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<blockquote data-quote="Elliott" data-source="post: 416960" data-attributes="member: 1090"><p>If those springs haven't been painted blue then they might have the poundage scribed in on the top or bottom of the coils, or at least all the ones that come with my king coilovers did.And I think there is a lot of confusion going on here about adjusting this or that. The top spanner nuts are for setting ride height only. The spanner nuts that ride inside the coil springs allow you to preload the top spring. You need to first figure out where exactly you want this thing to sit and get the correct springs for this.The bottom springs need to be 2" longer than the shock travel 16" travel shocks need 18" long bottom springs, this keeps the slider from getting hung up on the shock body at full drop. Your top spring length needs to be long enough that when the shock is fully extended that it doesn't let the springs hang loose. This is where it would help to have the weight of your rig, total weight , and front and rear. Surely you can find a scrap yard or something with a set of scales. Then you can figure the weight front and rear by jacking the rig up with two jacks in the same spot on the frame side to side till it just balances out then figure the percentage front and rear. If you know the weights of your springs now and the weights front and rear this would be a lot easier, anything else will be a guess.And places like eor and wide open are great about helping out on springs.But they will need the same info</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elliott, post: 416960, member: 1090"] If those springs haven't been painted blue then they might have the poundage scribed in on the top or bottom of the coils, or at least all the ones that come with my king coilovers did.And I think there is a lot of confusion going on here about adjusting this or that. The top spanner nuts are for setting ride height only. The spanner nuts that ride inside the coil springs allow you to preload the top spring. You need to first figure out where exactly you want this thing to sit and get the correct springs for this.The bottom springs need to be 2" longer than the shock travel 16" travel shocks need 18" long bottom springs, this keeps the slider from getting hung up on the shock body at full drop. Your top spring length needs to be long enough that when the shock is fully extended that it doesn't let the springs hang loose. This is where it would help to have the weight of your rig, total weight , and front and rear. Surely you can find a scrap yard or something with a set of scales. Then you can figure the weight front and rear by jacking the rig up with two jacks in the same spot on the frame side to side till it just balances out then figure the percentage front and rear. If you know the weights of your springs now and the weights front and rear this would be a lot easier, anything else will be a guess.And places like eor and wide open are great about helping out on springs.But they will need the same info [/QUOTE]
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