Rear Springs upgrade

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Swims43

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Okay so I've got a 2013 1500 with bilstein 5100s all around. Leveled up front at 2.8. I've recently added a bed rack with a roof top tent and some stuff attached on the sides. Everything is roughly 375 lbs give or take 50 lbs maybe. Not exactly sure, just guessing. My rear for the most part either sits level with the front or about .5 inches less with Everything on it, depending where I park. However, the ride now is a little more bouncy and has some more body roll with the extra weight. I'm trying to take care of that and get a little but more load capacity. I've looked at Icon springs, general springs, and tufteuck but not getting s lot of information from them through email. I'd like the truck to still sit level with all the stuff in the bed, and eliminate that bouncy ride and body roll if possible.

Any advice would be appreciated. Like which shocks would really give me that roughly 1 inch lift in the rear with a little extra load capacity but will still be comfortable for daily driving and the occasional off road? Love to hear what you all have to day. Here's the truck for reference.
 

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Your truck is doing what it should do under load, settle. Your springs may be worn, could replace to solve that but you add stiffer springs to reduce the leveling and it will be like riding on a rock when unloaded.
 

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Personally, I wouldn't have raised the front. The rear is higher so when it settles with a load it levels out. It's a truck, after all.

You're only talking 375 lbs and a half inch of sag (if I'm understanding your post correctly).Not sure what you would do to take that out if you wanted. Maybe air bags would help? I do have a set of Timbrens on mine that help when I'm towing. They help with any body roll and stiffen things up when loaded. They do have an inch or so clearance, so if you're only sagged a half inch they would't be engaged and might just bang over larger bumps and make things uncomfortable. For heavier loads, they're great.
 
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Best thing I can suggest is look into a stiffer rear sway bar for the body roll (not sure if one is available - I don't generally do much to 1500s) and maybe stiffer shocks, but I don't know that I'd want to put any stiffer springs in it - it'll ride pretty rough empty since most of the springs out there are considerably stiffer because they're made for people who want to run heavy all the time.

If anything I'd consider lowering the front down some - you've brought it up almost 3 inches, that's QUITE a bit. I think the most I've ever raised the front of a truck was 2 inches. Most people leave at least a little rake in the truck when they 'level' it, specifically so it doesn't look squatted when they put just a little weight in the bed.
 

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Hellwig sway bars front/rear and rear airbags.
Sway bars to level the sway and air bags to level the rear when loaded. This way you won't lose the comfort of the ride when unloaded which you might if you go with a stiffer spring. Plus you'd keep your level ride height when unloaded just by deflating the bags.
 
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I was mistaken. My front is set at 2.1. But either way, I'm looking to sway bars, new body bushings, because I can see mine are pretty worn. Also maybe lowering the front to 1.4 and changing the springs all around.
 
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