3rd Gen Owners with King Coilovers

There’s a guy next to me with Kings on all corners of his 3rd gen and a pretty nice exhaust sounds quiet at idle and very nice sound when accelerating up a hill or at a stop light

 

No, it’s not a bad idea. You will love them.

 

I have 700 on my kings right now nothing wrong with doing it

 

Scoop that shit up, and save yourself the cash and trouble of having to upgrade the springs later. Hella stoked for your find

 

How much lift did you get up front and how many threads showing? Haven't installed mine yet and wondering if it's gonna bro lean. Out of the box it's showing 2 threads RH and 3 threads LH looking at them from the sides as if installed. The King 700# measures 3" longer than my stock Bilsteins but thats with the weight of the truck on them so I'm not sure how much taller the stock Bilsteins would be uninstalled.

 

i think that i did get about a 2 1/2 lift with them. this was just after i got it done

i have 3 threads showing and that's the was it was from king

 

I got the same with the 700s. I lost 1/2in in the front after settling.

 

how many threads are showing on yours?

 

About 2-3 threads - out of box

 

Got my fronts installed today #650 springs with Total Chaos UCA's and ECGS bushing. Thanks to Micah @Downsouth Motorsports for the parts and Jason @Speed Freek for the labor. If anyone is considering having a lift installed by someone extremely knowledgeable and doesn't mind driving to Vista, CA Jason is the man to see.

 

Nice sunny day at work, great time to get the truck washed and take some current pics.

 

Subbed....only made it to page 64 tonight. Thinking of these w/adjusters instead of Pro Fox take offs. Thanks for this thread!

 

You're back! Great

So, what did you end up getting for your rear?

 

This is what I went with:

KING 25001-119-EXT-700 remote reservoir coil overs
OME EL096R Heavy Duty Dakar leaf springs w/ bushings and ubolts
KING 25001-121 rear remote reservoir shocks set
TCS 96504 upper control arms
TT 3DS 3 degree shims

 

So I installed fronts with 2-3 threads (from King) and gained 3" lift with the 700# springs. Is this normal? Running full skids and sliders. Still need to install rears and get aligned. The UCAs are a pain to remove and install.
Anyone also have the resivoir hose touching UCA on passenger side on droop?

 

Mine rub on both

 

Damn. I tried turning the resivoir so it doesn't which worked on the driver side but not on the passenger side. I wanna loosen an reposition that top fitting but I don't know if it'll release fluid or air. I'll probably just leave it alone for now.

 

It’s a common thing for it to rub on boxed UCAs. Some brands just doesn’t clear enough. Some people reinforce the hose with additional tape to reduce wear. Luckily I dodged that with the Icons

 

Ok, so I dont have the EXT for the rear....did I read somewhere that they are only making the EXT for the rear now or did they stop making them?
These things are brand new....I dont want to open the plastic if I can still get EXT for the rears.

I have the heavy duty Dakars in the rear with the add a leaf....do I NEED the EXT in the rear?

 

I’m sure they still make extended rears since it’s only removing a spacer inside. I would say go for the extended. You never want to have your shocks as the limiting factor when off-roading and I think the standard is only supposed to be recommended for 1” of lift.