Thank you for the feedback. That is what i was I thinking too. I hope to start this project soon and see how it rides unfortunately i am returning to work full time so truck time will be limited. Gladiator parts on a ram..... that is interesting. How does it ride?
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Better than stock in my case and and the springs can handle a lot more weight than what the stock could, not counting the fact that i'll be able to run the same lenght shocks than what Dirt King uses in their rear long travel setup for the RAM 1500. King is building me those shocks as we speak and Accutune would revalve them to my needs. The coil springs can handle 30" extended shocks with just 2" lift in my case. perfect for long travel offroading, and the spring rates on the shocks allows them to carry weight with ease.
Clayton coil springs have 3 spring rates: 159lbs 1st, 280lbs 2nd, 360lbs 3rd rate
To put things in perspective
Stock rate is around 206lbs/inch
BDS 3" linear coil springs: 240lbs/inch
Icon 1.5" coils have 2 rates, 25% softer in 1st, 75% stiff on 2nd, so that will be 154lbs/inc 1st, 360lbs/inc 2nd
Tuff Truck 1223V and 1223VT have 2 rates, 2nd is 35% stiffer than stock or 280lbs
Tuff Truck 1223 linear is 50% stiffer or 319lbs/inc
Tuff Truck 1210's 25% stiffer, 258lbs/inch
Tuff Truck 1211 50% stiffer, 319lbs/inc
Main difference is all of them can carry more weight than stock but Icons are progressive and longer, Clayton are even longer than Icons ( 21.5" vs 19.5" free lenght) and the spring rate between 2nd and 3rd rate makes them great for extra weight/ offroad expedition weight managment. when unloaded you ride on the soft portion of the coils so they don't feel stiff one bit.
caveat, progressive springs can be a little more noisy as the death springs are closer to each other. They have a "clack" sound when they hit together when you hit a speed bump for example. Nothing sounds when i hit the hoops/washes in the desert so i haven't bothered with spring isolators
Regarding rear control arms, FCA shared the RAM 1500 4th gen rear control arms and panhard with the Gladiator so they're a straight fit in our application. advantage, the Jeep aftermarket typically makes a lot better chit than stock so now we have a ton of rear control arms or panhard bars we can fit in our trucks from the Jeep aftermaket for the 2020 and up Gladiator. The Clayton version of control arms i run have maintenance free bushings and the control arms are massive.
Sway bar links from the JK well i had them already in my garage and they fitted, though i had to buy new ones when i fitted the longer Clayton springs cause i went up in height. I don't like to ask so i just go by instict, they're for apllications that can flex like Mofos so they do the work. If i needed to go even higher i can upgrade to Clayton 3.5" springs and even longer JK sway bar links.
Clayton springs will provide more likely 2.5" rear lift without weight, likewise with the 3.5" version. i run almost 500lbs of weight permanently so i have around 2" total lift in the back with all my mods.
