Hi guys,
On my 1981 Longbed 4x4 I recently upgraded to 31" tires. I still have stock leaf springs and shocks, and was thinking about doing a whole suspension overhaul. I's like to keep it as stock height as possible, and just improve ride comfortability and slightly improve offroad capability. The smallest upgrade i have found in the OME 2" Medium load. Does anyone have any input? I am worried that once it compensates for the worn out leafs i have in right now, I am actually looking at closer to 4" of lift, and I think my tires would look a bit small on that, but i love the way the 31s feel inn terms of power and fuel economy. Will it look disproportionate? Any info would be super appreciated.
Thanks!
Joe

PS i added a photo of what happened to my 30s on the highway that made me get new tires hahah​​​​​​​

 

I have a set of omes waiting to go on. For the money, probably best you can get. You can spend more money and get custom springs. I dont think you can spend less and get anything of equal quality.
i dont remember seeing any non lift springs and theres a lot of crap springs floating around the net that I wouldnt trust especially any chinesium steel made recently.

 

"I's like to keep it as stock height as possible, and just improve ride comfortability and slightly improve offroad capability."
Good luck!!
These older Toys don't have comfortable rides and you can't improve both as far as I know.
The front axle hits the bump stops far too soon to be able to get a soft/supple ride out of the existing suspension, so it will always be a rough ride unless you re-engineer everything.
Your best bet to improve offroad capability is to get better tires. maybe add a rear locker or at least a limited slip.
If you lift it at all you will be adding to bump steer unless you convert to crossover steering. 2 inches might be doable, but the more you go up the worse it gets.