Suspension question before installing

Sorry again fellas for the lack of knowledge but I'm trying my best to understand all this stuff and get it right.

I'm putting on 2.5 king coilovers and TC ucas on Monday. From what I've read out of the box they come set at 2.5 inches of lift (which I believe is 7 threads showing). To accomodate for drivers side lean, how much should I set my preload at on the drivers side? I believe I read that 5 threads=1inch of lift but I'm not sure how many threads I should do to avoid any lean. I know there are shims to solve this problem but I'm under the impression you don't (or shouldn't?) need or use shims on on these guys when you can just adjust the preload.

edit: I have the coilovers with reservoirs.

 

where did you get the kings from, the reason i am asking is some places adjust them for you. You will see on the tags on the eyelets of the kings one says driver and pass or right and left of vehicle. I was going to ask this same question because i was going to go up about .5 an inch to accommodate for these big ass tires i got.

 

tag as I'm about to do the same..do you have a spanner wrench to adjust them yourself ?

 

if you have resi's the punch is king rather than a spanner wrench that thing is a PITA to get turning you might get an 1/8 of a turn with the spanner wrench because the hose will get in the way.

 

Yea I have the resis. I take it setting preload is different then?

 

the best thing to do since you don't have them on the truck yet is to call those companies that set that driver side adjustment before they send them out to the buyer and ask them the measurements of threading shown on driver side compared to passenger side and maybe call king to see how many turns give you say an inch more height then do the math from there if they say 10 full turns for a full inch and you want a half and inch do 5 turns. Because king sets them at 2.5 and i know dirty deeds i believe his name is keith he has them from his company set for the driver side passenger side height ask him for the thread measurement showing at 2.5 and work from there. I believe it is better to get everything worked out before you put them on because when they are on and you want to make adjustments down the road you are playing with money getting alignment after alignment.

 

I got mine from filthy motorsports and at the shop before i even ordered them we had a basic interview with what i want the shocks to actually do for the truck i got the extended travel and comp adjusters and the truck sits perfectly level from side to side so i never even looked at the threads or took measurements.

 

Hey @Spolar,
We have personally seen some differences in sag on driver side, what I would recommend you do is take a base line measurement of your truck stock (center of wheel hub to edge of fender), that way you can see how much it is naturally sagging on the driver side and you can adjust your coilovers off of that.

I would not recommend putting any "Shims" on top of an adjustable coilover....



-David

 

Every truck is different. Some on here have as much as .5 inches of difference.
Mine sits perfectly level and never had to adjust for lean.

 

And do your baseline measurement with a full tank.

 

Yea I figured shims wouldn't be a good idea. I'm only about 1/8" off on the drivers side, but I figured you would want to adjust preload a tiny bit extra as well to compensate for more "lean" over time right?

 

In my opinion I would just slap them on your truck and enjoy, check measurements after install and you can always adjust accordingly.


-David

 

Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the advice

 

No problem! Congrats on the new setup!


Let me know if you have any questions.


-David