I "ruined" my truck, but it looks awesome...
05-05-2017, 07:24 PM
#21
Thanks! Since this was taken I've blacked out the mirror reflectors, and I have a set of Amp running boards sitting in my garage, waiting for the rain to stop. Also debating removing the FX4 stickers on the bed, already removed the "Ecoboost" badges and blacked out everything else.
05-05-2017, 10:04 PM
#22
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Thread Starter
I just looked and the load rating on those tires is 3800 lbs. Thats going to be a super stiff tire. Most load ratings are 3100 its for an E rated tire. And just for reference the stock tires 4 ply tires are a 2400 lbs load rating. I can only imagine what the ride is with those tires. 
I can only imagine what the ride is with those tires.
05-06-2017, 02:06 AM
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05-06-2017, 11:43 AM
#25
Ya ive got E rated toyo rts and a zone 6". ride isnt bad but i have the full length fox coil overs on the way right now and rear foxs with resi's... i realllly hope i didnt drop all that coil for it to make the ride worse..
the load range for the toyo rts in 35s is about 3200lbs..
the load range for the toyo rts in 35s is about 3200lbs..
05-06-2017, 01:20 PM
#26
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Thread Starter
I really don't think it's the lift, as I'm not using any of their components other than a block in the back, the knuckles and frame parts. My front springs and shocks are the Fox/BDS ones made specifically for already lifted trucks, no spacer involved. I have the stock springs in the rear, and am using the Fox shocks with a reservoir. I blame the tires and the springs. Also, one of you lives in Denver (I used to live in Castle Rock) and the other in Texas, on streets that have never seen snow, ice, road salt, or plows. There are potholes here that feel worse than hitting a curb and I am not exaggerating.
05-06-2017, 01:52 PM
#27
Senior Member
I have a Hellwig bar on there now, it helped in cornering but it went on long before the lift. I changed the shackles/links to longer ones when I lifted it
I already have them, said it in my post. I have the Icon upper control arms, and the Fox coil overs.
I went from 34" tires and 20" wheels to 35.5" tires and 18" wheels. 17's won't fit with the RC knuckles and any tire bigger than what I have looks ridiculous on a half ton truck.
You have to experience the roads here to understand. I've been down plenty of dirt roads that are in better shape than the paved ones here. It's pretty sad.
I already have them, said it in my post. I have the Icon upper control arms, and the Fox coil overs.
I went from 34" tires and 20" wheels to 35.5" tires and 18" wheels. 17's won't fit with the RC knuckles and any tire bigger than what I have looks ridiculous on a half ton truck.
You have to experience the roads here to understand. I've been down plenty of dirt roads that are in better shape than the paved ones here. It's pretty sad.
I am running 35" Load Range E tires (Cooper Discoverer STTs), my ride quality is fine. Have been running them for the last 45,000 miles. One of the benefits of Load Range E on a half ton truck is that the tires wear like iron.
I still have the stock front coilovers, but I've been considering swapping to the Fox 2.0 Coilovers and the same Icon UCAs, so the results of this post are very interesting to me.
The roads here in Minnesota are almost as bad as those in Michigan. Not as bad, but close in places. My wife and I have vacationed over to the Upper Peninsula a few times over the years, so I am familiar with that portion of Michigan.
It's too bad you weren't closer. We could swap wheels and test it out that way
Last edited by Kytann; 05-06-2017 at 01:54 PM.
05-06-2017, 06:19 PM
#28
The Light Guy
i went from E rated toyos to C rated ko2's and it was night and day better. i have icon stage 5 set up with UCA's, as a bonus the 315/70-17s were only 147 a tire too.
05-06-2017, 08:29 PM
#29
I just looked and the load rating on those tires is 3800 lbs. Thats going to be a super stiff tire. Most load ratings are 3100 its for an E rated tire. And just for reference the stock tires 4 ply tires are a 2400 lbs load rating. I can only imagine what the ride is with those tires.
I can only imagine what the ride is with those tires. .
Last edited by RLXXI; 05-06-2017 at 08:51 PM.
05-06-2017, 08:32 PM
#30
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