TIME SENSITIVE: need shock adjustment advice

I’ll keep it brief.

Currently running 5100s on the lowest notch with OME 888. Added skid plate and front bumper. Total addition of 185lbs up front, plus whatever winch I end up getting down the road.

Should I move up to the 2nd notch on the 5100s or should I add a top plate spacer? It sounds like it’s recommended against going up notches with lift coils on the 5100s but I don’t see why...

Time sensitive because I have a dealer appointment tomorrow and I can do the springs for free.

 

Steel or aluminum? 886 is usually the recommendation for the added weight.

 

EDIT- they’re steel.

886 is does not pair with the 5100s, I do believe. Plus it only supports 1.5ish” of lift and I have 2.5-3” out back.

It’d be worse than where I am now I believe.

 

some one screwed up and didn't set my bilsteins down to 0 from 4th notch when putting on my 887's. believe me i got that fixed in a hurry. it was not a pleasant ride

 

But you didn’t have extra weight...did you?

 

no...and it still sucked