My rig's current set up

9-30-2022

It has bee a long time since I have updated this page.

My adventure rig is currently on a 2.5" suspension lift with a 1"body lift.

Red TourFlex front coils 170/240# & ToughDog rear 220/280# rate.

Delta 3L front control arms which moves axle 1" forward.

37" MudHogs on 9"x17" 3.5BS Battleborn beadlocks.

Timbren AOR bumpstops that have been lowered to equal 1.5" rear & 1" front from stock.

Custom bumpers & Sliders. 

Inside has SOR Tuffduct seat covers 100A A/C converter, ARB twin air compressor, DIY budget cargo storage & a spare tire.

I ran some 38x13.5s Patagonia's for a while really liked them, had to go back to 37s to pull the trailer. 300 RPM difference.

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As of  11-24-17 I swapped out the rear HD Slinky coils for the Intermediates. My rig is not heavy enough for the HD coils & the ride was to firm for daily Driving duties. The Intermediate rears are a more comfy ride, but still give good support when loaded.
I also added a dual battery setup just before the Turf-n-Surf 2016 trip in Nov.




As of  8-24-16 The Redline Slinky coils came in. I got them installed that same day. The family went to the big city for groceries so it was perfect timing for some rig time. I ordered just the front set up of 75mm coils & Stage 1 shocks. The Icon shocks are not here yet but I do have some longer Doetsch Techs that are 28.75"ish long but the valving is to soft.

They do have a LH & RH side, the free height is 615mm & 600mm. The taller is the LH coil.

Below are my 851+25mm which is equal to 850s.

Since they are so long it took a bit more doing to shoe horn them in. These are long ones...

Now that they are in, it looks like they are setting higher then hoped for, but the coils are not touching yet. So there is hope they will settle down. In these pics there is an air gap where the should be touching or stacked.

Right now they are at 24.5" & I'm hoping for 24" center hub to bottom of flare. Don't forget I have a 1" body lift, so minus 1" from my measurement. 24" would be a solid 3" lift.

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As of  4-2-16 I have added a different set of rear springs OME 862, bigger 37" tires & a better ARB air compressor. See my recent posts for the details.

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As of 11-4-2015 I have had my Lexi one year.

This was my build year & I am looking forward to a lot more seat time as far as camping & wheeling. I have put to much thought & energy into this suspension flex business & need to move on with my build other than getting more inches of articulation.

So what I did was just gave up trying to get huge gains in suspension travel, I threw in the towel & put some shorter L shocks on. I'll quote some veterans by saying these 80s are not rock donkeys & use them for expo rigs rather than rocks crawlers.

By putting the front L shocks on it limits the travel to prevent the tie rod hitting the control arms & also allows disconnecting the sway bar. By just putting them on lifted my front almost 1" & also gives me the firm stability that I have been looking for.

I will also play with putting back in the OEM bushings along with narrowing the front control arms to reduce axle bracket bind with the control arms. The new goal is freedom of movement rather than more flex.

This is my current set up as of now:

I currently have the OME Old Man Emu 851/860 medium spring combo with a 25mm/ 1" spring spacer in front for a more level stance.

For shocks Lexi now has the longer OME L shocks front & rear. 

To keep the drive line from contacting the sway bar at full drop, there is 1.25" front sway bar spacers. 

To keep the rear L shock & 315 tires at bay there is a 1.25" block spacer at the frame bump stop to keep the rear L shock from over compression with 1" of up travel left for full compression & to keep the 35"/315 tire from rubbing in the fender well.

In front is the stock bump stops, the L shock up there is fine with 1.5" left of shock travel to compress for full bump compression. Also to note I added washers to front Ls to make them .5" longer. They now measure 15.75" to 27" from the 15.25" to 26.5"... 

To add length to the brake lines I lowered the stock mounts.

 

To correct caster & add 2" more drop travel Lexi has 2" MAF front control arm brackets with the yellow 2° CC bushings. (Soon coming back out for more flexible OEM bushings).

The wheels have 1" spacers with 3.5" of back spacing to prevent rubbing inside rear fender & to give a wider stance for stability.

To allow unrestricted travel a 1" body lift was added, also to help with airflow over engine compartment & passenger side floorboard cooling.

Lexi does have light armor front & rear with some slider nerf type protection. The spare tire is inside with a modest unfinished storage system.

The transfer case did receive lower gearing from a set of Marlin Crawler reduction gears.

That's about it... Below are some pics.

 

 

Below are some pics with the longer 29" shocks that I had to take back off due to the problems with the tie rod hitting the control are & dropping out the 851 coils. I will go back at a later date to get more flex later.