ShadowsPapa
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Not sure where that out of the blue 100 pounds thing comes from...........I can't see any real logic to is since spring rates and vehicle weights vary from the factory - even within a "level" of Gladiator.
Biggest thing I'd watch is the "sag" or drop as an indicator of what needs to be done.
Anything else is a guess as can be seen by the varying answers as to the amount of drop various people have seen if you go over the whole forum - and even concentrate on Mojave.
Too much drop gets you not only closer to possible coil bind, but hitting the bump stops, depending totally on how you use the vehicle. On the street, the latter won't be as big a deal.
One needs to match spring rates with vehicle weight - just like the factory does.
Tell me I don't have more than 100 pounds here - and that's not even counting the power steps which are about 70 pounds per side - part of that weight is on the front springs (I know - I saw a little drop up front after putting them on)
I have a winch that weighs probably 75 pounds (some say 70, some say closer to 80, I think shipping weight is 76-80 pounds), the Bulldog winch plate - not light, the steel bumper (subtract the miniscule amount of weight of the plastic bumper I can hold over my head with one hand), the front Curt receiver, and so on.........I'm way over 100 pounds.
BUT - I did put dual-rate springs under it. They are supposed to give 2" lift,
I got about 0.75-1".
Biggest thing I'd watch is the "sag" or drop as an indicator of what needs to be done.
Anything else is a guess as can be seen by the varying answers as to the amount of drop various people have seen if you go over the whole forum - and even concentrate on Mojave.
Too much drop gets you not only closer to possible coil bind, but hitting the bump stops, depending totally on how you use the vehicle. On the street, the latter won't be as big a deal.
One needs to match spring rates with vehicle weight - just like the factory does.
Tell me I don't have more than 100 pounds here - and that's not even counting the power steps which are about 70 pounds per side - part of that weight is on the front springs (I know - I saw a little drop up front after putting them on)
I have a winch that weighs probably 75 pounds (some say 70, some say closer to 80, I think shipping weight is 76-80 pounds), the Bulldog winch plate - not light, the steel bumper (subtract the miniscule amount of weight of the plastic bumper I can hold over my head with one hand), the front Curt receiver, and so on.........I'm way over 100 pounds.
BUT - I did put dual-rate springs under it. They are supposed to give 2" lift,
I got about 0.75-1".
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