6112 with King springs

hey guys. So I got some 6112 and I have been thinking about expirementing and buy some 650lbs king springs that are 14” do you think this will work? I wanna hear your thoughts

 

It may work, they both seem to use 3" ID coils but my question is why? What are you carrying that requires a 650lb spring.

 

I’m gonna be getting a bumper plus less preload

 

My concern would be spring length and seat diameter. You want the spring to sit on the spring seats fully for safety and you don't want too tall of a spring on these things cause they really aren't designed to be customizable and you could run into coil bind on compression if there is much more spring. I see you have a second gen so you likely weight more than me to begin with but with my first gen it took bumper, winch, and skids to necessitate 650lb coils on my rig.

 

Yeah that’s the only thing I am wonder about too is if the springs would seat good and I’ve just heard people say with my truck that a 650 would be good with 100lb bumper

 

Have you looked at getting some used coilovers, sometimes that can be pretty affordable after you sell your 6112s. I've been running used Icons for 1.5years and just rebuilt them about 3 days ago and boy they're like new again.

 

I ran 6112’s with Icon 700lb springs and had no issues. Both King and Icon use 14” length springs. I’m also running a plate bumper and winch up front with no sway bar. Rode great for the year I had em on.

 

You have to be careful Icon mixes and matches, but their 650s are commonly 13"

 

I have no experience with the 650’s but I know the 700’s are 14”.

 

What setting did you have them at with those springs?

 

2ndnotch from the bottom and it leveled the truck out even with the bumper and winch.