Eff me, im now "that guy." Suspension question.

Eibach's are set up for extra weight.

 

The OMEs have a lower spring rate than others like Eibach. I believe the 886 is 660 while Eibachs is 742.

As for a leaf pack that may be readily available right now, you could check out the icon rxts. Not sure where you’re located, but store pick up is available in the Dallas area right now.

 

If you get the OME lift with the 886 springs you will get about 2.5 inches of lift and it will handle the weight just fine. (you can look at my build thread for my old 2nd gen). You will NOT need UCAs, and a regular alignment shop will be able to get you aligned with no issues. You wont have any rubbing with 265/75r16 tires.

For the rear leafs - I did not mind the OME springs at all. I only ran them for about 10k miles, but I had no issues. They did get pretty squeaky, but I just shot em with grease every once in a while.

 

Thanks. Im still taking notes and doing research. I always had squeaking with an aal, but my alcans nevwr squeaked, even going theough ne ohio salty winters. So, those may be the leaves i use.

 

Note that the OME 886 coils are 660lb/in whereas the stock coils are 700lb/in so I personally would not say they are great for added weight at least compared to stock. I mention this because the OP said he was not interested in lifting the frontend.

 

OP if you are not interested in lift, but more focused on load capacity, I’ve not heard of any aftermarket coils that have a higher spring rate than the stock coils (700lb/in). They might exist, but none of the ones mentioned in this thread qualify. That said, you might get what you want by upgrading your shock absorbers to something with more damping. I’m guessing you’ll be just fine stock though.

Beware that, generally speaking, off road tuned suspensions are not designed to increase load capacity but rather to improve comfort and handling while driving on rough surfaces. Towards that end off road suspensions tend to have soft springs and stiff shock absorbers.

TBQH though I have never seen an article that reviewed the load carrying capacity of off road tuned and stock suspensions and I’ve not heard of a load capacity upgrade for the front suspension. The rear yes (eg aal).

Also note that none of the above changes your GVWR.

My personal experience is that my off road tuned suspension and tires tends to porpoise less when towing my boat and when carrying a heavy payload in the bed.

 

Spc uppers on the way.

Alcan needs some more numbers from me that ill get soon. And im going with toytec coil overs up front and rear. Aluma series.