Just ticked over 75k miles on this suspension setup. 96k total on the Truck.
- Leafs squeak a bit, no suprise
- I feel like I may have lost 1/2" of height all around but I'm not bottoming out or sagging with the same loads I've always carried. It may just be that my other vehicles now are all taller.
- I have towed a lot more in the last couple of years, usually a small converted cargo trailer w/ pintle hitch that is about 1700 dry. Zero problems towing
- Knocked the sway bar all out of whack on something at some point, shifting it about 2" to one side. Pulled it off intending to put it back on with PRG sway bar links and just... never got around to it. It drives fine without it and has made some pretty extreme emergency maneuvers at highway speed both with and without a trailer with adequate results.
I still say that I wish I'd done this at 1000 miles instead of 21,000 miles. Only thing I would change is doing aftermarket upper control arms for better alignment. The Cepek Extremes are gone, having gotten the expected 40k miles out of them. Cooper STT Pro's on now, again in 235/85R16
The comical aspect remains that with the ARB bumper up front and the bed rack, my actual remaining payload is about 200 lbs per the door sticker; although to be fair the starting payload is taking into account the stock Pro-4X suspension, not the OME setup + brake upgrades.
Also of note... the ARB skid plates (added after I destroyed most of the OEM ones), which were an absolute pain in the ass to get fitted on account of, I think, being designed for the Navarra + already having an ARB bumper as well, have performed well. Well worth the hassle taking them on and off for maintenance. They hang down lower than the OEM's under the oil pan and I have drilled them hard enough to need to press them back into shape with an arbor press, but they have protected the oil pan, trans, and front diff from some gnarly rocks driving in truly, for-real offroad areas on private land. I believe they are powder coat over galvanization so they are basically rust free 4 years in with the help of cheap gray primer for touch-up.
- Leafs squeak a bit, no suprise
- I feel like I may have lost 1/2" of height all around but I'm not bottoming out or sagging with the same loads I've always carried. It may just be that my other vehicles now are all taller.
- I have towed a lot more in the last couple of years, usually a small converted cargo trailer w/ pintle hitch that is about 1700 dry. Zero problems towing
- Knocked the sway bar all out of whack on something at some point, shifting it about 2" to one side. Pulled it off intending to put it back on with PRG sway bar links and just... never got around to it. It drives fine without it and has made some pretty extreme emergency maneuvers at highway speed both with and without a trailer with adequate results.
I still say that I wish I'd done this at 1000 miles instead of 21,000 miles. Only thing I would change is doing aftermarket upper control arms for better alignment. The Cepek Extremes are gone, having gotten the expected 40k miles out of them. Cooper STT Pro's on now, again in 235/85R16
The comical aspect remains that with the ARB bumper up front and the bed rack, my actual remaining payload is about 200 lbs per the door sticker; although to be fair the starting payload is taking into account the stock Pro-4X suspension, not the OME setup + brake upgrades.
Also of note... the ARB skid plates (added after I destroyed most of the OEM ones), which were an absolute pain in the ass to get fitted on account of, I think, being designed for the Navarra + already having an ARB bumper as well, have performed well. Well worth the hassle taking them on and off for maintenance. They hang down lower than the OEM's under the oil pan and I have drilled them hard enough to need to press them back into shape with an arbor press, but they have protected the oil pan, trans, and front diff from some gnarly rocks driving in truly, for-real offroad areas on private land. I believe they are powder coat over galvanization so they are basically rust free 4 years in with the help of cheap gray primer for touch-up.
