Question on rear shocks

My truck came with a revtek block lift.
It is in need of rear shocks. My front end is getting swapped out from the hockey puck to a rough country 2.5 inch front left.
I’m keeping the block lift in the rear. I’m not sure what shock is on there now (maybe stock). But I’m looking for a stout replacement. I put a lot of deer corn back there.
Here is a picture of the rear. I have used Bilistein in the past but not sure which one will suit my needs and work with the block lift in the back.

 

Curious why Rough Country vs. Bilstein? Rough Country makes garbage, and the cost difference between their stuff and Bilstein 5100s is negligible.

If you need 'more stout' in the rear, consider helper bags rather than relying on a shock. Shocks are to dampen bumps, not to temper loads.

 

Shocks do not help with the weight or with sag, but they can help better control the suspension movement. Bilstein 5100’s are a little stiffer than the factory shocks and can accommodate 1” of rear lift.

 

Ahhh already informative. So with this 1.25 rear block where does that put me

 

Well I went with the loaded rough country front shock. It was in my budget. I looked at it and the rancho. The rancho had a lot of reviews on here about them losing front lift over time. Sag. I have a heavy grill on the front. I’m not doing any wheeling. Just filling feeders at the ranch and putting along. But I’m still all ears. They are not installed yet.

 

The Rancho kits for these trucks have issues where front lower bushings blow out pretty quickly. We've seen it a few times now, within a year, and even on the 2nd, 3rd set.

Rough Country has piss poor reputation here also. If you calculate all of the 'suspension problem' threads where something isn't working right, something broken/bent, bangs/whacks/thuds/etc., Rough Country accounts for like 50% of them, or more. Serious damage sometimes. You should be able to get into Bilstein 5100s for roughly 15% more if you shop wisely. Rough Country is inexpensive for a reason. 15%-25% more for premium OEM-level quality isn't much budget considering what you save in problems.

But your call. I'll bow out on this one. Last thread turned into a shitshow.

 

I won’t weigh in much on shocks as I have no lift, but I went Bilstein because of their reputation and my positive past experiences with them. I have 4600s because I’m stock, but 5100s are the go to for people with lift.

As for handling additional weight, I have and like Sumosprings (they replace the rear bump stops). Airbags are probably fine too, but the Sumos are more passive, will never leak and don’t require anything beyond installation; they also have a lifetime warranty, although there are a lot of conditions to it, I’m not sure how easy they are about it as I haven’t had an issues.

 

Sumos are def on my list. I got a set of JBA control arms. I needed bushings and ball joints. Made sense.

I needed all new brakes. Calipers. Rotors. Drums pads everything. So I had to buy all that.

Tie rods. Ball joints. All oem stuff other than the JBA uppers.

I’ll get 5100s for the rear.

Why rough country ? Well I’m out of money. I’ll report back on my findings.

Its a 23 year old truck. I got it free from my parents. That I drive 15 miles round trip for work 4 days a week and fill feeders here and there.

Twice a year I’ll drive 250 miles each way to west Texas to fill feeders out that way. If I end up stranded or it blows up I’ll report back.

If I decide I should have got the bils for the front. I’ll relight this post.

Browsing these threads it doesn’t seem like anyone found the answer for the brakes on this truck other than upgrade to the WL calipers (which I’ll do ). But even with that it seems like many report back warped rotors.

Its all fun. We’ll see

 

Bro, Rough Country has some good shock tuning. 5100’s are reputable, but they are stiff AF in the rear. I would know I’ve run them on 5 yotas.

The RC rears on my 3rd Gen Tacoma were smooth AF.