Here's what I've learned (as with everything I say, I could be wrong)
- brent originally used 12" springs - 175 lbs in front and 160 lbs in rear.
- then we went to 14" springs - 175 lbs all around
- now it looks like he'll evaluate your uses and make a decision based on your driving style/wants.
Since brent's setup is constantly changing, you have to take into account when the comments were said to see which coils were being run. I think originally the 12" coils were too low, and they'd hit the bumps too often.
Here are my two buddies and their setups (I hope they don't mind me posting pics of their rigs):
Manny
Stage 1:
F - 12" springs at 175 lbs
R - 12" springs at 160 lbs
he was bottoming out more than he wanted.
Stage 2: --> 33's
F - 12" springs at 175 lbs plus a 1" spacer
R - 12" springs at 160 lbs plus 2" of spacers
He said that made it ride tons better, and he said he really liked that setup for33's, even for bajaing down fire roads at 50 mph.
Stage 3: - 35" tires
F - 14" king springs at 250 lbs
R - 16" coils at 200 lbs
He likes this setup for 35's
Sean from low range
Stage 1:
F - 14" coils at 175 lbs
R - 14" coils at 175 lbs plus some spacers (not sure how many)
Stage 2: Sean wants his rig taller than stock.
F - 16" springs at 250 lbs
R - 16" springs at 200 lbs with 2" of spacers
from Sean's build thread:
To do it over again I might have used 18-200 in the rear. I currently have 2-1" spacers bellow each spring to get it leveled out. No spacers in the front. I still might swap out in the future.
The 250 coil is a bit bigger diameter so it did take some grinding to get it in the top coil pocket for the Slayer kit.
His rig is taller than I'd like mine to be.
Mine
Stage 1
F- 16" coils at 200 lbs
R - 16" coils at 250 lbs
It sits about 2" higher in front. Front is way softer than the rear. I think I'd like to move to 14" 225 lb coils up front to level it out.
the consensus seems to be that the rear needs to be 1-2" higher than the front coils to level it out.
