And the coilovers are ok. I only wanted the front end a little lower, that's why I have lowering springs as well.
they do look good in white! that would be my second choice if i didn't like the blue.
Also I was looking at the f150 lobo. But 60k for a base truck. I would like to lower that as well. Not sure yet. I'm going to wait until after the winter.
Oh that is interesting. springs in the rear and coilovers up front. I would love to lower mine more, but I need to tow a boat to the lake. will depend on how far into the water i have to go. haha .
I have coilovers front and back currently. But I did have mixed last winter. The springs ride better than the coilovers. Yes the f150 is a big difference.
Meticulous, flawless- PERFECT! You left no stone unturned to install this, and it looks great!Installed the full bedrug liner from realtruck. I know It's not for everyone and I also have a camper topper on order. Also DM @Realtruck for a discount! This is a great addition for me as it makes it more comfortable for me and puppers as well as not scratching my belongings since I have the factory spray in bedliner.
Installation tips: This def takes a couple hours, not the 30minutes it says on the site. I grabbed some cheap shower curtain rods to provide a couple hours of pressure on the velcro 3m pads to get propper adhesion on the spray on bedliner as shown in the photos. I also did on the cab wall and tailgate that I didn't get a photo of as well on parts that were not sitting flush on the sides.
To keep it extra secure, I bolted the tiedowns, bed rail, and side panels on top of the bedrug in addition to the velcro strips. On the tailgate I had some longer plastic fasteners and used them to secure the bedrug into the plastic panel on the tailgate.
To make it easy to get the bolts for the accesorries back in, screw the bolts down first and place the bedrug where it is supposed to go. Then take a hammer or anything hard and flat and rub over the bolts nice and hard. This will provide a nice indentation into the bedrug to determine where to poke holes.
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I got the black tailgate letters in my garage, I'm debating if there's a #yay or #nay upgrade, I ordered the mate black option, I have a HPR Mav's... should I go with glossy black... ah!The Leer installer suuuuucked. Yes they know, but I refused to have them work on it again.
They ran wires underneath the car with no protection. There were 3 spots with the wiring rubbing on a metal edge and the worst, the wire was hanging on the exhaust.... Sigh, also had an issue with a bad pin im the toppers fuse box. So last week I spent a couple days rewiring the top. Ended up running it through the cab following the factory cable harness all the way to the back.
Figured while I was at it I'd add some additional lights since it gets pretty dark in there now. Ordered amazon COB LED lights strips and put a velcro backing on it. Just be careful when repositioning them, hold the headliner down or you'll risk separating the headliner from the topper. Ended up wiring the lights to a magnetic switch so they turn on when the hatch is open. Still have a physical switch to turn them on and off as well.
Next thing coming is leak testing again. Usual culprit are the cab corners and then a unique one.
Wire hanging
Pin pushed through.
Had an old rear shelf that fits some crates. It is actually quite nice with the bedrug because I can slide it in and out easily.
No idea there! haha i went with the matte since it matches the bed trim and steps
That's a good reason! I'll give it a try
Camper topper gave me slight reverse rake on the goodwins, so I swapped just the fronts with H&R. Unfortunately the H&R springs were binding up front (coils were smacking each other) and it sounded loose and rattled over every bump. So in with the Silver Coilovers with swift springs.
Many stages of height!
Random notes: for anyone interested.
Goodwins: very smooth and comfortable stock like ride. I did notice the rear coils binding/smacking but never heard it. With the topper the rear was 1/2" lower than the front. Quite a drop honestly.
H&R: Slight bounce but very planted. To much noise due to binding/smacking coils. Kept the goodwins in the back and the height was perfectly level.
Silvers: Def harder to setup correctly. Biggest drawback is road noise penetrating the cabin and some harshness over bumps NVH. I still need to fine tune my adjustments and desparately need an alignment. Lots of room for height adjustment and dampening. I'll report back once in a few weeks.
Silver Setup:
Preload for swift springs is 1 full turn by hand from loose
Front 30-1/4" height with 3 clicks from soft
Rear 30-3/4" height with 8 clicks from soft
Height was measured ground to fender on stock tires.
Stock
Goodwins
Goodwin with topper
H&R Front Goodwin Rear with topper
Silvers
