New OME 885x not as much lift as expected

A double cab long bed will only yield around 2" with 885's, you should be good with 887's.

 

I ended up with about 1.25'' and I have a Double Cab Short Bed.

 

That's odd..I've never heard/seen numbers that off. have you added any armor?

 

No sir, truck is bone stock minus the lift and wheels.

 

Im having the same issue as GLN305

 

I'm considering adding a 1/2'' spacer to the driver side and a 3/8'' spacer to the passenger side to avoid removing the coils and excess shipping charges. Any input on that idea? I assume I'll get an inch of lift on the driver side and 3/4 inch on the passenger side correcting the 1/4'' lean and getting closer to level as well?

 

The problem there is you need longer studs on the top plate for the 1/2 and possibly the 3/8.

 

I noticed that and thank you for the warning. I was looking at Wheeler's and the stud kit is relatively cheap and install shouldn't be too hard.

 

Hardest part is taking tophat off, after that it’s easy to pop the studs out. I used a socket and a vice to press them in/out.

 

That sucks. I'm just had new 885s delivered for my DCLB. Per the sticker they look to have been made 06/17.

About studs and spacers, if you get new KYB tophats / strut mounts (

$29 SM5640 - Mount Kit

SM5640) they come with lower profile nuts gaining you a bit more room for top plate spacers, plus obviously new rubber coil isolators, top & bottom bushings and washers. Think I paid around $50 for the pair through RockAuto.

With the nut fully threaded on the gap between the top of the mount to the underside of the nut is 5/8", maybe a thick curly Mediterranean one less.

Here's the KYB tophat and an exactly 3/8" spacer I made from a router table mounting plate I had kicking around. Those are 1/16ths on the scale. Haven't installed it just yet but I'm hoping it'll work.

 

I wanted to update the thread and inform the OP about my situation. I e-mailed ARB and after talking with a tech, I was mailed a set of 2887 springs. As per the conversation between the tech and I, my expectations were to gain approximately 10mm of additional lift over the 2885's. I installed the 2887's this evening and took the same route as when I installed the 2885's, then came home and measured. I gained right about 1.25'' of lift or around 32mm. I measured the 2885's and they were 16'' long and the 2887's were 16.5'' long. My best guess is that the 2885's were definitely not the correct rate, diameter or something of that nature. ARB made me right and I have to thank them for that!