@SierraWheeler, As far as this particular picture, is the setup from the picture the same as in your vehicle description at the bottom of the post? Any changes since this picture? It looks like the perfect stance. Nice rig for sure! Was wondering particularly about suspension and ride quality. Just ordered my Gamiviti and Kavik bumper. I'm on Fox 2.0 shocks with 30mm coil spacers and TBs cranked just a smidge. I love my ride and stance, just wondering what adding my Gamiviti and 165# CVT MT ST HELENS will do to the rear. My Kavik is aluminum weighing in at just under 95#, so the front should be ok, may need to adjust TBs a tad more. Thanks, again one of the best looking rigs I have seen
Thanks! That pic is old but I am still running the same suspension setup now with front & rear bumpers. It is OME 860, max lift in front with 55mm droop, Tough Dog Adjustable Shocks, Tough Dog Torsion Bars, and a + 1" Body Lift. Ride quality was great back then before bumpers, and I still love it now after bumpers. I lost about 1/2" of height after the bumpers, but the ride quality is still great. I may add back some more height with another torsion crank and some spring spacers on top of the OME 860. I don't want to go to a bigger spring and lose the ride quality that I have now.
For a while I also ran stock rear springs, shocks, and 30mm spacers with gamiviti rack. Great setup when unloaded but I did have some issues with sagging with big loads and bottoming out the rear suspension on big hits. I expect that you would fare better with the upgraded shocks, but I think you'll find that the stock rear springs may sag a little and feel soft. The stock spring rate is 170 lb/in so in theory by adding 165 lbs directly on the rear that would cause ~1" sag. Roof tent kinda sorta goes in the middle though so who knows what the final balance would look like.