I’ve had an air lift bag setup on a Cummins in the past. I liked it other than I had a couple of bags go bad on me which was annoying. I looked a little bit into the RAS and it looked like a pretty slick setup and not super expensive. Definitely options to consider at least.
The Eibach is fine if you are ok with having zero rake. That’s where the majority of my frustration comes from.
Yes. Not something I do a ton of but don’t want to look like an idiot and have led steering control while doing it. It could be remedied with air bags or the RAS but that’s just more money and another rabbit hole I didn’t think I would have any need to go down.
I’m telling y’all, Ford set the bar so low with the front suspension that the rough country 2.5” coil overs are a drastic improvement all around.
It seems 2.5” and higher really starts to push the CV angles to a point people are not comfortable. I can’t imagine what 3”+ looks like.
I’ve read through that rear shock thread a hundred times and it just makes my head spin. I just need someone to tell me if there’s a current option out that I can use that will raise the rear around an inch and improve my ride or at the very least not hurt the ride. Even with having this 1/4” of rake there’s something about the design of this truck that still is making it look nose high to me and I can’t put my finger on it. I posted an underneath photo a few posts back but I have no idea how steep is too steep when looking at it….. colored pencils@MOHunter, you could always put a taller lift block in the back to get some rake back. Much cheaper and easier than bags, RAS, springs, etc. Some of the rear shock solutions appear to raise the rear an inch or so too.
Round and round we go on the front.
I’m still in the “AS 2 inch spacer until something better comes out”. Seems like folks are all over the place on the RC coil overs and now the Eibach kits.
I have the AS spacers and it's fine. I'll wait until fox comes out with a set, rather than spend money on RC coils I know I'll replace when a better set comes out.
Yeah I feel you. I’ll replace them for the same reason. If someone is happy with stock there’s no reason for them, but the guy I was replying to seems under the impression there’s no coil over option.
I asked the dealer who put mine on about doing that instead and according to him it would compress the factory coil enough that it would ride bad. I honestly don’t have a clue but he didn’t really want to try it on mine because he was pretty convinced of that. I’m sure he would do it if I really wanted him to but I guess I just took his word for it. I’d kind of like to know the real world result of doing it but I don’t like the idea of paying to see after he seemed so convincing.
He probably wanted to sell you something that cost more, ie. the new coil here. IMO keeping the stock coil usually gives a softer/more comfortable ride, but there are trade offs. If I ever get my Tremor I plan to go this route, but at this rate I wont have feedback to give until 2024.
He didn’t sell me any parts, I bought them all and brought them in. He’s a friend of a friend and would’ve made more money by me paying him to take off the Eibachs I paid him to put on to redo it with the factory coils. I just don’t know enough to know if what he told me is accurate and assumed he was correct.
I wouldnt say he is incorrect. The hard thing with shocks/suspension/ride quality is that it is all subjective. There are tons of people who swear by Bilsteins on F150s and Rams. Personally, I think they ride like crap and are too stiff, but I guess that means I am getting old, so I prefer a ride that sticks with the stock coils and thereby the stock stiffness to a certain degree. In my experience different springs will stiffen up a ride much more than just shocks, especially taller/lifted springs. There are of course exceptions to everything. I do generally swap out the shocks though (front and rear) to give a bit of a different feel. IMO the Eibachs up front with stock coils on my '17 feel smoother than the stock shocks, and the rear ends on F150s tend to bounce more than I would like, so a stiffer valved shock in the rear is better for my liking (I personally like the Fox 2.0s).
What you are saying makes sense. He just seemed absolutely certain I wouldn’t like it and he had nothing to gain from telling me that. Guess I could always pay to have it done and see. It would suck really bad though if I did and he was right and then had to pay to get it redone for a third time. Plus the added factor of him saying “I told you so “.
