resis. The front option sounds great though, and best bet would to be through Accutune since they tune to your needs/have those in stock here and there.

 

Thanks for the input. If like to eventually move to a RR rear shock also, bit right now I was thinking economical while I figure out how all of the components of the rear work with each other since this is my first time really messing with truck suspension

 

Does not make sense to mix and match a Fox/Bilstein. They are valved differently, digressive vs linear. You basically are putting a wishlist together of some of the best front shocks, then cheap rear shocks/lift block. The rear lift setup you have listed seems off. You are trying to get 4" lift by running a block with AAL? Also those shock lengths are very long and require that lift height, if its achievable with your 1" block. If you do get 4" lift, you are going to have a huge rake. Front Fox 2.5s will get you like 2.5" of lift for max ride quality. Front bump stops not needed for your driving description.

The mix match of things is a concern to me bc it's not complete or designed to work together. If you are trying to save money, this is a big risk on hoping everything works together. My .02 save your money until you can get a more complete kit. You are very close to piecing together our Stage 2 kit which may save you even more money with less companies/shipping cost. Pricing you see on our site includes free shipping. (obviously subtract the UCA and AAL, which saves you an extra $1025). I'm happy to send you an estimate for our suggestion that you can compare to the total price of things you have on your wishlist, just shoot me a message

 

Hey, thanks! I'll send a DM now.

Not trying to go cheap, but trying to figure out the best fit for my application without throwing on top shelf products for the sake of bragging rights either.