1st Gen Long Travel Chat

I’m on 500lbs looking to go 600lb
Here’s a video with 500 btw I have no bumps so. Getting some now but was in a rush for koh
https://youtu.be/n2Mx66h0Zto

 

Definitely blowing through the travel easily. Bumpstops are a necessity but valving for more compression will also help on that.

EDIT:

With the rubbing spring - did that appear before this trip? In order to fix that problem you'll at least need to remove the coil spring (if it's a bowing spring) or replace the shaft (if it's a bent shaft) so opening them up and measuring the shims with a micrometer will be good to help you improve the valving in them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRaOceJt12U

You can follow this to measure the shims, don't just remove them like the guy in the video though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML2b7THsdRk

 

I mean the shocks seem to have plently of compression when I tried pushing down on them without the coils.

 

You're not a 4600 lb truck

Most of what you're feeling is gas. Definitely see what they have in them.

 

Lol true wish my truck weighed that much though

 

Look at the video links I edited into one of my posts. Fixing that coil rub issue will require you to at least remove the coils. If you do that, then it's not hard to rebuild the coilover. You can buy the seals here:

https://www.shockseals.com/collections/king-2-5-seal-kits

 

You really thing it needs more compression? Could changing the coil be a better option first before that?

 

Absolutely - springs are primarily to give you lift and operate to keep the vehicle supported. If you have the proper ride height without binding or letting the spring go slack completely, you only have a small range of spring rates that work. But I'll default to what @AccuTune Offroad might have to say here.

 

How much does your truck weigh? I forgot you're a 3rz and not a V6

 

I wanna say 3200-3400 maybe

 

Did you get that weighed? My 2nd gen regular cab prerunner 4 banger weighs 3850

 

Hmm well I’m pretty sure it’s not 4600 so yes prob 3800-3900

 

If you ever feel like weighing it, I paid $10 here:

 

Heres the tricky part
When i ordered my shocks i asked for a faster rebound and when installed we used a set of what was labeled as 600 16” coils but the thing stood super high and stiff, we wondered if they really where 600
So i put a set of 14” 600 with a tad over 2” preload and it rides way better but i want the full 16” coils
So im trying to decide if i should go 550 or 500 and compensate for the faster rebound

 

Gotcha, if you want to dial it in the easiest thing may be to call accutune and see what they recommend for changing spring rates. I did that and it was super easy, took like 10 mins. They just need basic info like coilover size, current spring rate, amount of preload, amount of shaft showing at ride height, and motion ratio.

 

The strange thing is a 14" or 16" spring shouldn't make a difference if it has the same spring rate.

 

So do some people run 14s? Am I on a 16?

 

No, 14 would just be temporary. Looks like it, just measure it and if it's longer than 14 but less than 16 it'll most likely be 16 uncompressed.

 

Exactly
We are thinking that the tag is wrong
Felt super stiff like a 700 lb

 

It was just to get a feel, last truck had 16” 600 and it rode awesome
This one, not so good so far