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Get done already!! Wheeling season is right around the corner!! hhaaahaha
Nice progress
I'll be 300 miles from the wheeling truck this summer so progress will be stopped. Going to try my hardest to get the Cummins running so I can take it instead of my car this summer.
Originally Posted by FireDodge;323426 Finally got the rest of my used lift kit! I'll need to get some bushings and ball joints, but it's ready to go on when I can do it. You'll notice there are two sets of coils. One set is the Skyjacker 7" coils, the other is the RCD 6" coils. I'm going to run the RCD springs because they are a 1/2 ton coil and I can get more flex out of them.
Also, this first picture is the truck the lift came off of. The owner is doing his own custom rock crawler build with it as you can see in the second pic. He cut 16" off the rear of the frame, Chevy leafs with custom shackles, Ford high pinion Dana 60 in the front with long arms and coilovers. The second pic is while he still had the old Skyjacker lift on the front, but his new setup on the rear.
rcd doesnt make a 6" 1500 coil fyi..the red ram has some serious outer edge tire wear.
I know the coils are a few years old. They came from a guy who wheeled with his 2000 1/2 ton.
Just b/c the coils were in a 1500 dont make them 1500 coil b/c rcd has never offered them..Looking at your pics the skyjacker 2500 coil are very close to the same height and 2500 coil will be 2-3" taller then a 1500 of the same lift height which would put the rcd 3-4 shorter. With a heavy cummins you want the higher rated spring. rcd coils are 2500 coils if indeed there rcd.
Last edited by tweeker909; Mar 26, 2015 at 05:45 PM.
Just b/c the coils were in a 1500 dont make them 1500 coil b/c rcd has never offered them..Looking at your pics the skyjacker 2500 coil are very close to the same height and 2500 coil will be 2-3" taller then a 1500 of the same lift height which would put the rcd 3-4 shorter. With a heavy cummins you want the higher rated spring. rcd coils are 2500 coils if indeed there rcd.
I thought I mentioned it, but the lift will be going on the 1500. I'm just going off what I've been told so far as far as brands because I can't find any tags. The Cummins will be my tow rig work no lift other than its current leveling kit.
