Ordered OME suspension and Shrockworks rear bumper
Had a big spending day today - now I have to sit and wait for the stuff to arrive.
I put the ARB Deluxe Bull Bars and a winch on around a month ago and decided to drive it as is with the factory Pro-4X suspension setup to get an idea of what I wanted to do. Here is what I observed...
Like almost everyone else that has added 200ish pounds to the front - mine sagged a bit and seemed to dive some during braking. I expected this and I addressed it today with my wallet by ordering the Old Man Emu suspension kit from Nisstec. I called a few times over the last few weeks and sort of asked the same questions in different ways to be sure about my purchase.
We talked a bit about the current setup with the bumper and winch, the amount of drop I experienced on my factory setup from that weight, what I plan to do with the truck moving forward, how much lift I would like to achieve, etc. I went with the heavy load coils and the OME 90003 Shocks in the front, I grabbed the cam bolts as well since the first place I'll be heading is the alignment shop once I get it all put on, and I paid to have them go ahead and assemble the coilovers for me so I don't have to deal with the hassle of compressing a spring and potentially killing myself. The rear ended up looking like the standard AAL would work fine since my truck is at 19k miles and has what seems like plenty of life left in the original rear setup. Also, I have no plans to haul anything more than a bit of camping gear every now and then. I made sure to add in that I was planning to replace my rear bumper with one of the Shrockworks setups and he was still confident that I should stick with the AAL.
That brings me to purchase number two. I had been going back and forth about knowing I wanted the Shrockworks rear bumper, but not wanting to wait for it. The other (seemingly few) options didn't quite look like what I wanted so I decided I'd just order it and be done with it and try to forget about it while the months pass by for it to get built. It just so happened that today was also the last day of the group buy (thanks so much to forum member Jeeptodd for getting that going in
this thread). Using the group buy discount code I saved $133.20 on the bumper and was very happy to do so after purchasing the OME kit just a few minutes earlier.
Overall my wallet hurts quite a bit more than when I woke up this morning, but it should be worth it once I get it all put on the truck.
I will make sure to update this once I get the suspension in (should be around a two week back order is what I was told by Nisstec) and get it installed. I will do the same with the bumper sometime this summer I assume whenever it shows up.