Baja Kits

Dang!

Canada really marks things up!!

Wheels, tires and King shocks ( Kings will be the leveling kit ) will be around $4K

You can get your truck like this for $10K

mass-hole

My Bilstein 5100's on my 2014 have been great. A huge step up from the stock shocks. The few times that I have done 40mph dirt road driving they have really helped eliminate that vibration you get on the wash board and you can pretty much rip right through moderate dips and pot holes without much drama. On road manners and trailering/payload manners are hugely improved too.

Considering its USD $350 for all 4, and you can get front leveling out of them, its a pretty awesome bang for the buck. Obviously, there are better options out there but they can be 4,5,6x the cost. I know I was looking at the Fox Coilovers as well and they were gunna be $1000-1200. I dont off-road enough to justify whatever difference those were gunna make. They certainly arnt going to be 4x better than the bilsteins.

I also went from 275/55R20(32") stock Bridgestone tires to 275/60R20(33") Wrangler Duratracs and those certainly softened the ride a bit. I actually ended up airing them up to 42 psi to get the truck to be a little firmer on the road and help the turn in since it got a little dull. Obviously if you went to an 18" or 17" and ran a 33" tire then you would probably get even more squish out of them.

Steelhead 6.2

After exchange rate, this would be 14-15k in Canada! looks totally worth it though!

Havyek

Unfortunately, after exchange and taxes, that $10k is more like $14k, and that's assuming driving to the US and picking it up, not ordering it and having it shipped. Add to that likely shop rates for installs for those who can't A) install it themselves or B) can't be without their truck for however long it takes them to install themselves and you're probably closer to $20k than $15k

jschmidt

20" wheels are for the highway or the show-n-shine. Get 17 or 18" wheels AND AT tires and you'll have everything you need for the road you described. The rest definitely are good mods, but they just improve on good enough.

winchested

"Pinch Flat"?? That's a bicycle term when running tubes...

karzbi

Well, there is no doubt I'm an offroading newb. Hence here asking questions. I was warned that folks flatted on this road from hitting rocks. In my mind (as a one time mountain biker) that's a pinch flat, but you're absolutely right, it makes no sense on tubeless tires.

karzbi

Ok, here's where we're at so far on my plan to take my truck one notch higher. I'm laughing at myself for thinking I would keep this simple.

I decided I wanted a separate set of wheels for offroading. Didn't want LT tires. Didn't want the hum on my daily driver. Wanted to preserve the ride quality.

My budget for this was supposed to be between 1000-1200 Canadian. Which is like 700-900 US dollars.

I put feelers out to a few dealers of used tires and wheels and scoured Kijiji which is Canada's version of Craigslist. Nothing turned up. I mean, nothing.

I ended up finding a screaming, act now or you miss it deal on brand new Toyo Open Country MT tires. 285/75R17. And a separate deal on 17" rims off a 2010 F150, which brought me to a total of 1340 bucks.

Not bad.

However, now the fitment guide says I'll need a 2.5" level to fit these things.

Haha. Any recommendations for me at this point on an affordable way to get this thing the rest of the way home with the least impact on daily driving comfort when the stock wheels are back on it?

karzbi

I'll start saving my beans now. that looks bad***!

Havyek

I run 285/70R17s on my 2016 with the factory 17s without lift or rubbing, the 285/75s are only about an inch taller, so you should be ok.
Might be some rubbing at lock to lock. I noticed some rubbing when I put 2" wheel spacers on so I took them off. Have a 2" RC level kit (strut spacers) that I'll hopefully get in this year and then wheel spacers and flares will be going on.