I have a 2022 PW used for overlanding. I have been conscious of how much weight is added with each step. With Rack, RTT and all other in bed add ons I am at less than 650lbs. I should have no problem staying within payload range. I have noticed the famous rear end wag more with the added weight so I am looking to cure that issue. The ride is still acceptable to me overall. I do not want to raise the truck and all the aftermarket systems seem to all want to do that. I am looking at going with front and rear Thuren track bars as most research seems to say this is the fix for the wag. I also found Bilstein 5160s made for the stack Power Wagons that I plan on installing to. I think for now this will be the extent of suspension upgrades. I am a firm believer in Bilstein shocks since I have them on several other vehicles. You just do not hear much about the 5160 shocks but they look like they could be the ones that Carli labels as their shock with special valving.
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Suspension upgrade
- Thread starter Soapy
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G Mcpherson
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I recall reading somewhere that Icon is the manufacturer of the Carli Label 2.0 shocks
Rear Trackbar definitely flattens the curve for the wag
Enough shock/rear tire pressure also have an affect in my experience. I’d always bump rear tire pressure about 5psi when I had the RTT on vs off. Tired and/or small shocks let the movement happen easier than the bigger shocks.
Enough shock/rear tire pressure also have an affect in my experience. I’d always bump rear tire pressure about 5psi when I had the RTT on vs off. Tired and/or small shocks let the movement happen easier than the bigger shocks.
According to the guys at CJC, Carli is switching to King shocks for the Backcountry system. The PW systems have not made that move yet though.
Also, what air pressure are you running? I used to get the rear end wag until I got my tire pressure dialed in better.
I move my air pressure around but notice more wag at lower pressures. Off roading I am down around 40 psi. It is strange that to get the TPMS light to go off you have to take the front pressure to above 60 while the rears have to be above 65. Then the TPMS light won't come back on until you are 55/60. I don't mind driving with the TPMS light on with tires at lower pressures but I do find I get better mpg at the higher pressures.
Can someone please describe where one goes "overlanding" in North America?
I live in Nevada. The state is 87% public land. We have dirt roads running in all directions but I have never met an overlander.
Thank you.
I live in Nevada. The state is 87% public land. We have dirt roads running in all directions but I have never met an overlander.
Thank you.
My last overland adventure in Nevada started out in The Gold Butte area by Mesquite and ended up going to the Grand Canyon in the Whitmore wash of the Arizona strip. In Nevada you are never very far from off roading opportunities. Of roading, overlanding camping it is all really the same thing.
Slightly off topic for this thread, but it will depend on your definition of overlanding. Here are two of my overlanding trips; 8 days in Death Valley and 12 days doing the "Great Wester Loop" (CO, WY, MT, ID, OR, UT, NV).
It’s just a new-age term for camping. In Nevada, you can probably camp anywhere with all that public land.