It's definately hard to keep weight down, when you start adding armor all over the place. That's one reason (besides money) that I'm waiting before I do any sliders or rear bumper.

You might consider OME's low lift suspension. If you're running stock springs, you're very like sagging at least 1/2-3/4 inch. The OME low lift give between 1/4-3/4" lift beyond factory height, depending on weight. It would go well an ARB and winch and sliders and you don't have to worry about castor correction. The lower lift will probably help maintain a little better mileage too.

Although, the 2.5" lift is likely better off road, as you don't have to worry about tires rubbing and more undercarrage clearance. I wish I had an oppertunity to explore both types of lifts. I think the low lift would work better on a daily driver that only does occasional wheeling. But then again, the handling even with this lift, is quite exceptional and I'm looking forward to seeing what it turns out to feel like after the castor correction and new shocks.



Probably. The reasons I hesitate to put on a rear bumper/tire carrier is cost, weight, and having the tire block my rear view. I had a tire carrier on the truck and yanked it off after realizing I couldn't see when backing up on the trails. It's also inconvient to have to swing the tire out everytime you want to access the rear.

On the other hand, I really want to install some kind of auxiliery tank and if I do, the spare has to go somewhere. And the only two options for is storing it inside where it takes up a lot of valuable real estate or on a rear tire carrier. The rear tire carrier would also make it more feasible to carry a full size and full width spare of the same brand that I have now instead of a skinny spare that I'm looking for now for under the truck for better clearance.