1223vt rear coils on a stock ride height warlock?

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Hey guys! The current goal is to fix the poor and soft rear ride quality from the factory on my 21 classic warlock 4x4
I want to install biltstien 5100s and tuftruck coils. I already confirmed with tuftruck that the 1223vt will fit. They say the warlock gets its one inch lift from different spring perch not actually different springs.
The thing is im torn between 1223v and vt model. I would definitely like the 1.5 rear lift but Im not ready to lift the front with biltstiens yet. Im afraid it will look or even drive silly.
Worst case scenario I get the no lift coils and wait till next year when im ready to do the front. They seem to have a good resale value on Facebook i would probably eat 50 to 100 dollars but thats not a big deal.
But ideally I would order the 1223vt the first time around if maybe someone that has done this before would say that it didnt make a huge difference in height.

Thanks for the help everyone!
 

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just ordered the rear biltstiens from rock auto. back in stock now was out of stock last week. will wait until I level the front to get the 1223vt so it doesnt look silly.
 

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This dude did 5100's front at max with TT 1223VT rear. He says he gained 1" out of the setup in the rear, he has a 2019 Warlock.

It's weird he got a lift in the back with those springs as i thought the Warlocks were already 1" taller than stock, so is that 1" taller front only? or front AND rear ? compared to a standard RAM 1500?

Do you know if you have 1" rear spacers factory ?
 
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This dude did 5100's front at max with TT 1223VT rear. He says he gained 1" out of the setup in the rear, he has a 2019 Warlock.

It's weird he got a lift in the back with those springs as i thought the Warlocks were already 1" taller than stock, so is that 1" taller front only? or front AND rear ? compared to a standard RAM 1500?

Do you know if you have 1" rear spacers factory ?
according to tuftruck the difference is in the spring perch, which makes sense because it allows ram to use the same damn coils and shocks across the whole classic ram lineup
 

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according to tuftruck the difference is in the spring perch, which makes sense because it allows ram to use the same damn coils and shocks across the whole classic ram lineup
I think that's for the front. but the rear springs should be different ?
See here from a Warlock owner, @j-b
We were discusing the same thing, so i'm totally confused as to why the other dude says he gained 1" with those TT 1223VT coils. He shouldn't have gained anything.
 

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I think that's for the front. but the rear springs should be different ?
See here from a Warlock owner, @j-b
We were discusing the same thing, so i'm totally confused as to why the other dude says he gained 1" with those TT 1223VT coils. He shouldn't have gained anything.


There's so much confusion on these trucks and You'll never get a straight answer from Ram. So the warlocks are lifted from the factory with a .7" strut perch lift on the front - That is the same as Bilstein 5100's set at .7. The rear is lifted via Ram HD springs. These can range from .75" of lift to almost 2". It seems that it depends on if you had a Wednesday truck or a Friday truck... lol. the lift is achieved by suspension only. I have around 1.5-1.75" of rear lift out of my factory warlock. However mine is a early 2019 build
 
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wow rock auto shipping to Canada is exceptionally fast this time! ordered friday morning was here at 1pm today!
faster and cheaper than amazon haha

will report back Saturday after I finish installing them. cant wait!!!
 

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Anyone have any info or realworld experience with installing the bilsteins and 1223vt coils in the warlock yet??!
 

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I wonder if the 1" higher is the same as the earlier trucks where they said additional 1" higher ride height.
My 2016 Outdoorsman said the same thing, but so did many Big Horn's, etc.
 
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