King oem replacement series

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I currently have a ready lift sst level/lift kit raised front 2.5 and rear 1.75"
I am looking to upgrade stock shocks with the king oem shocks. Should I remove front level since the Kings ride height is adjustable and leave the rear as it is and just replace strut with the king ?? Any input is greatly appreciated !!
 

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Yes, remove the front leveling kit, with the coilover you can raise the front more than 2.5 even. Yes it's 0-2.5 but I guess 0 with king is 1" height from factory height, that is my experience with Icons and Radflo, with the rear keep the leveling kit with kings. My advice when you order your shocks give a comment for your driving style and where you are goin to use the shocks, the height as well. Good luck with kings, I never use them before.
 

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Yes, remove the front leveling kit, with the coilover you can raise the front more than 2.5 even. Yes it's 0-2.5 but I guess 0 with king is 1" height from factory height, that is my experience with Icons and Radflo, with the rear keep the leveling kit with kings. My advice when you order your shocks give a comment for your driving style and where you are goin to use the shocks, the height as well. Good luck with kings, I never use them before.

Hey what's your experience with the Icons? I want to do the stage 3 kit with the UCAs on my truck.
 

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Just my opinion on king stuff in general, not just the OEM Replacement Stuff. Had multiple different shocks from King, Coilovers, Bypass, Airshocks, Bumpstops all great stuff.Only bad thing I have to say is the coating on them does not do so well with road salt so If you live in a snowy Climate I would pay the extra $100 to get them coated direct from King.
 
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thank you all for the advice I am in Wisconsin so I'd prob need them coated
 
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Yes, remove the front leveling kit, with the coilover you can raise the front more than 2.5 even. Yes it's 0-2.5 but I guess 0 with king is 1" height from factory height, that is my experience with Icons and Radflo, with the rear keep the leveling kit with kings. My advice when you order your shocks give a comment for your driving style and where you are goin to use the shocks, the height as well. Good luck with kings, I never use them before.

how do you like your suspension set up??
 

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I currently have a ready lift sst level/lift kit raised front 2.5 and rear 1.75"

I am looking to upgrade stock shocks with the king oem shocks. Should I remove front level since the Kings ride height is adjustable and leave the rear as it is and just replace strut with the king ?? Any input is greatly appreciated !!


Damn that looks nice, whats the price on that setup


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I actually looked it up recently, it's about $2200 for the front and rear.


Thats not bad at all, just added another option to when i replace my shocks lol, first idea was the fox shocks, then i added icons and radflo into the options, now these dammit lol


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Thats not bad at all, just added another option to when i replace my shocks lol, first idea was the fox shocks, then i added icons and radflo into the options, now these dammit lol


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I'm in the same boat wanting to do a "tame" ramrunner right now until I have more funds available to do all of the other crazy **** lol.
 

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I'm in the same boat wanting to do a "tame" ramrunner right now until I have more funds available to do all of the other crazy **** lol.


Ya thats what i want to do also, keep it looking stock leveled with killer suspension to handle all the bush roads i do, fox now offers the 2.5 series for our trucks at about 3g's for all four with dual compression adjustment, about 2200 without, so seems like king, fox, icon and radflo are all priced similar so its a tough call, sorry to the op for highjacking but i wouldve never known about the kings, and yes im 4wd


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Ya thats what i want to do also, keep it looking stock leveled with killer suspension to handle all the bush roads i do, fox now offers the 2.5 series for our trucks at about 3g's for all four with dual compression adjustment, about 2200 without, so seems like king, fox, icon and radflo are all priced similar so its a tough call, sorry to the op for highjacking but i wouldve never known about the kings, and yes im 4wd


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What I'm thinking right now is doing the king coilovers and shocks, and doing the icon UCA's and rear springs (along with the fiberwerx fenders and n-fab runner bumper). Should serve me well until I can afford to get the pure performance kit to finish out the rest haha.
 
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It's mostly going to be desert, dunes, and trails.


Then do my set,
Radflo Coilovers and shocks
Icon rear spring coils with 1.5" lift
Total Chaos UCAs but not necessary

When you order don't forget to mention high speed desert driving.

Good luck
 
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