Before & after pics.....rear spring question

turnleftandgasit · Nov 23, 2014

Before is day I bought it, 9000 miles. Badges were gone within a few hrs. Love how it turned out. Going 275/65/20 for tires. Got to make it thru Christmas with the ones that are on it.

Now the rear coil question.......Lifting the front shifted weight to the rear, and the front coilovers have a different spring rate than stock. It doesn't handle bad, but the rear feels "soft" to me. Not sag soft, but feels like it compresses quicker or "softer". I don't want to raise the rear, but has anyone swapped out stock springs for aftermarket stock height springs? Thinking about calling fox or Eibach (made springs on the coilovers) and seeing what they have to offer? Thoughts/experiences?

magz · Nov 24, 2014

I am looking to do the same thing as you. Love the look of your truck! :favorites13:

COPPERHED DAVE · Nov 24, 2014

http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/coil-springs-hd/dodge

turnleftandgasit · Nov 24, 2014

COPPERHED DAVE said:
Dodge Coil Springs, Dodge Heavy Duty Coil Spring

Anybody have experience with these springs?

turnleftandgasit · Nov 24, 2014

UPDATE......Love the truck set up like this.........eats up traffic calming devices like they are marshmallows. Still seems soft in the rear, but that isn't a complaint, just the fact that I have raced, and trained myself to pickup on the feelings of the vehicle I am driving. Can't say the average driver would even notice it.

No wobble, shimmy, creaks, groans, squeaks or anything else to report.

turnleftandgasit · Nov 24, 2014

magz said:
I am looking to do the same thing as you. Love the look of your truck!

FYI, this is the most EXPENSIVE way to do a leveling kit, but........IT ROCKS.

I found the UCAs on here for half price......used less than 1000 miles
Found the 4 foxes for a grand. (online)
It is well worth it in my opinion.

h2oman · Nov 24, 2014

Truck looks great. Eibach makes badass springs. Give them a call.

turnleftandgasit · Nov 24, 2014

h2oman said:
Truck looks great. Eibach makes badass springs. Give them a call.

Eibach has nothing offered. They did do some research on rear springs for the Ram, but they were looking at lowered heights.

Sent a email to Fox, will see what comes of that.

JCARTER7 · Nov 24, 2014

Truck looks great. Badass stance.

turnleftandgasit · Dec 18, 2015

13 months since the suspension upgrade, 60,000 miles, switched to LT275/65/20 Cooper AT3 40,000 miles ago from 2nd set of stock Goodyears, truck has 140,000 on it now:

Love the front coils, and UCA's. Tire wear has been spot on with oil changes and tire rotation every 6 weeks. I haul ALOT of wood, over loaded ALOT and I have blown one of the rear foxes. Can't really give them much grief, as it is 60,000 miles and many loads on the bump stops.

Has anyone ran the springs listed above in this post? Think I am gonna try them, along with another set of foxes. Would love to have the 2.5's, but 900 bucks for shocks ain't gonna happen any time soon.

turnleftandgasit · Dec 18, 2015

Ordered the 35% HD variable rate spring, stock ride height, and a pair of 5100's.

PassivAggressor · Dec 18, 2015

Nice truck! Maybe check out Icon Suspension too. They have some stuff for our trucks.

turnleftandgasit · Dec 28, 2016

Truck has 193xxx on it now. AT3 tires now have around 92xxx miles on them and going strong. Rotate every 6000 miles. They will make 100000 before being replaced. Still quiet.

Markcuda · Dec 28, 2016

Truck has 193xxx on it now.

Is that "one hundred and ninety three thousand" miles?

novelmike · Dec 29, 2016

How did those rear coil springs work out for you? My truck has airbags in the rear coils. And while I only keep a couple psi in them, the do effect the ride some. Stiffens it up a tad.

I also have the Fox shocks front and rear. Just put them on a few weeks ago. Love them! The Bilstein shocks are no match for the Fox shocks on or off road!

Why did you buy new shocks for the rear after you blew one out? Why not just get them rebuilt? I think Fox only charges $75 for a complete shock rebuild.

HowBoutDemPhillies · Dec 30, 2016

Icons highly recommended!

Ferro · Dec 30, 2016

What ACAs are those.

turnleftandgasit · Apr 9, 2017

Update on suspension and tires. Truck now has 208,000 miles. Fox coil overs have 130000. ACA are from Zone. Cooper AT3 tires now have 107000 miles and still show 5 thousands tread and I am ready to replace them. Rotate every 6000 miles.

I have blown one of the coil overs, and lower ball joints are in need of replacement. Front axle assembly was done at 190,000. Even though the inner and outer tie rods and the upper ball joints are still tight, we are replacing them anyway, as we are already there. I hate paying labor twice.

Rear fox shocks shot craps around 60,000 miles and I replaced them with Bilstein 5100's at the same time I put the SD stock height 35% overload springs on. I am perfectly happy with them.

I haul a lot of wood and regularly load the truck till the bump stops are almost on the axle.

Thinking about putting the 2.5 fox coil overs on instead of the 2.0.

What do you all think about getting 130,000 miles out of the Fox 2.0 coil overs? A lot of or not enough miles out of them for the money?

Rzrman328 · Apr 9, 2017

turnleftandgasit said:
Truck now has 208,000 miles.

You may have the highest miles with a 5.7 4th gen on the forum.....congrats lol

turnleftandgasit · Apr 9, 2017

Truck has been a warrior. In the first 190,000 miles, besides wear items, I replaced a coil pack. Uses no oil on 6000 mile oil changes and burns 30 dollars of gas a day.

Before & after pics.....rear spring question

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