gago1101
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Now it may seem a little weird that I have these 2 in the same thread, but bare with me and you'll know why I wanted these to be together.
First and foremost, I think I may have the record for the fastest Gobi rack order and delivery. I ordered my rack on April 24 and receiver it May 15, that is 3 weeks exactly. No words on how happy I am. The order was through Trail Duty.
Bilstein 5100 lift & review:
front: Bilstein 5100 1.75 inch lift (actual about 2)
rear: sway-a-way rear springs, 1.5 inch lift (actual about 2)
Driving the original 13" Trail w/ KDSS out of the dealer lot, there were a few thing I could feel about the truck's ride and handling. Supple ride, relatively controlled but evident body roll, significant nose dive on hard braking, and an obvious understeer in corners. When swapping the rear springs to SAW and the front shocks to the Bilsteins, the whole ride had changed. The SUV now rode like a light truck, significantly harsher and bouncy, especially at the rear. On the bright side though, 2 things happened: I felt like I was in a BMW X5, minimum to non-existant body roll, nose dive eliminated by about 80%, and more importantly, only slight to no understeer in corners. the truck felt more neutral in corners and wanted to be driven harder. Overall happy with the result, although my wife was disappointed with the ride quality.
Now this is where Gobi comes to play. I received my rack 3 days ago and installed it yesterday. I finalized it with the ladder installation today.
The shockers comes with the change in the ride with the Gobi rack on top. The harshness is essentially eliminated, which is not bad. However, the weight of the rack has changed the center of gravity to such an extreme that the truck feels really unstable with significant body roll in corners, and worse instead of confidence it inspires fear, I am not kidding.
The truck looks awesome with the rack on top, and I wouldn't want it any other way, but anyone else have noticed a change in handling with the rack on top? I am glad I had the suspension mods. I would definitely not recommend the rack without any suspension changes, it could make the ride down right dangerous.
Here are some quick shots I took after the ladder install today
First and foremost, I think I may have the record for the fastest Gobi rack order and delivery. I ordered my rack on April 24 and receiver it May 15, that is 3 weeks exactly. No words on how happy I am. The order was through Trail Duty.
Bilstein 5100 lift & review:
front: Bilstein 5100 1.75 inch lift (actual about 2)
rear: sway-a-way rear springs, 1.5 inch lift (actual about 2)
Driving the original 13" Trail w/ KDSS out of the dealer lot, there were a few thing I could feel about the truck's ride and handling. Supple ride, relatively controlled but evident body roll, significant nose dive on hard braking, and an obvious understeer in corners. When swapping the rear springs to SAW and the front shocks to the Bilsteins, the whole ride had changed. The SUV now rode like a light truck, significantly harsher and bouncy, especially at the rear. On the bright side though, 2 things happened: I felt like I was in a BMW X5, minimum to non-existant body roll, nose dive eliminated by about 80%, and more importantly, only slight to no understeer in corners. the truck felt more neutral in corners and wanted to be driven harder. Overall happy with the result, although my wife was disappointed with the ride quality.
Now this is where Gobi comes to play. I received my rack 3 days ago and installed it yesterday. I finalized it with the ladder installation today.
The shockers comes with the change in the ride with the Gobi rack on top. The harshness is essentially eliminated, which is not bad. However, the weight of the rack has changed the center of gravity to such an extreme that the truck feels really unstable with significant body roll in corners, and worse instead of confidence it inspires fear, I am not kidding.
The truck looks awesome with the rack on top, and I wouldn't want it any other way, but anyone else have noticed a change in handling with the rack on top? I am glad I had the suspension mods. I would definitely not recommend the rack without any suspension changes, it could make the ride down right dangerous.
Here are some quick shots I took after the ladder install today
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