Best Suspension kit

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Permalink Reply by John Hanses on November 17, 2009 at 7:44pm

I went with the Toytec Ultimate 3" and couldn't be happier. You can check out my post on it and if you have any questions let me know.

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on November 17, 2009 at 9:05pm

Toytec carries a variety of lifts from their spacer kit, Old Man Emu setups, Icon, and their own coil overs. I bought my first Old Man Emu lift from them and was very happy.

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Permalink Reply by magicthechemist on November 17, 2009 at 10:16pm

Could you remind me what UCAs do you have ?

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on November 18, 2009 at 9:48am

Light Racing UCA's. I purchased these through Wheeler's Offroad, great customer service and no sales tax.

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Permalink Reply by MoabFJ on November 18, 2009 at 9:39am

I would put in another vote for OME/Toytec configuration.
We have the OME medium coils and shocks up front, with the Toytec long travel rear coils and OME N171 long travel shocks.

This suspension has served us well. We have run the Rubicon and had 3 trips to Moab since the install with no repairs,
rebuilds, or failures. As I remember, the whole suspension was ~$700 - 800 ish. You can sure pay more for bells and whistles, you just need to figure out if you need them for your wheeling style.

I would say that if you like jumping your truck, or high speed desert running, I would definitely look into a long travel setup.

If you mud bog..... buy a FJ40.

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on November 18, 2009 at 9:51am

My first OME set up was only $450 since I went with just front and rear OME springs while re-using my stock struts and shocks. IMO, it is better to go with the complete set up since they are matched for the spring rate but we can't always afford everything at once.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Matthews on November 18, 2009 at 9:54am

I got the RevTech lift 2.5 years ago. Since then it's been in the Oregon and Washington mountains two or three times a month and to Moab twice. No issues at all. It's not the best, but for the money it has done well. Now saving the money for Sway Away. Only thing about RevTech that I could say is that I carry a lot of tools and equipment in the back and I tend to drag my ass around on stuff others don't. If that's an issue, go with the OME if you don't want to spend Sway Away money.

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Permalink Reply by bkreece on November 18, 2009 at 11:29am

I'll put one vote in for the icon set up. I'm still at stage 1 (stock UCAs) and I'm really happy with it. In addition to great offroad performance, it rides well on road (the wife doesn't complain, so it must be good!). Looking to upgrade to after market UCAs before next summer.

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