Riptide's latest assessment on Vancompass lift and suspension mods:
https://sprinter-source.com/forum/showpost.php?p=580493&postcount=21
Need further info re Riptide's wheels/tires sizes
https://sprinter-source.com/forum/showpost.php?p=581517&postcount=6)
and handling on-road in windy conditions.
Yep, very happy with the new suspension and lift as a whole. Because I did it all at once, I am not sure which part is my favorite.
The extra clearance was very helpful, as that dang propane tank, lying right in the middle of the vehicle, always gives me pause. On our recent trip to CO, I wanted to explore dirt roads as much as possible, and disperse camp when we could. One evening, it was getting late, and we were driving up a forest service road that had dispersed camping along its length. But, being the weekend, many of the sites were already claimed by evening. So, we pushed on up the road. Finally I spotted a site that looked promising, but the path to it dropped over a bit of a lip. I scouted it out, and against my wife's wished, we dropped over and down to the site. Very scenic.
I noted a Land Rover camped out about 50 yards from us, kitted out for overloading with winch, and reasoned that if I needed to, I could call on him for some assistance the next morning.
Except the next morning, while still in bed, I hear him leaving, and getting stuck on that lip. He eventually made it, but now my Plan B was gone.
After breakfast, I scouted out the path back to the main road; it was a little steeper than I remember it from the previous night. I put the girls on the road with an FRS radio, to tell me if someone was coming, because once I got a head of steam up, I wasn't stopping. I shut off the ASR, got a good running start, and she charged right up and over the lip. The extra clearance is great, and the Sumo's prevented any harsh hits when I hit the lip.
As far as tires, the BFG KO2's are great. Not noisy at all on the highway for an AT tire, and they have done well in the snow on my Land Cruiser. 245/75R16; minor rubbing on one front mudflap, I still gotta get down there with a heat gun and mold it back a little...
Can't show pix because the stupid site always puts the pictures in upside down. So then I reformat the pictures upside down, re-upload, and guess what? They stay upside down. I don't get it...