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I haven't cared about gas mileage since I crossed the 1,000 mile mark. It's too fun to drive and I tend to stay on the gas. If it's too terrible, I'll look into upgrading the gears. Tires are only 6-ply, so not as bad as going with the 10-ply.
Yeah, 4x4. My biggest worry is the Icon UCAs, because they say max backspacing is 5 inches. The Raptor wheels are over 6 inches backspacing. So the deeper backspacing plus 12.5 inch wide tires has me a little worried, but a few guys on here have done it with no rubbing at all. But every truck is a little different...
That’s a cool setup. Tell us how the icons perform. I have a 1.5 level on my 18 but I don’t like it.
All done and installed. Took about 5 hours total because we were taking our time. Looks much better and no rubbing on anything so far. Closest point is tire on UCA has about 1/2 inch clearance. Haven't gone for a big drive on yet, still need to get an alignment, but no squeaking from the ICON UCAs so far. Pretty sore from all the heavy lifting and torqueing everything down with hand tools is rough on these old bones, but it was a fun install. Anyway, here are some pics.
Love those wheels!
Sticks out just enough
Getting to this point was not easy. Those pressed in bolts made pulling the coilover a major pain!
Old and new coilovers
Old and new UCAs
New coilover installed and pic of CV angles
Old and new rear shock
Old and new rear block
Net gain of about 3 inches in front. Measured from center of wheel to fender lip.
Net gain of about 2 inches in the rear. About 1/2 inch of rake, but with my bag of stuff in the trunk (hitch, jack, recovery tools, etc), it sits perfectly level.
Still need to adjust the headlights and fog lights and program the new tire size and tire pressure in FORSCAN. Gonna ride with it for a while before I decide if I want to adjust the height of the fronts at all. They came set at 2.75 inches. Haven't got up to speed in it yet to see how much power I lost and time will tell on impact to gas mileage
Looks great! Thanks for the good write up too, hoping to do this kit in the fall just skeptical about the uniballs dealing with a salty dirty climate in north jersey
Wow. Truck looks great. Im shocked those wheels and tires fit in there like that. I have the Icon UCAs but stock +44 wheels on stock rubber. The 315/70 comes out to like 34.5x12.5? You have to do spreading of the crash bars?
All done and installed. Took about 5 hours total because we were taking our time. Looks much better and no rubbing on anything so far. Closest point is tire on UCA has about 1/2 inch clearance. Haven't gone for a big drive on yet, still need to get an alignment, but no squeaking from the ICON UCAs so far. Pretty sore from all the heavy lifting and torqueing everything down with hand tools is rough on these old bones, but it was a fun install. Anyway, here are some pics.
Love those wheels!
Sticks out just enough
Getting to this point was not easy. Those pressed in bolts made pulling the coilover a major pain!
Old and new coilovers
Old and new UCAs
New coilover installed and pic of CV angles
Old and new rear shock
Old and new rear block
Net gain of about 3 inches in front. Measured from center of wheel to fender lip.
Net gain of about 2 inches in the rear. About 1/2 inch of rake, but with my bag of stuff in the trunk (hitch, jack, recovery tools, etc), it sits perfectly level.
Still need to adjust the headlights and fog lights and program the new tire size and tire pressure in FORSCAN. Gonna ride with it for a while before I decide if I want to adjust the height of the fronts at all. They came set at 2.75 inches. Haven't got up to speed in it yet to see how much power I lost and time will tell on impact to gas mileage
Lets great man!! can you take some pics from the side? I just purchsed the same running boards an want o se ho they look from the side and a front view to see how they stick out past the rear tires. thanks
Wow. Truck looks great. Im shocked those wheels and tires fit in there like that. I have the Icon UCAs but stock +44 wheels on stock rubber. The 315/70 comes out to like 34.5x12.5? You have to do spreading of the crash bars?
I didn't have to spread crash bars or do any trimming. I was a little worried as the Icon UCAs so no more than 5 inches of backspacing and I think the Raptor rims are about 6.1 inches backspacing. If I was doing some serious offroading, there would be rubbing, I'm sure, but for normal everyday driving I'm good to go.
Lets great man!! can you take some pics from the side? I just purchsed the same running boards an want o se ho they look from the side and a front view to see how they stick out past the rear tires. thanks
Finally got the speedo reset for the new size tires and got the TPMS set to the new air pressure. Took it in for an alignment today and it wasn't that far off to start. Took about 30 minutes to get it dialed in. Drove around for a bit in city driving. Drives pretty much the same as before. I didn't notice any major drop in power or acceleration with the heavier tires. It definitely drives stiffer, but not harsh by any stretch. Definitely notice the LT tires vs the P tires I had before, but no noise. There is a slight pulsing I feel in the brake pedal when slowing down that wasn't there before. Any ideas what it might be? It's not pulling in any direction and is consistent on braking. I checked for any signs of rubbing anywhere and saw nothing.
03-27-2018, 05:21 PM
