Gmoney15

Awesome that's perfect. I should probably get the stock lower arms first just to double check the measure but that setup should be good I'm guessing with stock spindles? Thanks again for the help. I read through this entire thread today I've been looking for a coilover setup forever

TheBeeblebrox

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You should be good with the 4.1" shocks, 2.5x10" springs, and stock spindles/arms for a 3" drop.

Gmoney15

Perfect thank you. That's the info I was figuring would work. Thanks

firebladeJJ

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Has anyone done this for a stock ride height truck?


I'd like a better ride out of my truck while ditching the leaf springs in the back, i imagine some sort of centering device will be needed on the back, pan-hard or watts link. I have a one inch drop on the front with 2 inch on the rear. I like the way it looks plus I'd still be able to drive into the pasture and feed the live stock.

lucas287

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Read through the entire thread and didnt see any mention of this:

My goal is to LIFT my front end about 2-3". 2000 ECSB 2wd. Right now i have 2" lift coil springs that suck. They are way very soft and have forced me to buy real firm shocks. The result leaves a lot to be desired.

Would ditching the coils springs for a coilover setup work for me? Anyone know of a proper combo that will not drop my front end, but rather lift it a couple inches.

I am thinking either the 5.2 or 6.3" will work perfect for me. Desired ride height is 15". This is somewhat out of the ideal range for the 5.2 (11.53-16.73) and the 6.3 (12.63-18.93). Would i need to either increase or decrease my desired ride height to fit into one of these shocks specs better?

I see that Atomic has estimated our trucks to weigh in around 1300-1600 pounds. Does anyone have any hard numbers? I am not planning on canyon carving or auto-crossing obviously. Just want a compliant ride that soaks up everything.

lucas287

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Bump for response.

lucas287

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Will increasing/decreasing ride height via adjusting the spring perch affect the alignment? my mind says yes!

mikeyjm1

Yes it will. Every time you adjust it you'll want to have it checked and adjusted.

BigKID

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If you use a long and stiff enough spring it will do just what your current lift coil springs are doing. Just get under the truck and take some measurements with your current settup and mimic that. Since you are wanting to lift the truck with coilovers, I would use the brackets that bolt in the spring pocket and use an eye for the top mount. That will give you an extra inch or so. Best guess without taking measurements, sticking with RideTech, you'll need the 6.3 or 6.9 with a 14" spring for 2" of lift over stock.
My truck was ~1400lbs per front corner before the coilover swap. Stock springs and shocks are ~30lbs. Coilover assembly is less than 4lbs (wouldn't register on my scale).

lucas287

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I actually just bought some 6.3's. I feel like I might have messed up though. I measured out my ride height at 15". So I figured I would use the procomp eye to stud adapters to bring the extension down from 18.63 to 17.13. This was the perfect set up.

But then I realized I'm thinking about it all wrong. The 1.5" adapter will directly subtract from my ride height, netting me 13.5". Here's the problem, the 6.3 shock has a compressed length of 12.33.

Now I am thinking about using the ridetech stud tops instead and increasingly ride height to 15.25". This will puts at 58% compressed instead of the 40% suggested.

So follow the math here. 18.93-15.25=3.68. 1400 lbs / 3.68"= 380 lb/in. Doesn't this spring rate seen drastically low?