Holy cow, what a huge improvement in ride quality. I have a 2016 3500 Mega Cab 2wd dually with OEM rear air. I keep the air bags on the ALT TRAILER HEIGHT setting (lowered) for all driving. This lowers the rear slightly and provides a soft ride. I also have Sulastic shackles on the rear which absorb small bumps and joints before they reach the air bags. I installed the 1/2" lift coils this afternoon in 45 minutes. Front on jack stands, wheels off, disconnected brake lines from trailing arms, removed bottom shock bolt, lowered axle, OEM coils out and new coils in.

I think you explained it well. Thank you Paul! I have my eye on the Thuren soft rate coils and King shocks for my 14 Ram 3500 dually megacab.

You know the seatbelt alarm trick @PDdieselpower? Belt plugged in with ignition off. Put switch to run (engine not on). Buckle unbuckle 2 times and the third time you buckle, leave it buckled. Press start switch and you will hear ding. No more seatbelt alarm

I’m a mechanic on these trucks and have worked on aftermarket suspension for 10-15 year and I’ve driven hundreds of different suspension combination on thousands of truck. The sway bar on the front of those trucks are to stiff to let the coil springs operate at 100%. The sway bar was not intended for that much travel or unsprung weight. You should disconnect one sway bar end link and tie it to the sway bar and then drive down the same road and see.🤯

I went with a Bilstein level kit on my 2500. Stock was way too soft. Bottomed out routinely on low speed larger bumps. I am completely satisfied with the Bilstein springs and 5160 shocks. No more bottoming out. Extra travel seems to really help. I do feel like the are a little harsh for the first few miles but it could just be me?

Same thing happened with my zone off road lift on my 19 3500. In order to fix that I changed to a Thuren sway bar. Night and day difference

If they salt the roads at all where you drive I’d strongly suggest shock boots over the shafts of those Kings and Fluid Film on the shafts. As soon as those shock shafts get a nick, they start to corrode.

What do you keep your pressure at on those Toyos when unloaded? I was at 65 (for E 2 rated LT) but just went to 50 front 42 rear and it’s amazing.

Change the valving. You may consider less compression valving?

I've been searching for a solution to my 2016 RAM 3500 DRW Cummins rear factory air suspension. With no load, the right leans ~.5 - .7 to the right. When i put the truck camper on, the right leans ~1.5 in. Been to three dealerships to try and get it fixed. No luck. I'm thinking about inserting a 1 in spacer under the right air bag in hopes that resolves my issue. Do you have any insight into this sympton?

If you decide you need an adjustable truck bar, check out Carli. I think it’s a better design than Thuren. I’m running Thuren 2.25” spring and their King 2.0 shocks on my 2018 Ram 3500. Great ride and build quality, but carli has them beat on the track bar. It’s what I went with and couldn’t be happier.

Thanks for sharing Paul, I might be interested in that kit for my truck. I've got a hunting ranch here in Florida that we filled and graded the main road, within 2 weeks the wild hog's tore into it and now you can't physically see the bumps but they jar the heck out of the truck at crawling speeds every darn time.

Dang glad/ sad to hear this. I have a 17 3500 ram, carli leveling kit with Fox shocks and 37s. The ride quality is absolutely amazing. Night and day difference from stock. Even the wife was impressed.

What would you do different? I Have a Ram 3500 dally 2019 I drive it like a car everyday but I also tow a whole lot. I also live an a bad dirt road so that's the biggest pain. Im also thinking about putting some 34' 12 ply tires on it.

I have an 18 mega 3500 with air rear. I notice my front end seems very soft compared to other trucks, like you explained. I didn’t know 14-17s are stiffer. I heard that tuning 18s is different than 14-17s also. It seems to me 18s are almost like 5th gens in some ways. Plan to do some Fox shocks all the way around at some point, the rear is quite stiff unloaded.

Are you still running the 2" airbag and leaf spring spacers in the back?

Biggest turn off to me was loosing 26% load capacity... I kept the stock coils, added a leveling spacer, Thuren track bar, and fox shocks... big difference, and I can still haul / plow.

Did your MPG change adding the Rough Country or Thuren from stock MPG ? Just curious.

Maybe try Carli on the next truck?

So at the end of the day Rough Country was "about the same." Difference being price

In the rear was it just 2" block on leaf or bag also? Thanks

Regardless you only did a leveling kit. With basic King shocks. If you did a bigger lift with more spring and bigger bypass shock. You will know and feel the difference. Hardly on a leveling kit

First 😬👍🏻

Always weird seeing kings without reservoirs lol

I just installed the thuren and I’m not real happy. I ordered the overlander 2” softride and the damn thing just bobbles all over the place. It bounces around so much makes me car sick, feel like I’m deep sea fishing in a storm. Wishing I’d got Carli.

I had Carli and it was horrible on my Ram. I run a BDS 3inch with Fox shocks now and it's awesome especially compared to what those lifts cost.

I knew you wouldn’t be impressed with the 2.0 king shock they are better then stock but they suck do you want to get a 2.5 king shock or bigger I’ve tried Carli with 2.0 shock yes better then stock but with the confidence you get to think you can hit bumps and dips you will be disappointed The same bumps and dips on the road with the 2.5 shock complete different truck

Your problem isn’t with the suspension it’s with your tires and your wheels

The problem was you bought the knock off version made by Thorn.

Shocking video

I fell off my chair

Carli

Carli is the best

I leave my truck stock & just run 🏃 it . Aftermarket crap 💩 is a waste of money . The engineers 👨🏻‍💻 who designed the suspension already did the homework 📚.

But my wife hates me being lower than the “max PSI rating”