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Cleared my 34s with no problem. I get a little rub on the plastic and felt liner but that's it.

Looks great, thanks for reporting back! What offset are you running on those wheels?

 

I'm assuming you put your Kings at roughly 3"?

 

 

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Looks great, thanks for reporting back! What offset are you running on those wheels?

 

I'm assuming you put your Kings at roughly 3"?

 

 

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I think I set the a hair over 3" I spun the coil nut down 6 turns. They say 5 turns gets you 1" and they apparently give you 2" of lift right out of the box without adjusting.

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I think I set the a hair over 3" I spun the coil nut down 6 turns. They say 5 turns gets you 1" and they apparently give you 2" of lift right out of the box without adjusting.

Did you have to take the ball joint/spindle apart to fit the new coilover in there? I put my Cognito UCA in there and realized I should have put the strut in first because now I'm having a helluva time jamming it in there

 

 

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Did you have to take the ball joint/spindle apart to fit the new coilover in there? I put my Cognito UCA in there and realized I should have put the strut in first because now I'm having a helluva time jamming it in there

 

 

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You can take out and put the coilover back in without removing the uca from the spindle. The coilover will drop straight down through the hole in the LCA, so just make sure your truck is high enough up off the ground

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You can take out and put the coilover back in without removing the uca from the spindle. The coilover will drop straight down through the hole in the LCA, so just make sure your truck is high enough up off the ground

It must have been the new UCAs. I had to drop the spindle down to the bottom of the ball joint nut. I couldn't get it fitted with the right top angle or the bottom up high enough without that.

 

 

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I think I set the a hair over 3" I spun the coil nut down 6 turns. They say 5 turns gets you 1" and they apparently give you 2" of lift right out of the box without adjusting.

Did you adjust them while they were on the truck, or take them off and use a vise (like the picture on their included instruction sheet)?

 

Also, can you share what offset you are running? I'm getting ready to order wheels and tires.

 

 

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Did you adjust them while they were on the truck, or take them off and use a vise (like the picture on their included instruction sheet)?

 

Also, can you share what offset you are running? I'm getting ready to order wheels and tires.

 

 

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You have to adjust them off the truck in a wall mounted vice, there's no way around that. I first tried the auto parts store little shitty compressor and it wouldn't even fit in between the coils.

 

Did you already buy your kings? I ask because after dealing with all this shit I would say they are not worth it if you don't need the reservoir. The reservoir just gets in the way and that's why you can't adjust them while they are on the truck.

 

I have the Method grid wheels with a 0 offset

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You have to adjust them off the truck in a wall mounted vice, there's no way around that. I first tried the auto parts store little shitty compressor and it wouldn't even fit in between the coils.

 

Did you already buy your kings? I ask because after dealing with all this shit I would say they are not worth it if you don't need the reservoir. The reservoir just gets in the way and that's why you can't adjust them while they are on the truck.

 

I have the Method grid wheels with a 0 offset

A wall mounted vice or wall mounted spring compressor? The directions provided are a bit conflicting, but it states that coilovers with reservoirs do need to be removed from the vehicle due to limited room (as you said, the reservoir hose gets in the way). It looks like it could be done with a heavy duty bench vise though.

 

Yep, I already got mine and the fronts are on. I currently have them at the height they came at (I think 2") but before I get new tires I'm going to put them at 3" and replace the rear block.

 

 

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For reference, the adjustment directions that came with them. First page shows a wall mounted compressor. Second/third pages show a bench vise.

 

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For reference, the adjustment directions that came with them. First page shows a wall mounted compressor. Second/third pages show a bench vise.e8ddcb2a26ba4cd54cb7e522ac054e4a.jpg52d8aabfc8be596c0577126c308c56b5.jpg1a917c42ceae0a546fc7427b1b8af034.jpg

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I don't see this being done with a bench vice, you have to compress the coils some how and there's no way you're spinning the nut down with the full load of the coils on the nut.

 

Now when you go to spin the collar make sure the hose is not pressed up against the collar or else you'll end up taking a chunk out of the hose like I did. I had to crack the hose fitting loose and spin the fitting 45 degrees so it's away from the collar

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I don't see this being done with a bench vice, you have to compress the coils some how and there's no way you're spinning the nut down with the full load of the coils on the nut.

 

Now when you go to spin the collar make sure the hose is not pressed up against the collar or else you'll end up taking a chunk out of the hose like I did. I had to crack the hose fitting loose and spin the fitting 45 degrees so it's away from the collar

Thanks, that's really good to know. It was far from the main reason I bought these, but I was under the impression these could be adjusted either on the vehicle or at least without having to take them into a shop. So that's a bit disappointing.

 

I really appreciate the tips on the reservoir hose. Was it hard to crack the fitting loose?

 

 

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Thanks, that's really good to know. It was far from the main reason I bought these, but I was under the impression these could be adjusted either on the vehicle or at least without having to take them into a shop. So that's a bit disappointing.

I really appreciate the tips on the reservoir hose. Was it hard to crack the fitting loose?

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No problem, the hose was easy to crack, it's an 11/16th nut and a little fluid leaked when I did it but not more then a few drops. The reason you can't do it on the truck is because they don't give you a spammer wrench so you can't get enough torque on the coil nut. The little "stick" they give you just bends when you try and turn it.

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On 5/25/2017 at 10:02 AM, Bushleaguechew said:

According to fox for their 2.5 coilover every 2 turns is equal to 1/4 of lift, and the spring should measure 11.3 inches unloaded for 3" of lift. Not sure if king is exactly the same, but it's a reference point.

 

Email king support they'll be more than happy to answer those questions for you

 

 

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Did fox tell you this ?

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