Suspension Upgrade - ARB/OME MT64 Discussion (1 Viewer)

[DJ’s Sled]

DY,
You'll see in another post I made a few minutes ago that I am scheduled with Slee on 8 September to have the ADS suspension installed. As I read up on these, I became pretty impressed with them. After hearing my desires for on-road (no trailer sway) and then off-road without the trailer attached where I am ferrying photographers back and forth from various locations quickly, they recommended the ADS units due to their easy accessibility for adjusting compression and their damping characteristics. . We are heading out Friday for Utah.

BENDOU,
I’m back in the Springs this week doing some typical tourist things with my wife and the Barking Bichon! And ‘off-roading’ the city streets!
I towed the trailer over with 50psi in the new 285/70R18 E Toyo AT3s. The new, finished setup does extremely well. It sits almost perfectly level (when I can actually find and stop at a bonafide level spot). No sway, corners very well. I may tweak the anti-sway setting just to confirm I really have that where I want it.
I may go ahead and lower the ball height down 1 setting to test and compare for the ride home.

I’ve been cruising around your local streets with 32-ish psi (cold, measured on a hand gauge). These tires actually seem excellent down at that pressure combined with the MT64 suspension setup. My ride is even better now than last month when we met up.
Road imperfections are significantly more muted now.
The little bit of extra, slower speed body lean that was induced with removal of the AVS - is now gone with the new stronger E tires (and probably helped by the slight increase in wheel track).

For those following this thread, a couple ‘negative’ realities: the new tires are louder up at highway speeds. They are heavier (combined with my new 18x8 wheels) which affects braking (heavier rotational weight) - I felt that immediately. And of course your MPG will likely suffer too (I never bother to measure that so cannot quantify), especially with stop-go driving.
But for towing and crushing lousy streets and roads, daily driving this is working really well for me. It feels, rides and handles great. This is what I envisioned when I first bought the truck!

BENDOU, that new suspension you’re getting will be fabulous! Those guys at Slee definitely got it going on. Anxiously awaiting your report of how well you like it. Safe travels.

DJ.

 

[lowrange44]

BENDOU,
I’m back in the Springs this week doing some typical tourist things with my wife and the Barking Bichon! And ‘off-roading’ the city streets!
I towed the trailer over with 50psi in the new 285/70R18 E Toyo AT3s. The new, finished setup does extremely well. It sits almost perfectly level (when I can actually find and stop at a bonafide level spot). No sway, corners very well. I may tweak the anti-sway setting just to confirm I really have that where I want it.
I may go ahead and lower the ball height down 1 setting to test and compare for the ride home.

I’ve been cruising around your local streets with 32-ish psi (cold, measured on a hand gauge). These tires actually seem excellent down at that pressure combined with the MT64 suspension setup. My ride is even better now than last month when we met up.
Road imperfections are significantly more muted now.
The little bit of extra, slower speed body lean that was induced with removal of the AVS - is now gone with the new stronger E tires (and probably helped by the slight increase in wheel track).

For those following this thread, a couple ‘negative’ realities: the new tires are louder up at highway speeds. They are heavier (combined with my new 18x8 wheels) which affects braking (heavier rotational weight) - I felt that immediately. And of course your MPG will likely suffer too (I never bother to measure that so cannot quantify), especially with stop-go driving.
But for towing and crushing lousy streets and roads, daily driving this is working really well for me. It feels, rides and handles great. This is what I envisioned when I first bought the truck!

BENDOU, that new suspension you’re getting will be fabulous! Those guys at Slee definitely got it going on. Anxiously awaiting your report of how well you like it. Safe travels.

DJ.

Appreciate all the info. Just out of curiosity, have you tested the ride with the new suspension and the AVS fuse installed?

Obviously the AVS shocks are out of the equations, but I’m wondering how it would perform with drive mode settings and EKDSS enabled. It might give you the best of both worlds with the improved ride of the new suspension and the benefits of EKDSS. Unless EKDSS is still enabled and I misread something. Thanks

 

[DJ’s Sled]

Appreciate all the info. Just out of curiosity, have you tested the ride with the new suspension and the AVS fuse installed?

Obviously the AVS shocks are out of the equations, but I’m wondering how it would perform with drive mode settings and EKDSS enabled. It might give you the best of both worlds with the improved ride of the new suspension and the benefits of EKDSS. Unless EKDSS is still enabled and I misread something. Thanks

Actually I think a bit of misunderstanding.
The AVS system is no longer functional. The AVS enabled OE shocks are removed. The OE springs are removed. Those are replaced by the ARB/OME MT64 suspension kit.
The EKDSS is still fully functional and operating as designed, as far as I know.
In the normal on-street drive mode settings everything works as normal - except there is no longer any suspension changes; it’s only the after market suspension at work.

You do make a good point: I don’t believe they actually pulled the AVS fuse; they only unplugged the AVS cables to the shocks and front struts. The EKDSS itself was disabled during the new suspension installation, and then enabled at the end.
So…I am still enjoying the benefits of the EKDSS sway bars on road, plus the new suspension.

If you’ve ever driven the short section of US 24 ‘Woodland Park curves’ into C.Springs..you know what I’m talking about. Just came down there a couple hours ago. The sway bars, new suspension and new tires had me firmly planted to the road.