Trailhunter - Dobinsons Springs Installed

[JayZap]

Installed new Dobinsons springs today on my Trailhunter.

Went with 817s in the front and 820s in the rear, gained about an inch front and back.

Questions:

Should I consider stronger sway bar links or extended sway bar links to correct sway bar geometry?

I have the electronic sway bar disconnect. Should I consider a diff drop? I read some funky feedback from the icon diff drop

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[Bcphoto3]

I went with 822 and 821v ( CBI Covert Bumper with Warn 10 winch on front) and AluCab Contour canopy and towing TetonX camper a significant amount of the time. These gave me a return to original height and basically eliminated the significant sag in rear with trailer. And drives better than OEM suspension. Happy with the results. Sad that Toyota couldn’t figure this out to begin with.

 

[TacoBC]

Installed new Dobinsons springs today on my Trailhunter.

Went with 817s in the front and 820s in the rear, gained about an inch front and back.

Questions:

Should I consider stronger sway bar links or extended sway bar links to correct sway bar geometry?

I have the electronic sway bar disconnect. Should I consider a diff drop? I read some funky feedback from the icon diff drop

What size tires have you there. It looks great!

 

[mtbocoee]

I just spoke with Dobinson's on using 820s in the front and 821V in the rear. My truck has sagged at least an inch in the rear. They suggested that I may need the SE59-591 adjustable sway bar links depending on the lift height with the static load. My challenge is when I need the lift I will be loaded with camping gear thus the lift will be variable.

 

[mtbocoee]

I went with 822 and 821v ( CBI Covert Bumper with Warn 10 winch on front) and AluCab Contour canopy and towing TetonX camper a significant amount of the time. These gave me a return to original height and basically eliminated the significant sag in rear with trailer. And drives better than OEM suspension. Happy with the results. Sad that Toyota couldn’t figure this out to begin with.

Have you had any issue with excessive lift in the rear when not towing? Did you add adjustable sway bar links with the rear springs?

 

[Dalingrin]

Curious how you are feeling about the springs now that you’ve had them for a few months.
How’s the ride on road?
You do any off roading? I’ve been curious how these springs will affect that. I like the idea of a little additional ground clearance but don’t want to sacrifice flex too much.

Any idea how much lift you ended up with after it has broken in?

 

[JayZap]

What size tires have you there. It looks great!

In that photo I had 295/70 18s.

But recently I switched to 35x12.50 17s

 

[JayZap]

Curious how you are feeling about the springs now that you’ve had them for a few months.
How’s the ride on road?
You do any off roading? I’ve been curious how these springs will affect that. I like the idea of a little additional ground clearance but don’t want to sacrifice flex too much.

Any idea how much lift you ended up with after it has broken in?

So now that they had a chance to settle about 4k miles. Everything is still feeling super good.

Total lift is about an extra inch front and rear from center of the hub to the fender over stock TH. Carrying about 200lbs in the bed.

Rebound feel good and no extra bounce on pavement or off road (Florida is mostly mud, sand, and water) no rock crawling tested yet

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