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PSU Taco85
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Add a second winch up front to soften up those springs 
My icons ride pretty smooth all the way around both on and off road. What length 700# springs did you get?
My icons ride pretty smooth all the way around both on and off road. What length 700# springs did you get?
Dark Knight
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They are the king springs recommended by DSM, 3-14-700.
PSU Taco85
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Hmm, I put in the 14" Icon springs I think they are made by Eibach. I haven't had any issues. Maybe we just have different opinions on what a jarring ride is
PSU Taco85
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For reference, here's my current preload, the springs are Icon P/N 158508
Driver
Passenger
Also what is that metal piece on top of the coil bucket that is bolted to the coilover?
Driver
Passenger
Also what is that metal piece on top of the coil bucket that is bolted to the coilover?
Dark Knight
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The king springs are just like the icon/eibachs. My preload is even a little less than yours (38.5" ground to flare).
The plate on top of the coil bucket is for piece of mind against the top hat design. It should have no effect on ride.
The plate on top of the coil bucket is for piece of mind against the top hat design. It should have no effect on ride.
TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
The only affect that top plate will have is that you shouldn't ever have to deal with the extra, extra travel that is created when the top hat cracks and rips the coil bucket. There should be production quantities available soon.
And I would bet they are all eibachs. Sorry to hear about the harshness - kind of surprising.
Dark Knight
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The above pic is the final preload on driver side. What do you mean by " bottoming the spring"? Completely compressing it? I don't think that is possible during the condition where I feel that the ride is firm. Example, at about 75mph going on/off bridges on the highway. It's like everything is nearly solid in the front.
I don't drive that hwy to Nashville often, maybe it's just a rough damn road. Everything does fairly well otherwise after driving on them for a few days.
Moving on, truck will ride like truck. I'm good with it.
TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
Yeah, mine has about 2" of preload. I have a Shrockworks and 10k winch and kinda enjoy rough roads.
What air pressure are you running? And do you have any Mountain Bike friends with a no loss valve pressure gauge to check the resi's?
PSU Taco85
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The other thing to think about is what is the nitrogen pressure? I think they should be somewhere in the range of 200-250 psig.
TacoXpo
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That's what I was refering to on my last comment.
Dark Knight
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Yeah, mine has about 2" of preload. I have a Shrockworks and 10k winch and kinda enjoy rough roads.
What air pressure are you running? And do you have any Mountain Bike friends with a no loss valve pressure gauge to check the resi's?
I'll have to look into the nitrogen psi. Might just go jump it and see what happens??
PSU Taco85
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ahh missed that last post sorry. With the resi shocks the nice part is it is a standard shrader valve that Joe Homeowner can fill
PSU Taco85
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I'll have to look into the nitrogen psi. Might just go jump it and see what happens??
Just make sure to have the camera rolling
Dark Knight
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Dark Knight
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I could have argued that when I was younger.
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I'm running Eibach 3" #650 springs. Rides pretty nice for me. I think #700 might be a bit stiff.