Looking for smoother suspension

Fellow Taco Peeps. I need your thoughts on rear shocks. Rear of my 2010 4x4 seems a few inches higher than front. No spacers in springs. Seems to fish tail some in snow and it's a solid ride not much give. Just want a nice smooth ride. Use to be a work truck so my thoughts are modified to carry heavier cargo? Many thanks.

 

Are there still OEM springs in your truck or did they upgrade them more of a stiff or ride will give you more of a lift

 

Crawl under the back and take a picture of shocks and leaf packs.

 

Hey guys many thanks. The springs seem stock. I'll try to get a pic for ya asap and post.

 

You’ll need to weight the rear of any pickup truck in order to get better traction in wet and icy conditions. By design there’s little weight in the rear. You can buy a few sand bags at Home Depot. Having the rear higher than the front is also usually how pickups are engineered so when loaded the front and rear sit level. You could get some adjustable coilovers to lift the front, but if your only major concern is traction in wet conditions don’t bother with that.

 

Thank you all

 

What kind of tires and wheels? What tire PSI?

As Dalandser said, it's a truck and the rear being higher than the front is correct design for when you haul payload in the bed or tow a trailer. You could level it out, but if/when you put something heavy in the bed, you could end up with a stupid Carolina Squat look where you're blinding everyone with your headlights and you're looking at the sky while driving down the road.

 

You guys are right. I'll check tire pressure etc. I do think shocks bit much and I'll get some weight back there. You guys rock

 

I noticed a big difference after adding the cap

 

It's very hard to tell from that photo what you have, but if my eyes aren't lying it looks like you have stock leaf packs with an "add-a-leaf". If you didn't install them I'm guessing the previous owner did. This probably lifted the rear of the truck a small amount like you stated in first post.

As others have said check your tires and such. Definitely add some weight on rear end if you run with an empty bed. Before I got a camper shell I bought 2x 70lb bags of Sakrete "sand" from Homedepot for like $6 which vastly improved winter handling. Heck with your "add-a-leaf" I'd add 3 or 4 of them bad boys and it will probably ride like an old plush Cadillac.

Can't tell from the photo what shocks you have. If they are just all black painted with no brands/labels on them they could be anything really, probably something from local parts counter that previous guy installed.

Long term if you want improvements you can do new leaf packs, shocks, and on and on. Lots of options out there that will depend on your ultimate goals and how much $$$ you intend to put into it.

 

get some deaver leaf packs, for shocks idk but i have kings front and rear or get some Dakar leafs.

 

Like stated by wi_taco, it looks to me that an aal was likely installed, especially if it was used as a work truck. Personally, I would refresh the whole suspension if it was used often for hauling. If your plans are a future lift, then decide which lift based on height and budget. Best riding would be front coilovers and rear leaf pack. You will need new rear leaf packs regardless of your lift or no lift decisions.
Personally, if you decide on staying at stock height, I would suggest installing a stock suspension off a 3rd gen for a refresh and slight lift. Should be able to easily find and be very cheap.