Amastro46
Member
Hey guys,
So I am beginning my long road of research as to which route I want to go as far as light suspension upgrade. I have a 2013 ram 1500 sport, 4x4. I have fabricated a tube front bumper with a winch and roof rack. I believe there two additions add around 400 pounds, maybe a bit more. I also have a 17 foot travel trailer, that when I have my gear in it, but no water, weighs around 4000 pounds, 450 tongue weight. With gear in my truck, we can assume I have a load of around 1000 pounds. This is not every day that I have this set up though, generally I will just have an additional 100 pounds of tools in my bed. Soo let's keep it simple and say 600 pounds of payload as the daily drive.
My front end sags a bit with the added weight of the bumper (220ish pounds). Let me preface the following with I am not a suspension expert. Anyways, my control arms sit almost parallel to the floor, maybe 15 degrees from flat. I have also installed the air lift 1000 rear spring helpers. These things work great when I am fully loaded and it is easy to make the truck sit flat. I also have a leveling kit (not sure which one, as previous owner installed it). So all in all the truck rides fine and sits level, load or unloaded.
I want to replace my coilover and might as well get those rear piggyback shocks to improve performance. I have been looking at the king oem 2.5 package. My questions are as follow: with a coilover kit like the King, or any other one (icon, radflo, fox, billstein) will I be able to bring that front end back up and regain some of the travel? Do these kits affect towing in a negative fashion? What kind of recommendations do you guys have for setting up the suspension. It seems like some people are of the mentality that "if you get those, then you might as well get these, and if you get those, get these too." I'm not trying to build a prerunner but I would love something that rides super plush and gives me some more travel.
I appreciate the time everyone, and I hope you can help shed some light and knowledge on my questions!!
So I am beginning my long road of research as to which route I want to go as far as light suspension upgrade. I have a 2013 ram 1500 sport, 4x4. I have fabricated a tube front bumper with a winch and roof rack. I believe there two additions add around 400 pounds, maybe a bit more. I also have a 17 foot travel trailer, that when I have my gear in it, but no water, weighs around 4000 pounds, 450 tongue weight. With gear in my truck, we can assume I have a load of around 1000 pounds. This is not every day that I have this set up though, generally I will just have an additional 100 pounds of tools in my bed. Soo let's keep it simple and say 600 pounds of payload as the daily drive.
My front end sags a bit with the added weight of the bumper (220ish pounds). Let me preface the following with I am not a suspension expert. Anyways, my control arms sit almost parallel to the floor, maybe 15 degrees from flat. I have also installed the air lift 1000 rear spring helpers. These things work great when I am fully loaded and it is easy to make the truck sit flat. I also have a leveling kit (not sure which one, as previous owner installed it). So all in all the truck rides fine and sits level, load or unloaded.
I want to replace my coilover and might as well get those rear piggyback shocks to improve performance. I have been looking at the king oem 2.5 package. My questions are as follow: with a coilover kit like the King, or any other one (icon, radflo, fox, billstein) will I be able to bring that front end back up and regain some of the travel? Do these kits affect towing in a negative fashion? What kind of recommendations do you guys have for setting up the suspension. It seems like some people are of the mentality that "if you get those, then you might as well get these, and if you get those, get these too." I'm not trying to build a prerunner but I would love something that rides super plush and gives me some more travel.
I appreciate the time everyone, and I hope you can help shed some light and knowledge on my questions!!