Ok front ends look nice. But what are these vendors doing to have the rear keep up with the front. I know sdhq has their cantilever system which I have seen in person but would like to know the specs.
What do others have to offer?
Wouldn't it be better to go with a bedcage, and a spring under than just jumping to 3.0 shocks with no increase in travel? Why spend $4k just on rear 3.0's when you could get more travel with a bedcage?
Besides the rear there is the cage and other safety items to consider!
Adding travel isn't always an answer. Even though with our rear set up - Icon 3.0", Deavers and our bumps - you are gaining .75" up and .75 droop travel, that 1.5" of wheel travel isn't so much the selling point. It is the more controlled rear wheel travel that is the pay off.
When we add a rear bed cage or a cantilever system we are able to max out at 17.5" of usable wheel travel. There are others that claim more when using the same Deaver springs as us, but that is fluff #'s and not real.
The Icon front 3.0" fronts and UCA'a balance out real well with either of the two options up top.