ShinerBock wrote:
Time for new shocks on my 2014 2500 and decided to just upgrade the front coils as well for a smoother more stable ride when I am driving down the dirt roads at the farm and dear lease(which is often). I will probably just put Bilstien 5100's on the rear with the stock coils.
Does anyone have this setup with a Cummins? If so, how much rake does the truck have afterwards and how much does the rear end squat with a load. I know there will still be a slight rake, but probably not much so I am thinking I might need to add some Timbrens in the rear to compensate for when I tow heavy.
Not sure I understand your entire question, but we bought a used 05 Ram 2500 with a 2 inch lift on the front end which leveled the truck, but with a ~300 gallon tank in the bed and a 1,000 gallon tank on a custom tandom axle trailer it squats ~2.5 inches which makes the truck look like its dragging its rear. In addition the truck felt very unstable so one afternoon those spacers got yanked out. I'm not sure if this helped the handling or not at this point but it looked nice and level when loaded.
So for me adding 2 inches to the front makes the truck look nice when unloaded, but not so nice when the trucks rear end compresses with a load.
Also the Fox shocks from what I hear require to be rebuilt every 30k-40k miles so you may want to factor that in when purchasing a very $$$ part.
