I agree with AK. The best improvement you can do is on the tires. I am old now, and after my high off road mileage I have come to the conclusion that the most effective thing is to put in the biggest most aggressive tires that the stock suspension can handle. (2" lift is OK). But I was 19 once, and then I wanted the looks and to out do my friends. When you start messing up with the suspension, you start measuring your trips by how far you got before you broke something. lol