Brodell65
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Looks sweet! Do you have any rear lift?
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Installing RL 3.5” SST lift on top of existing Bilstein adjustable shock leveling kit
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RL 3.5” kit includes 2” coil spacers and bump stop extensions in the rear. Other than that nothing else done to rear.
BiGJZ74
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Rake is about an inch....But I do want to possibly do 6"...BDS/Fox down the Road. I'd do 4" if they made Coilovers for it. AlthoughWouldn't change it up until the current setup wears out....Sweeet!...That actually looks level. Don’t see any rake. You sure that’s on 4?
...At certain angles mine appears a little nose high so thought about taking down a notch but was concerned it would take the lift/level look away but seeing yours makes me think not. Thanks!...Apart from headlights our trucks look a lot alike
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Did you have ORP springs? This is exactly what I want to do but don’t have ORP. I see readylift sells a package with just the UCA and top hat
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Sorry if I missed it. What are your tire specs on factory wheels?
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No ORP. Just plain ol 2wd.
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35x12.5" Nitto Ridge Graps, .25" spacers on the front to clear UCA's
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Is this all you needed to not rub on the UCA I have a 3.5 ready lift and I’m running the 295/65r20 on the original wheels and I was really wanting to swap to 35x12.5
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Im putting on the same lift Tuesday. Have billsteins and RL 3.5 w/ ORP.
Can I ask a favor. Im trying to decide which ring to use for the 5100s 3 or 4 Im thinking with top hat and UCA.
Anyway you could measure the top of your fin to the ground. I park in a garage for work and am basing my 5100 ring on the height. Trying to go as high as possible while fitting in garage.
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4 or 5 is recommended with 3.5 ReadyLift SST kit to make level. Mine is 2wd so I’d think 3 or 4 is probably right with ORP (if ORP already comes with inch more lift vs 2wd).
BiGJZ74
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It's all I needed for Nitto Ridge Graps, not all 35x12.5's are the same size
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any chance any of you guys have pictures of your setups geometry? curious what the cv angles look like
Chuck19
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That is a hard pill to swallow! Last couple of lifted setups I had were getting me around 15-16 MPG. I am lifting my 2021 bighorn tomorrow and hope i dont drop to 13Def take a hit on MPGs. Down to 13’s nowbut I get stopped all the time with new Ram owners (particularly Big Horn/Lone Star owners) inquiring about my setup.
BiGJZ74
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here is the link to my thread from a year ago when I lifted my truck. https://5thgenrams.com/community/th...5100s-front-and-5160-resis-in-the-rear.21550/
BiGJZ74
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Depends on how much city driving you do.... mine drops to 12-13 if i spend a week commuting in traffic but go on one long trip it's up to 16-17.
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How does it ride, I put spacer in with bilsteins on 0, height is good drives terrible, to rough, taking it out and going with your set up, hoping for a better ride than what it wasSorry I probably used the wrong terminology, meant preload “puck” spacer is 2” and top hat is 1.5”. Completed install Friday and shop only used the top hats and adjusted bilsteins down to level 5 for a perfect 3.5” lift/level all around. Trucks dirty now but hoping to clean today and upload pics. Also ironically as I was leaving the shop a white night edition pulled up, exact same truck as mine, with the 3.5 RL and 295/65/20s...Looks PERFECT now! Thankfully Discount did me a solid and only charged me the difference between old and new tires, so came out to only like $75/tire ($317 total) out the door, tax, certs and all
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Do not use coil spacer, put bilstien set on 5, perfectly level, I had spacer in and bilstien on 0, it's bounced all over the road, much better now
Just to clarify buddy, you have the ORP and Bilsteins set to #5 and installed everything except the pre-load spacer? Now sitting level and the ride isn’t bad? Just wanna make sure because I’m in the exact same boat. Have my Bilsteins at 5 already and I was about to lower back to setting 1
