Last night we took my "new" fully-stock 88 4Runner out on some pretty washboard/rutted roads. My wife's pregnant and I think she felt she was going to hurt the baby! The ride was about as harsh as they come and I want to *really* smooth it out since weÆll be using this vehicle on 1000+ miles of these type of roads this year. The key is that I want to do it with as few time-intensive mods as possible since I already have too many projects.

Goal: 5X better ride quality than IÆm currently getting, ability to go 1.5X as fast with the same control.

Terrain: curvy Forest Service roads which include lots of washboards, ruts, and some water bars. Desired smooth speed average ~40mph (faster than this and you have to rally/pendulum-turn the corners which the kids like but it scares the wife).

Load: relatively heavy with family, dog, camping stuff, spare tire, etc.

Rear: planning on either adding TJ coils to the existing leafs or swapping to longer Chevy leafs. Opinions on which would make for a better ride for the time/money? Obviously the TJ coils would be cheaper and faster but perhaps the longer travel Chevy springs would be worth it?

Front: not real sure what I want to do here other than shocks and a shock hoop. Other suggestions that really increase the ride quality without going to a long-travel or mid-travel setup?

Shocks: I really want rebuildable shocks with reservoirs (for future projects) so I might try out the 10ö FOA shocks. These may be a little long, at least for the front, but I want future capacity. Any recommendations on valving rates for both the front and rear? The shocks come with compression of (zero, extra light, light, light/medium, medium, firm) and for rebound (zero, light, medium).

Tires: IÆm upgrading to 33s for now but will swap these back to 31s later. Obviously running the tire pressure lower when on dirt roads will make a big difference in ride quality. In the past IÆve gone down to about 20#. How low do folks regularly go?

Any other things to consider?

Thanks folks.