King shocks lead time 30 weeks?

I was curios if anyone has ordered Kings and received them in recently and If so how long did you have to wait? I was told the lead time could be 30 weeks when I ordered mine today. Hopefully the lead time isn't actually 7-1/2 months. Anyone else waiting on Kings at the moment?

 

Subbed, Im planning on ordering some soon. Can I ask, who quoted you that?

 

i was told 6-8 weeks for the fronts and 10-12 weeks for the rears from Accutune when i ordered mine in early Feb. im expecting them to be longer, it is what it is

 

Really depends on who you order them from. New shock orders will definitely take 20+ weeks to get from King right now.

 

Covid put a huge hit on the off-road industry.... in a good way (sort of). Since most could not travel, they were building their off-road vehicles to go out and "social distance". This, in addition to internal issues with covid/staff/supplies... the lead times have been brutal.

 

I was quoted 24 weeks for front bypasses, from Downsouth and Accutune

 

I was quoted 6 months for Kings from two different vendors. I ended up going with ADS, which took 5 weeks.

 

i ordered a set in early september last year, i still don't have them nor an ETA on when im suppose to get them.

 

they told me that they are waiting on parts still and should come in the second week of march. after that they start filling orders with the amount of parts that come in.

 

I ordered Kings from Downsouth about 6 weeks ago, and they had estimated 12-14 weeks. I had heard longer at the time, more like 24 weeks, but hopefully it is the 12-14 DS estimated when they emailed me.

Also what are thoughts on diff drop? Case specific based on CV angles?

 

My thoughts? I've heard more bad than good. Best to not use a diff drop and just don't lift the truck more than the CV's can handle. Too high of a lift, and you eat up your IFS travel... regardless of the CV angle.

Your max lift should be measured from the top of the shock to the lower shock bolt. Do not exceed 21" With the truck's weight on the wheels), if you're looking to maintain proper ride characteristics (what you paid for).

 

That's what I've read too, thanks for the reply. I'll probably end up getting some extended brakelines and call it a day.

 

One reason I went dobinsons didn't have to wait half a year

 

What about Fox, are they experiencing similar lead times?

 

Yes, although they have opened some new production lines to help increase their production. Keep in mind, these lead times are for new shock orders. We have large orders for Tacoma shocks constantly being placed, and we can reserve a set thats already on order which makes the wait time slightly less.

 

Do you require payment up front or do you charge a deposit with the remainder charged when it's shipped? I'm saving up to do a mid-travel Stage 5 this fall, but it sounds like I would have to put an order in now to make that happen.

 

Yes we require a deposit to get the order going, then pay the remaining amount once we have tuned the shocks and are ready to ship them out to you. Shoot us a message if you have any questions, happy to help.

 

Weird... you guys told me differently over the phone. Not a big deal, but should probably make sure everyone's on the same page.

 

Doing the same thing had kings ordered was told August worked with vendor order got switched to ads gave a 3 to 4 week window so we will see

 

In my experience ADS was right on their quoted schedule. That was even with KOH happening within that window, which they attended and still achieved their timeline!