Help me decide

[Southocplumber]

Ok so I’m noticing my new to me 2017 gen2 with 50k miles has a bit of wheel hop in the rear. I’m wanting it to be more planted and while I don’t race or jump my rap I want to make it a fun family off-road truck, it’s not my daily I Drive Plumbing Vans daily. This is just a weekend/family ride.Reading that these shocks need to be rebuilt sooner than most vehicles has led me to four different options
1. Rebuild the existing blue fox shocks and get deavers in rear
2. Upgrade to svc / camburg fox 3.0 non live valve setup with deavers , uca , bump stops
3. Upgrade to same svc/camburg fox 3.0 but live valve with sdi eclick
4. What I would want most of all but I dont think I could afford or have my retrax with Yakima overhauls , a low profile rear cage like leak just came up with and then I’m assuming I would do mid travel up front

If the 3.0 fox setup doesn’t give any more travel does it just absorb heavy hits better and deaden that hop compared to stock shocks? And based on price ( I believe eclick is around extra 3ish grand ) is it worth it or just really a luxury ?

 

[Nex]

Are those Kings in your truck now? If so then you have a better setup than what you are thinking. That's not a stock set up. Play around with compression and rebound settings. Get some SVC Track Bars.

Edit: that is a rear bypass.

 

[jdholder]

Deavers and rebuilding my shocks changed my world!! Do that first.

 

[Nex]

Again, if you have a bypass rack in the rear, you are not stock. And I bet that your suspension is already upgraded pass your wish list. Look at your rear springs, probably Deavers or Icon. Look at your UCA. Bet you also have King 3.0 coilivers in the front. What bump stop do you have?

 

[Zeusmotorworks]

Count your leafs on the rear springs. Bet you have more than OE.

Shocks may just need to be tuned and/or rebuilt.

 

[Southocplumber]

Are those Kings in your truck now? If so then you have a better setup than what you are thinking. That's not a stock set up. Play around with compression and rebound settings. Get some SVC Track Bars.

Edit: that is a rear bypass.

That’s not my truck , mine is stock that would be the top tier choice

 

[smurfslayer]

You are not going to shock or spring your way out of wheel hop.

@Nex nailed it, you need traction bars, and specifically off road traction bars. A torque arm will work almost as well, and nothing hangs lower on the truck but short of positively locating the rear end assembly under load, wheel hop and axle wrap will not go away.

 

[Nex]

That’s not my truck , mine is stock that would be the top tier choice

Ok. The bypass picture through me for a loop.

So the next step is budget, this will determine your route. But a good budget friendly starting point would be rebuild your shocks, add Deavers, UCA and bump stops. You can add on top of this as the budget allows. But that would be a good starting point.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

I just did your option 2 on a 2018 with 45K on it. I'm pretty happy with the results.

 

[STHenry]

I just completed adding live valves from a 2019 with E Click and deavers on my 2018. It is a nice improvement over the stock 2017 and 2018.