Just adding some clarifications for you:
Body Lift -
You asked about what a body lift might do for you. Its for fitting larger tires. You can fit 33" tires
Yup I'm abandoning BL don't want it
Suspension Lift -
If you want a low COG (Stated), you don't want a lift...as a lift, oddly raises the COG.
Sure does but 3" is less cog change than 6" same thoughts i used with my blazer. All my buddies went 6-8" I stayed at 4" and as a result I could go more places with better stability.
If you just don't want to bottom out, add Timbren bump stops, as they are progressive, and absorb the rising forces more softly and prevent impacts with the harder OEM stops you have experienced.
This will be happening in addition to the rear leaf packs
If you are going to off road it to the point where articulation is a concern...
Hell yes!
THEN the new UCA can help, otherwise, its adding a lot of $ with no benefit.
If you want more ground clearance at the diffs, etc, ONLY taller tires do that for you, as no lift raises the unsprung parts of the rig.
Yup
A suspension lift raises the frame higher, so it improves ground clearance for the sprung parts of the rig (The frame on up...). The longer the rear shackles, the more POTENTIAL rear wheel travel.
AAL tend to stiffen the pack, which REDUCES articulation, as the pack is now harder to flex. AAL with more, but thinner, leaves, flex better than AAL with fewer, and therefore stiffer/thicker leaves. So a 3-Pack AAL hurts articulation less than a 2-Pack or single leaf, and so forth....and a completely new 10-leaf replacement pack (that replaces the OEM 2-3 leaf pack...), flexes better than the OEM pack, and so forth.
I'm completely sold on the replacement of the lead pack for this reason and I would like to increase the weight carrying up 450-600 lbs I noticed when loaded for the weekend articulation was crap and bump stops let you know when you hit a rut on the freeway that has to change
You don't need different shocks for a BL or SL per se (Shocks don't change the ride height), but, the OEM shocks won't allow the full wheel travel that you COULD have after adding longer rear shackles for example. (OEM shocks let the tires still reach the ground after an SL, fine on the road, but can't go too much further)
If you want more rear wheel travel, but a low COG, you could add Revolver Shackles, which give less than an inch of lift, but more travel than you'd believe...if you get longer shocks to allow it, etc.
New leafs plus revolvers is my general bent I'm assuming prg or nisstec can advise of needed size
If you add armor
Planned but not bought have Aj rails not on yet
bumpers, etc...you raise the COG even w/o a lift. Stiffer shocks/suspension can help compensate for that.
Bingo
Food for thought.
Thank you
I'm leaning towards prg as they are within driving distance, I'm up to 2000$ saved up for this and getting ready to pull the trigger
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