lift kit reviews and recommendations needed

Because motor vehicles are made for the masses in a one size fits all format and to a price point ( not best possible option) people then modify the vehicle to improve certain aspects to suit their own personal requirements

Thanks Alby, too true, and especially with ours being the top of the range model. The suspension on the basic model probably ok for towing say, but rough as guts when empty.
Now this does not just count for the Isuzu all the rest are the same.

luggy quite often when companies spend there money they don't offer a very good suspension package or take in account that it may be used off road and a simple thing like a 50mm lift can stop a vehicle from getting damaged unnecessarily. Also they quite often fail to recognise that when you load your vehicle up with people and gear the rear sags and the car quite often looses it's handling capabilities. After market suspension if set up correctly will still offer a comfortable ride when empty and not compromise handling also cope when the vehicle is loaded still making if safe to drive.

Luggy mate you have to remember one thing.

No matter the manufacturer...they want to make as much as they possibly can out of selling something....so they keep costs low on items where they can.

Some manufacturers are far more guilty of this than others....but they all do it.

This is why there are so many after market products that DO perform better than factory fitted.

Almost without exception factory shock absorbers are poor compared to even modest after market items.

Clutches likewise..the modest after market items are mostly better than the factory standard.

Then you come to springs.....unless you are buying a top spec fancy machine the springs in 4wds are fairly ordinary...good improvements can be had from even fairly modest aftermarket springs.

Oh and then you have the issue that sooo many of our "4wds" are marketed squarely at the SUV market and the majority of them never go off road or tow anything...so they are softly suspended and low to the ground.
Mrs Soccer mum, wants a nice soft ride and does not want to carry a ladder to get in and out of the urban combat unit.

cheers