Any one with kings #550 springs?

About to pull trigger and trying to see if the 550 pound springs got rid of nose dive

 

Worked pretty well for me, i do not have any extra weight in the front though.

 

Me neither, did it get rid of most of the nose dive?

 

Also how much lift did you get out of the box?
I’m only looking for 2 inches

 

Yes it did, and i got 2 1/2” front, with 2” longer springs in the rear.

 

So if I just wanted 2 inches in the front I would just lower adjust the threads correct?

 

Worked well for me too. They settle after a little time, so there will be a little adjusting to get it exactly the height you'd like. After adding some weight, I ended up going with the 700s. If you'll be adding any weight in the near future, I'd think about going a little heavier.

 

no plans to add weight, I’m planning on doing 2 in the front and 1.5 t13 in the rear.

have you had yours rebuilt yet?

 

To be honest, when the truck was stock, I felt there was a hint of nose dive with the 550s as they settled. I haven't had them rebuilt. I was told it's somewhere around 3 years or 40k miles when you need them rebuilt. Of course that depends on how hard you drive. You'll likely install them all the way up and see where it settles, then you can adjust to the height you'd like.

 

You mind posting pics of your stance from the side preferably?

 

What kind of coils are you running in the rear? And can you post pics also of your stance please from the side?

 

I'm running OME mediums in the rear. I recently added a slide/fridge and my dual swing rear bumper will be done soon. I'll definitely go heavier in the rear as well.

 

did you have any lean issues post lift install? If so how did you correct it?

 

Sure, here you go.

 

Thanks mans!

Are you running 285/70/17?

Any cutting or chopping?

also any lean issues?

 

Yes.
Yes, did a bmc and trimed the fenders.
No.

 

Clean!

 

Thanks.

 

so did you need anything else to complete the install? So far I have jba UCAs, wheelers t13 rear coils, and I just pulled trigger for the kings. So no lean issues? No trim packers?

 

Does your truck lean in the first place?

 

I’ve never noticed anything, but I will check tm

 

If you find that you don't have a lean issue in the first place, then don't worry about trim packers.

Also, remember that you have some pretty fine tuning adjustability with the king coilovers. You'll be able to crank one side a little higher than the other should you have some lean in the first place. That will go a long way to correcting most of it.

But measure your truck tomorrow to give us a baseline and we can give you a more complete answer.

 

I did not need them, but i did the uca’s also.

 

awesome, I’ll measure tm. fender to center hub or fender to ground?

 

Cool thanks for the info

 

Your welcome.

 

It doesn't really matter unless you're adding new tires at the same time. If you're just consistent with how you measure, you'll get proper before and after measurements. The standard way is center of hub to bottom of fender though.

You really shouldn't have much lean. The Pro suspension already has a slight offset on the front drivers side strut to level the truck.

 

ok thanks man, I’ll update tm. I appreciate all who have chimed in to help.

 

finally had time to measure, fronts are at 20 1/2 inch, rears are at 22 1/2 inch.

so no lean I guess

 

Sounds good. I wouldn't worry about any shim kit for the rear coils then.

If you put Kings on and want to be perfectly level like you are now, you may need to tighten the drivers side coilover a little more than the passenger side to give you a tiny bit more lift on that side. You'll see when you take off the pro suspension, the spring perch on the drivers side sits a little higher than the passenger side......which lifts the drivers side roughly 0.8" higher.

That's if the lean really concerns you in the first place and need it perfectly level. If you're not OCD about it, just have the coilovers equal height and be done with it.