ADS Off-Road Racing Shocks - Information, Pictures, & BS Thread

Oh yeah. I know. But headstrong only had the 600lb coils in stock. For now. Otherwise I would have bought the700. I went with them because I had a 5100 kit front and rear. Im home on leave and got new 285s. Wanted them to fit after the lift,cmc and some remolding of pkatics with heatgun

 

gotcha.
understandable. just some friendly advice since I want you to have the best experience long term.

Thank you for your service Sir!

 

I can understand 700# springs for increased weight like what was described above, but 700# on this type of shock is oversprung for an otherwise stock weight vehicle. This is why @AccuTune Offroad heavily suggests going for a lighter option spring (if choosing between say 600 and 700#) that will still suffice for the weight of a particular setup.

@vorkuta775, Headstrong had 600# setups in stock? I only thought they stocked 650 or 700#.

 

No. They have 600,650 and 700. They only had 600s in stock.

 

Interesting. I only had the option of 650 or 700, so they must have been out of 600#. I felt the 650 best met my needs anyhow.

 

yes, I first emailed them asking if the front and rear ads kit with clickers was in stock, thet informed me that the front were only in stock. so I decided to order that for now until the others are in stock. Either way if I go to the 650 spring I will have to re-adjust everything again. I will use some tools tomorrow , adjust 1inch of threads which will give me around 1.5 inches of lift. I just want to go back to where I was initially before it settled, it was the right height and I didnt get to measure it. my mistake

 

Just gonna ask it, what are you doing with your old 5100 set up?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc3qTUSBm90
assuming most brands , king, fox , ads are all the same as far as turns and how much height you achieve.

 

If I was still in tacoma, hopefully sell it to me...

 

its sitting inthe gah raj

 

You wanna sell them ? I'm gonna be back up in wa around March

 

you pcs?

 

Wanna stick those bad boys in the mail to Colorado

 

Dang stolen

 

I did but need to come back for my better half. She's finishing college

 

I have the rear 5100s as well. Waiting for ADS to be back in stock so I can pickup the rears as well

 

I can't even imagine what shipping is like. They are probably 70-100$ easily because of the weight

 

but the stock coil on a TRD OR is 700# and although accutune is awesome I don’t think they are aware there is a drastic weight difference in the 2nd and 3rd gen front end. 650-700# is ideal for the 3rd gen running front end weight, this also depends greatly on 13” vs 14” coil

 

So. Went up roughly 1/2 inch on the adjustment total of 12 threads showing now. Def use wd40. Lube it well, I used a allen key to loosen the retaining nut that locks them into place. Bought a 5/16 center punch and went to work. Wd40 sat for 2-5 mins before I starting cranking and had no issues at all. Each side is 36.5 inches from the ground tobthe fender flare. I have a 800 mike road trip ahead of me next weekend and I will see how much it changes . Might end up going to a 650 or 700 depending on what this new cbi bumper does to the front end.

 

Also zoey approves of the new ADS