Rear springs, please

[boarder1995]

I'm looking at various rear springs (no shocks, yet) and am trying to garner as much info and do this upgrade once. I'd like a spring, no block arrangement, with hydraulic bump stops to be added as well. I'd like it to ride softer than stock springs too while keeping my stock shocks for now. This is with an unloaded bed.

Here's what I've learned from SEARCHING...

WSI - (HD?) thought highly of; tend to run a little stiffer on the road than stock. Perhaps a result of where it puts the stock shocks in their travel?

National - mixed bag of opinions; run softer than stock spring on road.

Deaver - (+2) thought highly of; run a little sofer on road than stock spring.

Icon RXT - no significant opinions; slightly softer than stock on road; customizable with included alternate leaf.

Are the Icon RXT rear springs substantially different than I'd get from Deaver or National? I'm looking for something to soften the small stuff on road, prevent axle wrap and hop, and keep stock shocks for now. Do the Deavers or others have the rebound spring design?

 

[Bulletnjm]

What about WSI standard leafs? Give Jim a call at WSI and talk to him, hes a great guy.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

If I had to do it over again, I would go with Deavers. I currently have WSI HD.

The new ICON setup does seem tempting but its new.

 

[Jimbo]

I'm very happy with my Deaver +3's!

 

[Deletedone]

I'm happy with my Deaver +2's.

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

No complaints from the National HDs...but i've not tried any other springs though. So the person who has had both is who you want to listen too.

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

I cannot comment on WSI's, but deavers are the way to go between national and deaver. The nationals seem to have a high failure rate, (some do have good success), but the consistency of quality the deavers provide is very high, and they're service is great. They really take care of they're customers when something does happen.

Ride quality of the deavers are excellent. (I'm currently running +3) street ride is good, better than OEM IMO. Off road they are amazing. With OEM leafs I was relying on my svc bump kit to take the hard hits, now with the deavers, they take a lot of the hits before the bump kit is needed. Very controlled suspension stroke even with stock fox shox.

With the deavers you WILL get what your looking for. Let me know if you have any questions or want a package deal quote with a SVC Bump kit.

-Joseph Haynes

 

[GabAlmighty]

No experience but from the reading I have done people tend to read like their Deaver +3's!

 

[MTF]

Just keep in mind the numbers behind the Deavers are ride height not stiffness or capacity.

I ran the National SD for almost a year, threw both stock and Nationals in the garbage, I Like my Deavers +2!!! Much better ride! There keepers!!!

 

[SlimChaChi]

I run WSI HDs, they ride real nice but do bring the rear up about 2" but it's not bad. Only complaint is the surface rust, but not sure if this is a universal issue. I only considered Deavers or WSI, never bothered with nationals.

The Icon RXT springs are designed to run with the rest of their rear suspension, very new. I run Icons on all 4 corners and have no complaints. I'm sure their springs are great, just have no experience with them...