I would like to get a few opinions from those who have been down this road.
I bought the DPG Offroad 3.5" Ultimate a year ago. I changed a few things from the original plan and added some weight. Added bumper, Winch, BWE Comp Mount, and twin air compressor. Now the front is sagging very noticeably and my wife stopped complaining it was too hard to climb in.
Current leafs are Old Man Emu CS033RB with third leaf from top removed and on stock shackles. Coils are OME 2930 with 2.25" spacers. The front coils give about 1.75" lift without all the extra weight. So I had about 4.0" lift when it was fairly leveled. Slightly higher in the rear. Those OME coils have a spring rate of 162 lbs.
I was thinking of replacing the front coils with full length to ditch the spacers at the same time. I'm looking at BDS 034452. They are 4.5" lift and have a spring rate of 240 lbs. This should level out the front and if it's too high I can toss the third leafs back in. I'm also planning SRB's for the rear so I can tune the difference in height.
Do I calculate my added weight and go with a spring rate (X2) that equals the weight?
Does this sound like I'm on the right path or will it make the front too stiff?
All feedback is welcomed. Thanks
I bought the DPG Offroad 3.5" Ultimate a year ago. I changed a few things from the original plan and added some weight. Added bumper, Winch, BWE Comp Mount, and twin air compressor. Now the front is sagging very noticeably and my wife stopped complaining it was too hard to climb in.
Current leafs are Old Man Emu CS033RB with third leaf from top removed and on stock shackles. Coils are OME 2930 with 2.25" spacers. The front coils give about 1.75" lift without all the extra weight. So I had about 4.0" lift when it was fairly leveled. Slightly higher in the rear. Those OME coils have a spring rate of 162 lbs.
I was thinking of replacing the front coils with full length to ditch the spacers at the same time. I'm looking at BDS 034452. They are 4.5" lift and have a spring rate of 240 lbs. This should level out the front and if it's too high I can toss the third leafs back in. I'm also planning SRB's for the rear so I can tune the difference in height.
Do I calculate my added weight and go with a spring rate (X2) that equals the weight?
Does this sound like I'm on the right path or will it make the front too stiff?
All feedback is welcomed. Thanks