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I am intersted in this as well, currently I'm running the 2 1/2 skyjacker springs with rancho 9000's all around and it beats you. I like the current height of my truck, it sits level, and gives me good clearance for some of the places I end up back home. I'd really like to be able to fit 35"s under the truck, currently running 285's and American Racing Baja as they had a 3500# rating if I remember right. If you remove the rear blocks out of the truck and your front springs raise the front 3", wouldnt' the front be highter? I guess it could be that my truck has had a butt load of weight hauled with it and thus the rear springs are sagging from the stock height. When I lived in Oklahoma, we raced and raised hell with our quads out at the Little Sahara dunes, love the works tripple rates for the quads.





Truck's latest pic



Morph.
 
Man, that is one serious bumper you've got on that thing! Wow! How much does it weigh? I bet everyone gives you the right of way! haha!



That is a cool looking truck! I've never seen a hood like that - what is it?



In my other posts, I was responding to a question about whether or not T. Rex Engineering uses lift blocks to obtain ride height or clearance for tires - commonly known as "lift. " We don't lift the truck - by using spring spacers or lift blocks etc. because doing so doesn't help the vehicle perform better. Now, I think you're talking about the stock spring spacers on the rear that are essentially factory engineered lift blocks. Why does the factory do that? I don't know. They spent a lot of energy redesigning the rear suspension for '03 (longer leafs, different shackles), yet they still use a stupid little spacer. I don't understand. But then again, they've got 50 engineers working full time on one part, so I'm not going to question it.



Since we're interested in performance and not looks - as I imagine you are - because you are dissatisfied with the kit you're currently using, we like to talk in terms of travel. We increase the suspension articulation in front (as you have) and use a spring and damper combo that is perfect for the truck. In the rear we stay with the stock rear springs because people want to load their trucks with nothing all the way to 2000 lbs! I can engineer a system for the rear that will work perfectly at any one weight, but not at all loads - that's why we just stick with stock rear springs and just add the superior King dampers - it's kind of a liability issue.



I would guess that your truck is not sagging in the rear. Those springs shouldn't sack out - ever. We wouldn't eliminate your lift blocks for our system - unless you've added something different than what the factory has installed.



We would sell you a system. You bolt it on (with a little drilling required - and some welding if you opt for limit straps) then tell us how it performs. If you feel it's too soft we can valve it stiffer. If you feel it's too firm, we can valve lighter in the front. In the rear, if the ride is choppy or too stiff, we have to sell you a more progressive spring, but then you have to sacrifice some load carrying capacity. It's always a compromise.



You should be able to fit 35's easilly with what you've got right now. Have you tried? They should go right on without rubbing at all.



I'll be publishing photos of what we're doing soon - as soon as we work out some marketing issues. But I can get you going in a couple of weeks if you want an entire system with King shocks.



We're going to race the Baja 500 in a Dodge Cummins using one of these bolt-on systems. We'll keep TDR posted.
 
The bumper weighs 275lbs and was made down near Corpus Christy Texas... . damn thing cost me 175. 00 to ship it to Oklahoma after my stockone was trashed by a little Mustang. It's since saved me from two deer and a little car that didn't look where it was backing. I've also used it to widen ATM drive throughs. The hood, I bought from Carhoods.com and is made by US Body with the name of Ram Air II. It's not functional yet, but when I go the twin route, it will be functional.



Thanks for the Explanation of the lift blocks, I was trying to figure out how you maintained the ride height with no blocks and using the same springs.



I don't haul much in the truck anymore, but when I had my farm, it wasn't uncommon to have 3000+ lbs in the backend or 30k lbs on the trailer.



Alot of my spending depends on if I get this contract I'm up for or not, the current place I'm working on just barely covers the bills since it's doing contract work for the Navy, I need to get back out in the Commercial world to make some money.





I'll keep an eye out for the pictures.



Morph.
 
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