King Coilover Shocks Installed

Clocked92 · September 2, 2014

Yes! finally someone put aftermarket coilovers on. I wanna put Fox shocks on my truck when I get it.

Ultra1994 · September 2, 2014

My factory wheels are 5.72" back spacing, camburg says a maximum of 4.75". So a 1" spacer would put me at 4.72", should work...in theory. It does pain me to put something as cheap as a wheel spacer on a 50,000 truck. But I actually like the stock wheels and can't justify spending another couple g's on wheels and tires.

On another note, did you cut anything on the bottom control arm in order to get maximum travel? Or remove sway bar?

never_rested_24-7 · September 2, 2014

My truck has the aluminium control arms and camburg does make a upper for it, I'm going to have to run a icon upper control arm but I'm still on the fence about running king, fox, or icon coilovers. What do you guys think?

never_rested_24-7 · September 2, 2014

So guys what do you think kings, fox or icon?

Ultra1994 · September 3, 2014

I ordered 1.75" spacers so I don't have to cut my lugs, hopefully my wheels don't stick out too far.

King, fox, saw, icon...they are all good. Just pick your color. I personally like king and fox, and got a good deal on fox so that's what I went with. I'm not sure of the valving of each shock, I'm sure each company valves their oem coilovers just a tad more firm or soft. I would imagine that info would be hard to get out of the manufacturers though.

never_rested_24-7 · September 5, 2014

Well here is my truck with the Fuel Maverick 20x9 +1 offset sporting the factory 275/55/20 tires I'm having the hardest time deciding on the ICON setup or KING with ICON Uniball uppers.

thrasher2010 · November 2, 2014

Well here is my truck with the Fuel Maverick 20x9 +1 offset sporting the factory 275/55/20 tires I'm having the hardest time deciding on the ICON setup or KING with ICON Uniball uppers.

On my last truck (2010 GMC Sierra 2w/d 1500) I had fix Coilovers non res and cognito uniball upper control arms.. I loved it.. I am going to the same to my current 2014 silverado as soon as I get some more $$$$..

GreyGhostZ71 · November 8, 2014

On my last truck (2010 GMC Sierra 2w/d 1500) I had fix Coilovers non res and cognito uniball upper control arms.. I loved it.. I am going to the same to my current 2014 silverado as soon as I get some more $$$$..

Just did that set up on mine..

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Clocked92 · December 4, 2014

If I wanna put Fox Coilovers on my truck, can I just use the coilovers to level it, or do I still need to purchase a leveling kit such as the 2.5" RC level and then just replace my factory coilovers with Fox?

I'm also going to go with either Fox 2.0's or 2.5's in the rear but I realize that won't give me any lift, I'd need a new block correct?

Aldila · December 4, 2014

Just did that set up on mine..

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Looks awesome. Do u have part numbers for the fox's and cognitos?

thrasher2010 · December 5, 2014

If I wanna put Fox Coilovers on my truck, can I just use the coilovers to level it, or do I still need to purchase a leveling kit such as the 2.5" RC level and then just replace my factory coilovers with Fox?

I'm also going to go with either Fox 2.0's or 2.5's in the rear but I realize that won't give me any lift, I'd need a new block correct?

To answer your ??, you won't need to use the leveling kit as the coilovers will level/lift the truck.. It gives you about 2-2.5" of lift depending on what the setting is one the coilover, you could go a little higher to 3".. Also depending on which fox coilover you with, you might have to get new upper control arms... I had the exact same setup on my last truck .. I am going to do it to my 2014 Chevy if and when I get some more $$$$$$...

giotunac · December 5, 2014

Just did that set up on mine..

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How was the UCA fitment with the stock 20' rims? Great setup.

& Anyone found any good deals on Fox Shocks? Best deals I can find so far is 10% off on AutoAnything.

thrasher2010 · December 5, 2014

Try looking at off-road warehouse,, talk to Don... When I ordered mine I got a great deal on both front and rear fox stuff.. I got the fox 2.0 rear and front 2.0 for like 780 shipped.. Also look on there eBay website.

Spurshot · December 5, 2014

OK, so I took the leap too. Got them installed a week or so ago. I did the work myself. Went with RC UCAs first and found out they were crap and wouldn't allow full camber/caster adjustment, so I returned them. I ended up with Cognitos at the recommendation of the sales guy at King. King is down the road a bit from my work. I put in all 4 shocks. The ride is phenomenal. Better than any of my past trucks equipped with Bilsteins. The more I drive it the better I like it. One of the best mods I've done to this truck. The Cognito UCAs clear my factory 18x8.5, 5.5" backspace rims and 305/60 tires. You guys definitely need to save all your lunch money for this mod.

Spurshot · December 5, 2014

Just did that set up on mine..

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I noticed you left the down stop on the frame under the UCA. The instructions from Cognito that came with mine said to cut out the down stops to allow more travel. So, I did it.