San Antonio

King 2.5s on the front with resis and 700# springs. About 3" up front. Firestone ride rites out back pumped up to give me about an inch of lift. Will be getting dakars eventually, but needs a clutch right now so that's on hold. Here are a couple pics

FYI, my 295s rub on everything with my 4.85" backspacing wheels. Uppers, lowers, and frame rail all rub. I have a big cab mount chop too. Also rub the tops of the fender flares when flexed out off road. You could avoid UCA and LCA rubbing and frame rail rubbing with less backspacing on your wheels. Then you'd need to just get a cab mount chop and trim some plastic, and hammer the pinch weld flat. I refuse to run spacers, so that's why I just let mine rub

 

Robert, the Firestone ride rites you are using. Are they for handling extra weight when needed? Do you use them only when needed?

 

Ahhh gotcha. Really trying to avoid a cmc right now. But thanks for the reply

 

Yes designed for towing/weight in the bed constantly. They're basically just an air helper spring. I have like 6-700lbs constant load, so I always keep them aired up. Would I buy them again? probably not, even with my king 2.5s in the back, I get a lot of rebound when I hit bumps and its kinda bouncy. I would go with some stiffer springs if you're going to have a constant load. BUT if you are only loading up once in a while, you can use these to keep ride quality like stock whenever you don't have any load in the bed. The adjustability is GREAT!

 

Sure thing, yeah these took quite a bit of work to get them to fit, and they still don't haha. May want to avoid a tire this size until you're ready to cut!

 

The cmc is t that bad to do, did mine at home in about 2 hours. If I did this more I would get quicker but I couldn’t find a pic to tell what I was getting into, everyone just shows before and after pics.

 

I still have mine with Dakar’s, use them as bump stops. I load the crap out of mine though

 

I have been reading about them, finally found someone using them. I have a secrete squirrel project in the shop that I will use my truck to pull around, and will only use the air bags when hauling. I need to dyno the tongue weight, but if I built it correctly I am hoping I will not need them. So I think these will be right for me. If you take them off soon let me know, might buy them from you.

 

Hahah.. Kevin be like.. I think I can get a little more in there

 

CMC's are very easy

 

Will do buddy! Sounds like they would be good for your application.

 

Also something to note, they are designed for stock height trucks. If you are lifted, you will need something like daystar cradles to keep them from being stretched by the added ride height. @Kolunatic are you running cradles on yours?

 

Good advice I totally spaced that. Thanks

 

I wasn’t to do a cmc but When my lease is up on the truck. Currently leasing to own.

 

Chit no
They’re stretched out like my

 

Fify
Must be the paint fumes