yep lc coils, you guys ever run 9's and 8's at once?

[theizzardking]

does anyone know how it sits having 9's up front with and arb and 8's in the rear? installing my lift tomorrow said f' it to waiting for the money to go from 31's to 33's i have 1 paor of 8 wraps a pair of 9 wraps om(e heavy load spings (882's883?) and some 3/4 inch alum spacers and ome shocks

this is how i roll

this is what i got

what should i do no more funds for this and i want it to sit level without the weight on the rear like that but also need the stiffness to handle that some i'm not low riding it out of parkinglots lol

 

[99yota4]

I don't really understand what you're trying to say? Are you trying to fit LC 9wrap coils in the front and LC 8wrap coils in the rear? The LC coils will not work for the front if that's what you're trying to do. OME 883 and LC 8 wraps seem to sit pretty level. See Elton's ride.

 

[theizzardking]

lol yeah sorry that was a stupid question late at night and thinking off hand

 

[99yota4]

Why do you only have one ome coil? If I were you, just throw in the two LC coils you got there in the pic in for your rear with some cheap shocks for now. That'll at least get you off the ground from that really saggy picture. Granted that you don't mind some rake until you figure out your front stuff.

 

[theizzardking]

have sets of each one just only took pics of one to show height difference,

going with the 8 wraps in rear and ome in the front with spacers, sounds good yes/no? lol

 

[theizzardking]

also quickly tools needed, 14mm,17mm sockets spring compressors,jack stands and jack right? anything i'm missing

 

[99yota4]

I'm not sure if you'll need the spacer for the fronts with 8 wraps. It should sit pretty level without them but try it out. Not sure about the socket sizes, but sounds about right. If you have a floor jack and a bottle jack, that'll help alot to push the A-arms down to get more room to shove your new coil/strut in.

What shocks are you using for the front and rear?

 

[theizzardking]

shocks pictured above, and got it 2 jacks one to lift the truck and one to use as a spreader for the control arms.

ome nittro chargers? lol i bought this stuff months ago and forget what all it is now, i'm going over to the rents house and picking up any extra tools and the kit from storage, how hard is it to add the panhard bracket after i do all of this?

thanks for going overall of this with me again man, my mind had lost all of this information over the past few months, lol

 

[99yota4]

panhard drop bracket shouldn't be that hard. I think you just unbolt the stock panhard bar and then bolt the bracket onto the frame, then bolt the panhardbar to the bracket. No problem. I speak as if I lifted my truck but I haven't dont it yet. LOL

 

[theizzardking]

panhard drop bracket shouldn't be that hard. I think you just unbolt the stock panhard bar and then bolt the bracket onto the frame, then bolt the panhardbar to the bracket. No problem. I speak as if I lifted my truck but I haven't dont it yet. LOL

lol yeah but knowledge is valuable even if not derived from experience, you saved me more then a few hours of searching already

 

[steezemcqueen]

The panhard drop bracket needs to be bolted and then welded in place. otherwise it will pivot in place which you don't want

 

[99yota4]

Thanks Dylan for the clarification. Now I think I want the one from SS so I don't have to weld. I don't have a welder.

 

[brian2sun]

izzardking,
You'll need a 14mm open end/box wrench for one of the 3 top bolts on each front shock (a ratchet and socket just won't fit IIRC). A ratcheting box wrench is even better. Air tools also make the job go a lot faster if you have access to any.

You can remove the 4 bolts that hold the lower ball joint in if doesn't work when you try to push down the control arms with the 2nd jack (mine wasn't happening that way. The LBJs just unbolt, no pressing so I found this very easy too and it gives the hub assy. lots of room to move out of the way.

If you're running 881s, then the spacer is going to be necessary - otherwise you'll have a huuuuge rake. 882s or 883s - no spacer (reffering to 99yota4's earlier post). You'll probably need a breaker bar or a ft. lb. torque wrench too to get the bigger bolts nice and tight.

I can't remeber if there's a 19mm bolt in there somewhere also, but I think there was. If the pan hard bracket is a PITA, just leave it off and put the lift on for now, you can worry about it later.

 

[Rockdawg84]

If the pan hard bracket is a PITA, just leave it off and put the lift on for now, you can worry about it later.

Brian, correct me if I'm wrong, but you are not suggesting that he not use the panhard until he can modify the bracket. your saying that he should use the panhard bar in the stock form until he can modify the brackets or get the adjustable panhard from Steve at SS. I would think driving without a panhard would be bad:keyboard:

 

[Duhockey]

Brian, correct me if I'm wrong, but you are not suggesting that he not use the panhard until he can modify the bracket. your saying that he should use the panhard bar in the stock form until he can modify the brackets or get the adjustable panhard from Steve at SS. I would think driving without a panhard would be bad:keyboard:

Dont even unbolt the panhard til you get the extension set up...

itll be just fine, Im running 9 wrap coils with stock panhard right now, no problem,

just wait til you get the panhard stuff ready to go...

 

[99yota4]

Good to know! I guess I can get my truck lifted sooner. I thought the pan hard was "required". My buddy just got his SS7.2 kit in the mail today so we are gonna have a install party tomorrow!! I'll get to practice with his truck before I do my lift. I just need rear shocks now...

 

[brian2sun]

Brian, correct me if I'm wrong, but you are not suggesting that he not use the panhard until he can modify the bracket. your saying that he should use the panhard bar in the stock form until he can modify the brackets or get the adjustable panhard from Steve at SS. I would think driving without a panhard would be bad:keyboard:

Yeah, I meant leave the stock pan hard on. Definitely a bad idea to run with no pan hard!! Thanks for clarifying that, the way I said "leave it off" was kinda vague. I meant leave the pan hard bracket off.

 

[rusm]

The panhard drop bracket needs to be bolted and then welded in place. otherwise it will pivot in place which you don't want

This^. Also, no spacer with 882/883. I'm running 882's with the 5mm trim packers and it's looking like they are going to eat another pair of cv boots here before too long and my truck is lots heavier than yours.