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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Merritt Island, Florida
Posts: 1,593
Real Name: Brett
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Merritt Island, Florida
Posts: 1,593
Real Name: Brett
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Just an FYI for everyone debating spring rates and heavy armor.
Your nitrogen pressure needs to be at the right levels, as well as the proper spring rate for your personal driving comfort. A 650 lb spring will give you the ride height you desire, but may be a little stiff. There are compromises with every aspect of this, unfortunately.
I've had these shocks shipped with little or no pressure at all, and they should be around 150 psi. Which doesn't affect ride height too much, but will give you a proper functioning cycle of the shock under load.
With 300+ lbs on the front of my 5th gen with bumper, winch, skid plates, dual batteries, arb comp, and heavy cable, I was worried about 600 lb springs carrying the load, but it does quite well at my desired ride height.
I rebuilt my shocks fall of 2019 and discovered that my nitrogen pressures were quite low. Now at the right pressure, the truck is that much more capable of handling the rough stuff, even with all the added bulk. I had experienced the spring bottoming out when pushing too hard in the past.
Here is a pic of the nitrogen rig I built for checking and dispensing the proper pressures that King recommends. This will apply to the other brands of performance shocks as well. You have to use a no loss chuck because a standard tire guage will not give you an accurate reading and you will lose quite a bit of pressure using one.
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