5100's at 2.5=3.5?

[whiplashtx]

I just got through installing 5100's with stock springs up front on the highest setting and T13's in the rear. Noticed it seemed a little high so I drove it around and even hit some speed bumps to get it to settle. The problem is I am seeing 3.5" of lift up front. Center of hub to top of fender opening was 19", now its 22.5". Rake confirms issue with frame 1/2" higher in the front. Spring cup is oriented right with spring seated correctly. It's a 2016 trail I bought used but there appears to be no after market parts and it measured stock before the lift.

Any ideas?

 

[whiplashtx]

Some measurements I just took if someone could compare them to their 2.5" setup.

Bottom of top hat to center of shock bolt: 21"
Bottom of top hat to lowest part of spring cup: 11.5"
Spring color code dots are white and aquamarine.

 

[spartacus]

Is your spring seat installed the correct way? cause 3.5 is too much.

edit: correction: Your post indicates spring seat is correct.

May be lower it to 2nd notch to get desired height.

 

[BLACK-FL4RUNNER]

How about some pics? Maybe we can spot something...

 

[GripT4R]

Are they the 5100's for your vehicle?

 

[El Dusty]

I just got through installing 5100's with stock springs up front on the highest setting and T13's in the rear. Noticed it seemed a little high so I drove it around and even hit some speed bumps to get it to settle. The problem is I am seeing 3.5" of lift up front. Center of hub to top of fender opening was 19", now its 22.5". Rake confirms issue with frame 1/2" higher in the front. Spring cup is oriented right with spring seated correctly. It's a 2016 trail I bought used but there appears to be no after market parts and it measured stock before the lift.

Any ideas?

For Center of hub to fender, I'm at ~22.25" both sides after having mine installed for over a year at highest setting (stock uca and springs).

 

[whiplashtx]

For Center of hub to fender, I'm at ~22.25" both sides after having mine installed for over a year at highest setting (stock uca and springs).

I've seen people post that stock height is 19-20", I just happened to have one of the squatty vehicles. I'm now sitting at almost 23", last time I measure at 22.5 was when I was taking pic comparisons.

 

[whiplashtx]

Pics: stock, post lift, top hat, lower mount/cv angle, spring seat. Shock part number is 24-196499. I did notice the new shock is 1/2" longer than stock but the distance between the spring seat and lower bolt hole is 1.375 so that should equate to roughly 2.5" of lift.

 

[83Mule]

If they are the correct part number......did something get torqued down while still on the lift and it won't settle? Pics look ok except the cv angle shows it's too high.

 

[GripT4R]

Are they the correct 5100's?

 

[whiplashtx]

SOLVED: :bluejump:

I was looking at the front of the truck and noticed the tires looked like this \ /. I hadn't gotten an alignment yet because I wanted to make sure that the 2.5" setting was what I wanted. When I was putting everything back together I returned the camber cams back to where they were when it was stock so that the toe wouldn't change and it could be driven to the alignment shop. It turns out that massive amounts of positive camber will cause lift. I did a quick driveway alignment with the camber cams nearly maxed out and lost nearly an inch of height.

 

[GripT4R]

El oh El....