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Today I had Hyperco coil springs installed -- 2.25" in the front and 1" (non-HD) in the rear -- and mounted my 35x11.50R17 Falken Wildpeak RT01 on RRW wheels in 17x8.5 with +25 offset. Very happy with how it turned out. No rubbing at all lock to lock, with plenty of clearance for the type of offroading I'll be doing. No trimming was required. I had the ReadyLift high clearance crash bars installed as well.
There's still a little bit of rake, which I'm OK with. I could've skipped the rear coils and it would've set almost level (probably would've been a little nose high, which I did not want). Also, I wanted to do the coils on all four corners.
The 11.5" wide tire really helped with the clearance. I was a bit worried the 11.5" would look a little narrow, but the Wildpeak RT has a fairly aggressive tread and big side lugs, so it looks pretty good IMO.
After considering the various coil spring (Geiser, Eibach and Hyperco) and lift collar offerings, I decided to go with the Hyperco coils based on my desired height in the front and back and the quality and reputation of Hypercoil. I didn't know much about Hypercoil springs until researching them -- they've been around for years and have a great reputation across many different applications. I've only driven it 15 miles on the freeway, but the ride was not noticeably stiffer, even on Dallas potholes.
Anyway, sorry for the long post and for the crappy iphone pics.
There's still a little bit of rake, which I'm OK with. I could've skipped the rear coils and it would've set almost level (probably would've been a little nose high, which I did not want). Also, I wanted to do the coils on all four corners.
The 11.5" wide tire really helped with the clearance. I was a bit worried the 11.5" would look a little narrow, but the Wildpeak RT has a fairly aggressive tread and big side lugs, so it looks pretty good IMO.
After considering the various coil spring (Geiser, Eibach and Hyperco) and lift collar offerings, I decided to go with the Hyperco coils based on my desired height in the front and back and the quality and reputation of Hypercoil. I didn't know much about Hypercoil springs until researching them -- they've been around for years and have a great reputation across many different applications. I've only driven it 15 miles on the freeway, but the ride was not noticeably stiffer, even on Dallas potholes.
Anyway, sorry for the long post and for the crappy iphone pics.
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