3rd Gen Owners with King Coilovers

I'm happy with the black anodized. springs are blue though. i know it's a little blasphemous but i swapped them with icon springs.

 

Yea ive read bout that.ill try see how I like ride with 3” then maybe I’ll lower a bit close to 2.5”.also I’ve got the adjusters with the coils maybe it’ll smooth out the ride a bit.

 

Yeah, I was told they were blue too. Black was my first choice anyway, so it's kinda working out. Also, good thing for me I'm in the car industry and have friends who work for other suspension companies, might get a pair of Swift Springs that are black. Was also thinking of having them cerakoted gunmetal which is kinda like powder-coating but applies thinner.

 

Hope mines don’t show up like that.for the price we e paid It suppose be shining like a diamond without no nicks!lol.but that sucks man.maybe after install it’ll make up for it hah

 

Lol. Exactly what I was thinking. Like I said before, I rather be the one to mess them up.

 

I had the same experience. According to the vendor, they claimed another set they checked in stock had the same marks and what not.

I contacted King over the phone, and they didn’t seem to care. Was told to email photos over and no reply. lol

Just feels weird to pay a good amount of money to have a product come directly from a manufacturer with “imperfections”

 

Glad I'm not the only one experiencing this. Hopefully mine will be resolved soon, and my replacements come in ASAP. Told the person who I was dealing with the replacement gotta be flawless.

 

Sorry to hear about your cosmetic issues. Mine came flawless without so much as a small scratch. I figure at the price they are asking you shoull be able to display them as art. I mean they do make the wheel wells look pretty sweet.

 

When we installed these on our Gen3 build in May, we learned real quick the King supplied 15x550lbs weren't going to cut it with armor, winch, group31 AGM....etc. They don't make other 15" springs sizes with a 3.75" diameter for these 3.0's, the Kings 16x600lbs weren't going to be enough... so we took a chance and installed 16x650lbs Eibachs (This is who everyone uses for springs) w/3.75" diameter for the 3.0 shock body. Zero threaded pre load needed, collar all the way to the bottom to avoid coil bind with such a long spring on a mid travel shock. Happy medium vs. a 700lb spring. To date -no coil bind. Gives right at 3"'s of lift (with no preload needed) and balances well with the RXT leaf pack set at option 2 in the rear w/ 3.0's King rears. Minimal body roll with a sway bar delete too.

 

Do you a side shot of this!!? Need to see, very interesting in doing this. Also do you have a part number?

 

Anyone added leaf spring degree shims?what should I use for 2.5” to 3” of lift?

 

Nope. Only use them if you need them.

 

I would suggest this route as well. You might need them but I wouldn’t put them in unless you do.

To answer your question I installed and had rear vibes and went 3 degree for med dakar. Vibes gone

 

Ok cool.ill wait after my install then go from there.

 

This might be a dumb question.
Had anyone added spacer lift on top of the coilover?
I was reading 2.5 is the sweet spot for the kings so why not add 1/2” of spacer to get 3” of lift which I want the lift to be at?That'll prevent adding too much preload on the coils.Or is it unsafe?

 

Because it'll effect the geometry of the suspension. It'll loose a lot of droop. For the record the sweet spot for the Kings is actually 2" of lift not 2.5" Last that much preload with the spacer gives a really crappy ride. I did that with my Foxes going from 2.5" to 3" and quickly took it off.

 

Kings here. Gonna switch it up to maybe a chevy 63 and the 14in kings.

 

Man...where was that trail/pic taken, looks awesome!

 

That was hidden falls near austin tx. Cool offroadind park. Levels 1-5. That was level 2.. just typical 4x4 trail. There’s some awesome stuff there

 

Nice looking rig