Suspension
Lift and coils, then shocks, then bumpstops and travel, then links.
The steps
- 1
Your truck
What’s on the truck today?
Pick or confirm the truck and the plan to work in. What’s on it now is the baseline the plan is measured from.
- 2
Lift and coils
How much lift, and on which springs?
Ride height and spring rate set where the wheel sits in its travel and how the truck carries its load.
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Shocks
Do the shocks fit the lift?
A shock sold for less lift tops out early and becomes the droop limit.
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- 4
Bumpstops and travel
What stops each wheel?
Bumpstops keep the tire off the body at full stuff; the travel left is what the truck flexes with.
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- 5
Links
What does the lift do to the links?
A lift changes link angles, anti-squat and pinion angle; adjustable links or drop brackets put them back.
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Review
Review and keep
What changed against Actual, cost and weight where known, and the open checks.
Each step opens its calculator with your truck filled in: Suspension, Links. With JavaScript on, this page keeps your place, your answers and this system’s parts from your build sheet in My garage.
Use at your own risk. These calculators are here to help you plan and to inform your decisions, not to sign off on a build. Many numbers are estimates worked out from factory figures, and some factory figures are not yet confirmed. Check every number against your own truck, its manuals and a qualified shop before you buy parts, cut, weld, lift, regear or drive on it. Long Range Desert Tools is not liable for anything you do based on these calculators or their results. The full terms are in our policies.