Recent content by HillbillySneaker

Did you swap your fairlead to a Hawse style? If so, how did you go about it? Looks like it will need a spacer to get it closer to the face of the bumper.

I didn’t try to exchange the shocks because I put a fairly large scratch on one of them trying to install it. I stumbled across a set of lightly used Thuren soft ride springs for sale on facebook so I bought them. I called Thuren and ordered the rest of the supporting rear end parts. Install...

I didn’t notice it the first time I had the truck off the ground but the driveshaft was hitting a skid plate at full droop so they are definitely too long. I put the factory Bilsteins back on the truck and will try to exchange the 3-4” lift shocks for the 0-2” versions. As of now the 3-4” shocks...

Got the truck to flex a little more today. There’s not a ditch in my neighborhood deep and steep enough to get a tire completely off of the ground but I got close. The rear coils are still seated firmly but it’s obvious that they are fully extended. Back at the house I lifted both rear tires off...

I only got to drive the truck once but they did feel softer than the Bilsteins. Once the new transmission is in I’ll quickly put a bunch of miles on it. Both on and off road. I wish Carli offered a set of shocks and springs for factory height trucks. I called and asked but they have no option...

I’ve had multiple Bilsteins in the past on my diesel trucks and liked them for towing. I bought this truck for different purposes so I wanted something as soft as possible.

As far as I can tell this is probably my best bet.

I’ve thought about it but I’m not sure if that the right thing to do. This is my first solid axle truck so honestly, I haven’t figured out if that’s a fix for the problem or if that’s just moving the problem to another spot in the suspension.

Factory Bilstein vs Fox 985-24-202 (Fox 2.0 for regular 2500 with 3-4” lift). The next two pictures show where I had to measure from to match up with Fox’s numbers. Measuring from these same two points on the Bilstein netted a difference of approximately 2.25”. Passenger rear coil with tire...

I realize this conversation is from 2022 but this is related info that I couldn’t find anywhere else. I thought it appropriate to add it here. I just registered here after trying for more than a week to get a straight answer on which Fox shock lengths matched a factory height 2018 power wagon...