Rough country 2" N3 coilovers review

[hunterdan]

Friday I had a of 2" leveling N3 coilovers from rough country installed along with a set of 1.5" rear coil spacers and had an alignment done. I've put probably 100-150 miles on it since and so far, I'm happy to say the ride is excellent. It feels similar to stock. I've had spacer lifts before on several vehicles and a set of rancho quick lift struts on my silverado. These ride the best of anything thus far. Are they bilstein's? No. But for a drop in replacement strut offering 2" of lift without the need for a spring compressor, you can't beat them. With the spacers on previous trucks, you could feel the suspension run out of droop on bigger bumps. My silverado was terrible with the Ranchos (even with corrected upper control arms). My tundra was barely any better with 2.5" front spacers. I'd not hesitate to buy these again, I'd probably even consider going with the 3" with a set of upper control arms and 2" rear spacer. Ride in the rear feels the same as factory, absolutely no detectable difference. Will the N3's hold up, hopefully. If I get 50k miles out of them, I'd consider that reasonable for a set of $330 coilovers. Initial measurements after knst showed 2.5" of lift in the front and about 1.25" in the rear. Not sure why the rear wasn't a full 1.5". Fronts were dead even on both sides, and rear was slightly lower on driver side.
Last picture was at stock height.

 

[Midknight]

Glad these are working for you. Make sure to do some follow up posts as you put more miles on them. Always good to have some real world results.

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Friday I had a of 2" leveling N3 coilovers from rough country installed along with a set of 1.5" rear coil spacers and had an alignment done. I've put probably 100-150 miles on it since and so far, I'm happy to say the ride is excellent. It feels similar to stock. I've had spacer lifts before on several vehicles and a set of rancho quick lift struts on my silverado. These ride the best of anything thus far. Are they bilstein's? No. But for a drop in replacement strut offering 2" of lift without the need for a spring compressor, you can't beat them. With the spacers on previous trucks, you could feel the suspension run out of droop on bigger bumps. My silverado was terrible with the Ranchos (even with corrected upper control arms). My tundra was barely any better with 2.5" front spacers. I'd not hesitate to buy these again, I'd probably even consider going with the 3" with a set of upper control arms and 2" rear spacer. Ride in the rear feels the same as factory, absolutely no detectable difference. Will the N3's hold up, hopefully. If I get 50k miles out of them, I'd consider that reasonable for a set of $330 coilovers. Initial measurements after knst showed 2.5" of lift in the front and about 1.25" in the rear. Not sure why the rear wasn't a full 1.5". Fronts were dead even on both sides, and rear was slightly lower on driver side.
Last picture was at stock height.
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Now time for some tires

 

[hunterdan]

Now time for some tires

Oh I know... ideally, I'd like to have a 35/11.0 or 35/11.50. Not trying to kill my gas mileage completely by going to 35s.

 

[Joker1]

I just installed mine last week and I love them too. Great ride quality so far. I feel like my front sits higher now though. I havent raised the rear at all. After a week will they settle anymore?

 

[hunterdan]

I just installed mine last week and I love them too. Great ride quality so far. I feel like my front sits higher now though. I havent raised the rear at all. After a week will they settle anymore?

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I'm not sure, I've only had mine since Friday. For having 1.5" spacers in the back, mine sits pretty level.

 

[djnelson5460]

By raising the front 2” with the factory UCA’s are you getting any contact on the springs or binding/clunking when you turn or go over bumps? Id like to level mine 2” up front but wonder if the UCA’s will have to be swapped out too

 

[Joker1]

By raising the front 2” with the factory UCA’s are you getting any contact on the springs or binding/clunking when you turn or go over bumps? Id like to level mine 2” up front but wonder if the UCA’s will have to be swapped out too

I havent noticed any of that so far. The levelling struts from RC feel like factory ride but with the front raised.

 

[djnelson5460]

Cool thanks

 

[FlBoy66]

Friday I had a of 2" leveling N3 coilovers from rough country installed along with a set of 1.5" rear coil spacers and had an alignment done. I've put probably 100-150 miles on it since and so far, I'm happy to say the ride is excellent. It feels similar to stock. I've had spacer lifts before on several vehicles and a set of rancho quick lift struts on my silverado. These ride the best of anything thus far. Are they bilstein's? No. But for a drop in replacement strut offering 2" of lift without the need for a spring compressor, you can't beat them. With the spacers on previous trucks, you could feel the suspension run out of droop on bigger bumps. My silverado was terrible with the Ranchos (even with corrected upper control arms). My tundra was barely any better with 2.5" front spacers. I'd not hesitate to buy these again, I'd probably even consider going with the 3" with a set of upper control arms and 2" rear spacer. Ride in the rear feels the same as factory, absolutely no detectable difference. Will the N3's hold up, hopefully. If I get 50k miles out of them, I'd consider that reasonable for a set of $330 coilovers. Initial measurements after knst showed 2.5" of lift in the front and about 1.25" in the rear. Not sure why the rear wasn't a full 1.5". Fronts were dead even on both sides, and rear was slightly lower on driver side.

Was looking into these as well.
So install is basically like changing out shocks? Hour job maybe?

 

[hunterdan]

Was looking into these as well.
So install is basically like changing out shocks? Hour job maybe?

Essentially a front strut change, so jack up the front, take the wheels off, pop the upper ball joints, remove strut bolts and nuts and remove strut. I ended up paying a garage to install them, but if I were doing it at home, I'd figure about 2 hours.

 

[hunterdan]

By raising the front 2” with the factory UCA’s are you getting any contact on the springs or binding/clunking when you turn or go over bumps? Id like to level mine 2” up front but wonder if the UCA’s will have to be swapped out too

So far, there has been zero noise from the front end.

 

[hunterdan]

2 weeks in and probably about 600 miles and zero issues. Ride has not changed, haven't checked the measurements yet to see if there's been any settling or not.

 

[Joker1]

This mine after about a month with the levelled struts and new wheels and tires. 17x8.5 on 315/70/17. Im loving the look by the way!!

 

[Joker1]

Was looking into these as well.
So install is basically like changing out shocks? Hour job maybe?

I did mine in about 2 hours. The first side you do will take you longer probably lol. Theres a great video american trucks does on youtube. I just mimicked that video and was simple. Hardest part is the upper control arm to the knuckle. Get a heavy hammer and smack the knuckle good and it will come free. Get an alignment after also. I feel like mine has settled overtime a bit but im glad because it was nose high.

 

[GIJoe2010]

Oh I know... ideally, I'd like to have a 35/11.0 or 35/11.50. Not trying to kill my gas mileage completely by going to 35s.

Kenda Klever R/Ts run 35/11/17, just saying

 

[hunterdan]

Kenda Klever R/Ts run 35/11/17, just saying

Was actually hoping to keep the stock 20s