crash
Senior Member
- Joined
- Aug 13, 2014
- Posts
- 105
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- Location
- Woodstock, ON
- Ram Year
- 2015
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
I've been doing a lot of research in regards to what I'll need. obviously, the Inez kit for the 4x4 drop is fairly straight forward with that they include (front upper and lower control arms, rear 4 link relocation brackets, rear drop springs, drop shocks, shorter sway bar links, and drop down trac bar brackets).
I've spoken with a member that has removed his full factory air system on another forum to install the factory coil system because of no less than 8 trips back to the dealer to sort out air system problems he's had over a couple of years of owning his truck. in the end he sourced all the OE parts and pulled out everything air related. many ram rebel guys with air have also pulled the system to do lifts. I've read their forums as well.
I've experimented with putting the truck to entry mode and pulling the fuse and driving with it that way for a week. done the same in off road one mode for about a week. you get the service air suspension message on startup but it goes away. it also doesn't appear every startup. I was able to get use to scrolling to another info screen and it doesn't reappear after running. I'd kind of prefer this fuse pull method and leaving all the lines and compressor in place instead of removing the sales code from the ecu, so that whenever I sold the truck I could include the factory air stuff that could easily be reinstalled by a new owner if desired. as mentioned I can live with the random message.
simply, the intention would be to make the suspension a stock coil setup.. but swap what I don't need for the parts in inez kit.
for parts, I'd need new OE or aftermarket (bilstein or viking) front struts, lower mounts or cups for the coil to sit in, oe or aftermarket coils, the rear items would all come with the inez kit. and the rubber spring idolators for the front and rear coils as well as an air lift durango helper bag kit for the rear.
one easy way for the front would be just to buy a new replacement quick strut already assembled, like a monroe and that would include everything.
OR, local recycling yards or ebay for a couple of used assembled front strut/coil assemblies (cheaper). possibly someone selling used oe that has pulled a stock coil setup to install a lift with taller coils and aftermarket struts.
I'd really like to use a stock OE coil and bilstein 5100 front struts as I loved the firm yet not rough ride it gave my stock height 2010 4x4 crew. they were wayyyyyyyy better than the oe strut for handling and ride quality.
after all this I still wouldn't have my 3.92's lmao
