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Something appears to have gone wrong. I'm at 27" from hub to fender up front and 25" in the back. Almost no droop left in front. The winch alone isn't going to drop it enough so tomorrow I'm going to try compressing the coils while installed and see if I can get enough slack to drop the C clip down to the next groove.

I have the V6 Sasquatch coils for the rear too and may need to install them but IDK if they'll fit on the BL shocks.

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Something appears to have gone wrong. I'm at 27" from hub to fender up front and 25" in the back. Almost no droop left in front. The winch alone isn't going to drop it enough so tomorrow I'm going to try compressing the coils while installed and see if I can get enough slack to drop the C clip down to the next groove.

I have the V6 Sasquatch coils for the rear too and may need to install them but IDK if they'll fit on the BL shocks.

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Just move to Carolina and you’re golden.

I think you need to raise the rear more, regardless of what you do up front.

Just for reference, I get to 29.75 inches at full droop. Is your sway bar connected?
 

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Let's see some tire measurements! My 12.5s are 9.5" wide at contacting tread and right at 12.5" carcass width.
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Something appears to have gone wrong. I'm at 27" from hub to fender up front and 25" in the back. Almost no droop left in front. The winch alone isn't going to drop it enough so tomorrow I'm going to try compressing the coils while installed and see if I can get enough slack to drop the C clip down to the next groove.

I have the V6 Sasquatch coils for the rear too and may need to install them but IDK if they'll fit on the BL shocks.

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Are those 4 door V6 springs? Looks like you netted 2" from just the coil swap.

Thats a great IPA you have there
Left over snow wheeling beer 🍻 figured I needed a reward for doing my yard chores.
 

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Are those 4 door V6 springs? Looks like you netted 2" from just the coil swap.
They are. That did not work as intended. But I think adding the winch and moving to the 1.3" lift groove should get me to where I want to be.

I drove around the block and hit a few potholes and they did not feel harsh.
 
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Ended up all the way down to the 0 lift groove to get to 26" from hub to fender.

@kodiakisland do you recall your pre-lift hub to fender measurement?

I'm drooping at 28.5, no swaybar.
 
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I'm getting way too good at this. 20 minutes from tire on the ground, coilover out, adjusted, installed, tire on the ground. About to take it around the block and cycle the suspension a bit.
 

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24 3/8 on the front and 25 rear with the Badlands Bilsteins I think.
I never measured the droop with the Bilsteins.
 
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24 3/8 on the front and 25 rear with the Badlands Bilsteins I think.
I never measured the droop with the Bilsteins.
None of this adds up. After the drive I'm sitting back at 24" in front and it took a 1.25" spacer to get to 25" in the back. It looks really good though with 35s and is about 2" higher than stock, judging by fender gap.

So I'm going to drop them out again, and go back to the 1.3" groove.
 

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Ended up all the way down to the 0 lift groove to get to 26" from hub to fender.

@kodiakisland do you recall your pre-lift hub to fender measurement?

I'm drooping at 28.5, no swaybar.
None of this adds up. After the drive I'm sitting back at 24" in front and it took a 1.25" spacer to get to 25" in the back. It looks really good though and is about 2" higher than stock, judging by fender gap.

So I'm going to drop them out again, and go back to the 1.3" groove.
So I finally found some numbers written down in the garage. Have no idea if this was Hitachi or Bilsteins, but I think Bilsteins. 23 3/8 and 24. Most likely Bilstein numbers as I think the Hitachis were in the 22 inch range up front.
 
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So I finally found some numbers written down in the garage. Have no idea if this was Hitachi or Bilsteins, but I think Bilsteins. 23 3/8 and 24. Most likely Bilstein numbers as I think the Hitachis were in the 22 inch range up front.
That makes sense. I wish I had taken measurements before tearing it apart.
 

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I just measured mine and got 25.5” front and 26” rear, but I’m parked nose down on my slanted driveway.
My measurements were done from center of hub to metal fender plastic flare line, then subtract 1”. 🤷‍♂️
 

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I just measured mine and got 25.5” front and 26” rear, but I’m parked nose down on my slanted driveway.
My measurements were done from center of hub to metal fender plastic flare line, then subtract 1”. 🤷‍♂️
Why subtract an inch?
 

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Why subtract an inch?
If I removed the plastic flare, I would be measuring to the bottom of the fender roll. I just figured that’s what was meant so I subtracted an inch. Otherwise I would be at 26.5” and 27”, and that can’t be right with non-Sas springs on non-Sas shocks. I’ve only got the perch collar lift in rear.
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