Siopposition Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Question for you all. Don't.mean to highjack ur thread. If I buy the 1700lb spring pack. And do a SOA, will I be netting more than 5.5". Or will the 1250lb and a SOA be less than or right at 5.5". If anyone knows that would be great thank you. Also if I get 6.5 in lift coils for the front will I need to go to long arms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Without replacing the springs, the absolute minimum lift from a SOA conversion is 5" to 5-1/2". If your springs are sagged, then doing a SOA plus new springs will definitely generate more than 5-1/2" of lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I am at 5.5" in the front. The ride is fine and the flex is decent. But I honestly think that i am at he max with my adjustable short arms in the stock locations. To go any higher you would need control arm drop brackets or long arms IMHO. I saw 5.5" of lift from my SOA. I could not see getting any less than that. Net lift is kind of tricky. The advertised lift of a kit is from stock height. As our trucks are 25 year old or older and many with a ton of miles you will often see more of a height change than advertised as the lift returns the truck to stock in addition to adding the lift. The factory lists the same ride height for each of two rear spring rates and pictures of metric ton trucks from the factory show no greater rake than the others. So it looks like any "lift" provided by just using the new springs is a result of taking away the wear sag and/or the new springs not being exact copies of the originals. Correct copies would not provide true lift if the factory springs did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 There is another recent post on here showing the stock specs of the rear springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siopposition Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 All great information thank you. Sounds like I need to plan on dropping a couple hundred pounds in the back...it'll help with traction anyway since I do mostly rock crawling out here in Cali....I'm sure I'll net more than 5.5 probably as the rear leafs that are in it are probably factory ones and their are darn near flat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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