Added the Icon springs and Hellwig rear sway bar finally. Stance is much more "truck like" now with 2.8's Bills up front and 1.5" Icons in rear. 2.8" alone up front gave it too much of a nose high feeling even after settling a bit. And it drives like a truck should drive now, will sounds kind of silly, but it was an easily noticeable difference in handling and feel after adding the rear springs and sway bar.
And also have changed tires and rims - The Nitto's were only about 6 months old, and get generally great reviews, but I just didn't care for them. For one they threw gravel like crazy, they had an annoying (to me anyway) road noise/hum/drone thing going on. Not Mud tire drone, but a different sound alltogether. Hard to describe, but when I mentioned it to the tire folks, they knew what I was referring to right away. And this is subjective, but I wasn't wild about the appearance either.
Enter Discount Tire's Old Lady Bring it back warranty. I was able to return the tires for essentially what I paid originally, and swap over to the BFGoodrich A/T KO2's, which TBH is what I should have bought in the first place. And since I was swapping tires, I went ahead and moved to an aftermarket rim to pick up some rim width as well so was able to move from 11.5's to 12.5's. American Outlaw Lonestars, nothing super fancy or expensive but a nice looking basic aluminum wheel. And no fake beadlocks, which is a pet peeve of mine lol
Overall I am very pleased. At first I was unsure of black rims due to how much chrome trim I have, but we test fit these and I thought they looked great so decided to go with them. They are quieter than the Nittos's, and ride better as well.
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