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1 hour ago, Madcow2020 said:

What part of Texas are you in. Come next year. I support the 50 mile run they do each year. We set up a radio station for the furthest out check point.


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I'm curious,  when does this take place? I've been thinking of going to Big ben. 

  Last year went to moab , trying to decide on this years trip 

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If anyone was curious got em installed this past weekend. Install was fairly simple thanks to Madcow for the tips. Height measurements come out at 39.5 (Driver) and 40in (Passenger) from ground to cen

kennerz
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Some of the tuners give you custom spring rates and custom valving for the same price as off the shelf. It's all in what you want or are happy with. You can buy whatever stage top of the line shock an

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If you’re in Texas you can swing by with the big bottle of Gentleman Jack and we’ll do your shocks in a few hours in my driveway. Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I’ll grab some tomorrow. My truck seems to always sit much lower on the driver side so there is a significant difference between passenger and driver. I’ll take a picture of both and label tomorrow.


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[mention=130996]Madcow2020[/mention] mind posting a picture of how thread is showing on the front coilovers.

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Now this is on a Crew Cab, LTZ, 6.2, Regular bed, 4x4, Max Tow truck.

 

It’s a heavy pig.

 

When choosing shocks use a good company that understands the weight of these trucks and will insure you get the correct spring rate. The. First set from Icon had too light of spring and too short of shock travel. These babies are just right.

 

Just a disclaimer I feel needs to be added if your adjusting your ride height take before and after measurements of fender to hub and fender to ground, and use a spring compressor when adjusting the ride height.

 

 

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14 hours ago, Madcow2020 said:

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Now this is on a Crew Cab, LTZ, 6.2, Regular bed, 4x4, Max Tow truck.

 

It’s a heavy pig.

 

When choosing shocks use a good company that understands the weight of these trucks and will insure you get the correct spring rate. The. First set from Icon had too light of spring and too short of shock travel. These babies are just right.

 

Just a disclaimer I feel needs to be added if your adjusting your ride height take before and after measurements of fender to hub and fender to ground, and use a spring compressor when adjusting the ride height.

 

 

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Thanks for these.  I went with the fox 2.5s with DSCs and cognito UCAs for the front and fox 2.0s for the rears.   They should be here this and week and hopefully have them installed in the next week or two.  Just trying to get an idea of how much i needed to adjust before putting on or if i do when i get them in.    I think only difference in our trucks is the max tow option

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Ok then I would try to set them around the same. These are the settings I used to get the Chevy lean out of the truck she sits perfectly level side to side now. Do you know what spring rate you will have?


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On 1/31/2019 at 6:27 AM, Madcow2020 said:

Ok then I would try to set them around the same. These are the settings I used to get the Chevy lean out of the truck she sits perfectly level side to side now. Do you know what spring rate you will have?


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I do not   they came in today and i did not have a chance to fully inspect them.   They are just straight from fox.  Should the spring rate be found on the spring?

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I do not   they came in today and i did not have a chance to fully inspect them.   They are just straight from fox.  Should the spring rate be found on the spring?


There’s a number stamped on the coils


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I do not   they came in today and i did not have a chance to fully inspect them.   They are just straight from fox.  Should the spring rate be found on the spring?

It’ll look like this number.

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It’ll look like this number.

 

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Speaking of just the pic, Does that one say 218 lbs psi?

 

 

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No those are 18 inch springs with a 700 lbs rate



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Hmmmm. Being only a 4.5” lift, mine: 16” 650lbs psi.
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Hmmmm. Being only a 4.5” lift, mine: 16” 650lbs psi.
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They might be 16”. Inch springs on mine it’s been a while. But I for certain have in my notes that they’re 700 lbs spring rate. I don’t have a lift just leveled to about 2.6 inches of lift.


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