Rough country lift

[Jason S]

Installed 4” rough country spring lift on 87 short bed stepside 4x4. And it’s way too stiff for me. I love the look but it rides like a shopping cart and my neighborhood is loaded with speed bumps. I should’ve read the reviews more carefully. My question is will a change to higher quality shock and adjusting tire pressure make enough difference or do I bite the bullet and purchase a better quality lift kit? If anyone has had success with different shocks please let me know what you used and if it really made a big enough difference. Any suggestions on a different brand lift kit would be appreciated as well. Thanks.

 

[bucket]

Unfortunately, no. There's no shock technology out there that can lessen the spring rate.

 

[bucket]

I believe the softest, off the shelf springs are still the Tuff County brand springs.

 

[cadillac_al]

Tuff Country, Rough Country. I always get them mixed up. I did buy Tuff Country EZ ride springs and they are plenty stiff for me. I wouldn't want to try anything stiffer.

 

[Grit dog]

This seems to be a topic frequently here recently.
Shocks can’t make springs softer.
Tire pressure affects ride of course. If you got more air in the tires than you need it ain’t helping.

 

[Edelbrock]

One thing you can do to help is to add more weight to the vehicle. I had a similar issue and I added a Hue Jass cattle guard to the front of my rig and it helped a fair amount. Considering adding weight to the rear end.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Shocks don't change the ride at all, they control the motion. The only way to get a better ride is to pony up for softer springs

 

[Beast496]

How much pressure are you running in your tires? What size tires? I'm running the same lift as you (although a longbed 1 ton) and lowering the PSI in my 35 inch tires from 45 to around 30 was the best thing I did for unloaded weight. I could probably even go a bit lower if I wanted to.