- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
Relatively soft rear springs work well for both rock crawling and going fast, so no real compromise there. We've also found that shock valving makes little to no difference for crawling, valve the shocks for going fast and they work just fine for the slow speeds of crawling. Stiffer front springs also work fine for crawling, but they can make normal trails a little more bouncy and not quite so comfortable. You don't need to worry about articulation, as long as there's enough flex, beyond that the lockers do the work and a little stiffer suspension generally makes the rig more stable which at some point also makes it perform better on the trail. We've learned that if you can fully compress the suspension (to the bumps) when articulating on the trail then it's way to soft for the fast stuff getting to the trail. If you set the whole thing up for the fast stuff and have lockers it still works great on the trail, with very minor compromises.