Powerwagon front suspension and new wheels

huntntruk · Mar 30, 2017

I just installed powerwagon front suspension parts, a steering brace and new shoes. I kept the rear stock. Below is the breakdown.

Mopargiant.com
Front Coils: 68172138AC - $150
Track Bar: 68193870AC - $170

Ebay/4wheelparts
Front Bilstein 5100: 24-251754 - $175

Big D Offroad
Steering Brace - $120

SD Wheel Corp
Eagle Alloy 150 rims - $600
Toyo R/T 285/75R18 tires - $1175
TPMS Sensors - $120

US Wheel Adapters
Hub Rings 121.3/130.18mm - $60

Started with a stock 2016 2500 6.4 Outdoorsman. Firstly the truck looks fantastic and now feels like a monster truck. The suspension is definitely not as soft as I would have thought. I gained about 2" overall with the suspension and 1" with the tires. I am getting it aligned tomorrow and will be able to provide a better feel for it as I think it may get even better. I am as low pressure as i can be with the tires without setting off the TPMS sensor and they ride good. I can feel the lugs sometimes and they do make a little noise but nothing unbearable. If they are pumped up all the way they ride horrible. They rub slightly on the passenger fender liner when I'm turning and flexed out but that is due to my wheels being -4 offset and I hope the alignment will help that slightly. I think the steering brace also helped but I will give a full review post alignment tomorrow. Install was easy on everything and took about 5 hours but I also wasted time because I put the passenger side coil on upside down...oops. Overall I'm in love. It has the exact amount of rack I wanted and rides fantastic. Looking forward to the rest of the modifications.

Here are some pictures.

huntntruk · Mar 30, 2017

Here are some more pictures for the time being. Once the weather turns I will get some better shots.

R/T_Fire · Mar 30, 2017

What was the over cost upgrade on this vs going with someone like Carli or Thuren ( not sure he has hemi springs though)

I don't know the diff on a PW spring and a stock spring or a off the shelf lift spring, just curious

huntntruk · Mar 30, 2017

The powerwagon stuff saved me about $350-400 vs going to Thuren and a lot more than that going to Carli. I knew what I was getting with the power wagon stuff and being OEM I was more than happy and didn't need to go aftermarket.

huntntruk · Mar 30, 2017

The powerwagon springs are a little softer than stock 2500 springs but stiffer than thuren and carli.

HvyDuty · Mar 30, 2017

Great job and awesome truck!

I plan to do pretty much the same mods but including the PW control arms.

WaterBoy1 · Mar 31, 2017

This is exactly what I was looking to do to mine! Thanks for including your parts list!

I'm just curious, I'm surprised the tires are rubbing, you mentioned your offset, what offset would be better? Just asking because I was also looking at going with 35s

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huntntruk · Mar 31, 2017

I think something with a little more positive offset would be ideal. +12 to +20mm maybe. I will update after my alignment today and let you know if it changed anything. If not I will have to take a heat gun to the fender liner and mold it a bit.

HvyDuty · Mar 31, 2017

Here are the part numbers for the Power Wagon front control arms if anyone else is interested :

4877283AF

4877282AF

huntntruk · Mar 31, 2017

HvyDuty said:
Here are the part numbers for the Power Wagon front control arms if anyone else is interested :

4877283AF

4877282AF

Thanks for the numbers. What benefit do those provide? Or are those the radius arms? Maybe if I am feeling rich one day I will make the swap. The spring bow in my setup is very slight and not much worse than the original.

R/T_Fire · Mar 31, 2017

huntntruk said:
The powerwagon stuff saved me about $350-400 vs going to Thuren and a lot more than that going to Carli. I knew what I was getting with the power wagon stuff and being OEM I was more than happy and didn't need to go aftermarket.

That's a decent chunk, I was just curious on the difference for someone who wasn't looking for a crazy offroader, but just looking for a budget oriented upgrade.

HvyDuty · Mar 31, 2017

huntntruk said:
Thanks for the numbers. What benefit do those provide? Or are those the radius arms? Maybe if I am feeling rich one day I will make the swap. The spring bow in my setup is very slight and not much worse than the original.

They allow for better articulation offroad. I see they are going for around $200 each online.

reloaderguy · Mar 31, 2017

huntntruk said:
I just installed powerwagon front suspension parts, a steering brace and new shoes. I kept the rear stock. Below is the breakdown.

Mopargiant.com
Front Coils: 68172138AC - $150
Track Bar: 68193870AC - $170

Ebay/4wheelparts
Front Bilstein 5100: 24-251754 - $175

Big D Offroad
Steering Brace - $120

SD Wheel Corp
Eagle Alloy 150 rims - $600
Toyo R/T 285/75R18 tires - $1175
TPMS Sensors - $120

US Wheel Adapters
Hub Rings 121.3/130.18mm - $60

Started with a stock 2016 2500 6.4 Outdoorsman. Firstly the truck looks fantastic and now feels like a monster truck. The suspension is definitely not as soft as I would have thought. I gained about 2" overall with the suspension and 1" with the tires. I am getting it aligned tomorrow and will be able to provide a better feel for it as I think it may get even better. I am as low pressure as i can be with the tires without setting off the TPMS sensor and they ride good. I can feel the lugs sometimes and they do make a little noise but nothing unbearable. If they are pumped up all the way they ride horrible. They rub slightly on the passenger fender liner when I'm turning and flexed out but that is due to my wheels being -4 offset and I hope the alignment will help that slightly. I think the steering brace also helped but I will give a full review post alignment tomorrow. Install was easy on everything and took about 5 hours but I also wasted time because I put the passenger side coil on upside down...oops. Overall I'm in love. It has the exact amount of rack I wanted and rides fantastic. Looking forward to the rest of the modifications.

Here are some pictures.

Those shocks are valved for a diesel truck. The OE PW shocks should be less stiff.

huntntruk · Mar 31, 2017

Yea I thought they may be a little too stiff. May replace them down the road with something a little better.

GsRAM · Apr 1, 2017

Looks great, nice work!

rgregg08 · Apr 3, 2017

Looks good!

huntntruk · Apr 4, 2017

Some more pictures of the black badges and headlights.

Will Ram 2500 · Apr 4, 2017

huntntruk said:
Some more pictures of the black badges and headlights.

This is my favorite truck on the forum now. Looks amazing!

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