Reunited and it feels so good - Inca Gold TJ Rubicon suspension recommendations

[AdrianBrewster33]

Family friendly trails. Drives nice.

Sounds like a 33 inch tire would be good for your final tire size.

Long arm plus crappy shocks equal crappy ride.
Long arm plus good shocks equal good ride.
Short arm plus crappy shocks equal crappy ride.
Short arm plus good shocks equal good ride.

Length of arms class over. Any questions?

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to stretch some. But really, not necessary in your case, and if you’re not moving the arch, then you’re just losing travel.

There’s no reason to have a shop do anything that you need. And if it takes them 32 hours, they’re way slower than I am.

Get a nice 4 inch, short arm lift with good shocks. Do everything right and it will be great…

PS, don’t change the steering geometry. Stay away from kits. No, if you didn’t figure it out, by now you don’t need a long arm.

All great feedback!

While I haven't spent a ton of time under a TJ, Ive been in the Toyota game for a long time. My most recent 1st gen Tundra build took a year and hundreds of hours trying something, then tweaking it and trying again. I went through several suspension set ups and ultimately ended up with what I would consider a near perfect set up, which required pulling the rear axle and having custom lower shock mounts fab'd, pulling the bed and installing a new crossmember with upper shock mounts, and having custom shocks built by Arizona Desert Racing and leafs from Deavers. It was a lot of fun, but with an 18 month old and a 3 year old keeping me busy, I don't want to take on a project like that right now.

I say all that to say I know how much of a difference the "right" shocks can make and respect that shocks and spring weights and static load with armor and gear make a huge difference in ride quality. I am hoping by surveying the group here, I can skip a lot of the try and try again process and do something tried and true. It sounds like the Savvy short arm is a good plug and play option.

 

[JMT]

All great feedback!

While I haven't spent a ton of time under a TJ, Ive been in the Toyota game for a long time. My most recent 1st gen Tundra build took a year and hundreds of hours trying something, then tweaking it and trying again. I went through several suspension set ups and ultimately ended up with what I would consider a near perfect set up, which required pulling the rear axle and having custom lower shock mounts fab'd, pulling the bed and installing a new crossmember with upper shock mounts, and having custom shocks built by Arizona Desert Racing and leafs from Deavers. It was a lot of fun, but with an 18 month old and a 3 year old keeping me busy, I don't want to take on a project like that right now.

I say all that to say I know how much of a difference the "right" shocks can make and respect that shocks and spring weights and static load with armor and gear make a huge difference in ride quality. I am hoping by surveying the group here, I can skip a lot of the try and try again process and do something tried and true. It sounds like the Savvy short arm is a good plug and play option.

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Yeah, RockJock, Savvy, and Curry components are the highest quality for our TJ’s, and when it comes to driveshafts Tom Wood. When it comes to brakes, recovery gear and body lift the go-to is Black Magic Brakes (BMB). Fortunately we have the owner of BMB (@mrblaine) as a frequent contributor to the forum, and he knows all things TJ. A true savant who designed many of the Savvy parts and continues to use his creative genius and vast field of experience to help us weekend warriors.