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<blockquote data-quote="TacomaJD" data-source="post: 575154" data-attributes="member: 1780"><p>Like others have said, the thing with running the longer springs is that you don't have to have as heavy # springs to support your rig at the same static ride height as before with the heavier and shorter springs. You will eliminate the need for helper coils and have a much better ride and a suspension that works better. The rule of thumb is the lower spring is 2" longer than shock travel, upper spring same as shock travel, so you are correct in wanting to move to 16" lower spring and 14" upper for a 14" shock. I ran 150/200 springs on the 14" Fox 2.0's on the front of my Yota with around 6" of shaft showing, you may need a tad bit more spring weight if you are running a v8 (more weight up front).</p><p></p><p>The thing about shaft showing is it's also relative to your room for uptravel. If you don't have much room for uptravel, try to set it up where it has a bit less shaft showing at static ride height... if they are set up with a lot of shaft showing at ride height and you have little room for uptravel, it's essentially wasting shock travel. </p><p></p><p>You can also check with EOR and if you order springs from them and they aren't exactly the right springrates for your application, they will usually let you send em back and swap for different ones at least once. They did when I was fooling with mine, anyways. I ran the PAC Racing springs bought from EOR - priced great and haven't read anything about them having any spring fatigue issues. </p><p></p><p> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies2/dblthumb2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dblthumb:" title="Dblthumb2 :dblthumb:" data-shortname=":dblthumb:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TacomaJD, post: 575154, member: 1780"] Like others have said, the thing with running the longer springs is that you don't have to have as heavy # springs to support your rig at the same static ride height as before with the heavier and shorter springs. You will eliminate the need for helper coils and have a much better ride and a suspension that works better. The rule of thumb is the lower spring is 2" longer than shock travel, upper spring same as shock travel, so you are correct in wanting to move to 16" lower spring and 14" upper for a 14" shock. I ran 150/200 springs on the 14" Fox 2.0's on the front of my Yota with around 6" of shaft showing, you may need a tad bit more spring weight if you are running a v8 (more weight up front). The thing about shaft showing is it's also relative to your room for uptravel. If you don't have much room for uptravel, try to set it up where it has a bit less shaft showing at static ride height... if they are set up with a lot of shaft showing at ride height and you have little room for uptravel, it's essentially wasting shock travel. You can also check with EOR and if you order springs from them and they aren't exactly the right springrates for your application, they will usually let you send em back and swap for different ones at least once. They did when I was fooling with mine, anyways. I ran the PAC Racing springs bought from EOR - priced great and haven't read anything about them having any spring fatigue issues. :dblthumb: [/QUOTE]
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