Two inches sounds simple until you price the shocks, springs and geometry fixes. Matching a kit to how you actually drive.
Two inches sounds like a shopping decision until you price the shocks, springs, extended brake lines and the geometry fixes that stop a lift chewing your tyres. Terrafirma and Old Man Emu bracket the sensible market — one on value, one on precision — and choosing between them is really about being honest about how the truck is used.
A lift is a system, not a pair of springs. Raise the body and you change the angle of the propshafts, the reach of the brake hoses, the geometry of the radius arms and the travel the dampers must control. A proper kit accounts for all of it with matched shocks, correct-rate springs and the small parts — dislocation cones, extended lines, castor correction — that make it drive right rather than just sit tall.
Terrafirma is the budget-friendly, wide-range choice: kits for every model, a firmer ride and a price that leaves money for tyres and protection. For lighter use, weekend trails and the owner who values coverage over the last word in ride quality, it is a lot of capability for the outlay — just buy the matched kit, not a mix of loose parts.
OME costs more and rewards it with springs rate-matched to your actual load and dampers valved to suit, which shows on the road as a Land Rover that still feels planted rather than pogo-like. If you carry weight, tow, or spend long days at speed on rough roads, the extra outlay buys composure the budget kit cannot. Buy to your real, everyday load — not the maximum you carry twice a year.
Match the spring rate to your load, not the biggest number on the shelf. Over-sprung for an empty truck rides worse than standard and wears the dampers — the "heavy duty" option is only right if you actually run heavy.
A lift you tuned to your load beats a bigger lift you copied from a forum.
Dimitar Kolev · Off-Road Build Lead
Book it into the Ram Parts workshop, or order the parts and do it yourself — either way you get the same advice.
