Well, I put 9000xl's on the front axle yesterday, dialed em up to 9 (based on hand testing compared to the stock shocks) and the dang thing drives like a car now.
This was exactly the suspension upgrade I was looking for to fix the porpoising and straight-line bounciness (hat tip to jimh425).
The lower stableloads are doing their job--perhaps a little too well. With only 1 plate in the back and 2 plates up front (on the rear overload spring, that is), the rear fender is about 1.5 inches higher than the front. That said, there are several hundred pounds of gear and water that aren't currently loaded. If it's still half an inch high after that, I'll pop off one of the front stableload plates and it should be dialed.
So to recap, the suspension mods to date:
- replaced front shocks with rancho 9000xl, at max setting
- upper stableloads
- lower stableloads with 2 plates up front and 1 plate in back
- rear tires at 80psi, front at 70
I could be perfectly happy with this set-up indefinitely, but am planning to see how much better things could be with the following changes:
- Hellwig Big Wig rear sway bar
- Rancho 9000XL's on the rear axle
- Relocating generator from up high and behind the rear axle to down low and in front of front axle (not doing this for suspension reasons, but so I have an enclosed, locked space to run the thing)
