Markuson
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Here's how much space is now available for travel with the new springs actually supporting my vehicles weight. It does not sag currently, in a month I'll see if that's holding true
Sorry for the delay - busy weekendAm curious to see a pic of the CVs/angles at your suspension height. Thanks in advance
I have been keeping in touch with RCV Performance and they have in the works an OE replacement front axles that will help (strength and angles) for those in my current spot.
Constant rate 700 lbs not dual
Hey congrats on the new system!I had an Icon stage 5 suspension system (fully adjustable Coil overs) put on my 2016 Chevy Colorado last week.
It has settled in nicely, the ride height has come down about an inch from where it was when I picked it up last Thursday and the ride quality continues to improve the more I drive it.
It gets an alignment later this week. I am glad I didn't have them align it on the first days since it changed quite a bit in that first 100 miles.
I have sort of general question about the Icon suspension systems like this.
I knew several of you fellow Cruiser owners on here had a lot of expertise with them, and thought I would ask some of you few question on what is what.
I am at about 4 days in and have about 300 mile on the truck so far. I am starting to hear some creaking and squeaking coming from the front end. Sunday on my return trip from OKLA, about 250 miles into the new suspension setup, I had started to notice a metallic squeak intermittently from the front end. By the time I had made it home, it was getting more consistent and I noticed once at home, I had noticed that the suspension was creaking and squeaking. You can rock the truck side to side and hear the springs creaking. Is this just a sign everything needs to be re-torqued or is there likely something else going on. Or are these noises normal for a suspension like this?
Also I was reading through the instructions and saw the final step was to re-torque everything after 100 miles, the shop doing the work said to bring it back after 500 miles for this procedure. The instructions also mention to have it re-torqued periodically after that. What are your thoughts on what periodically means?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Sounds like you are really getting that setup dialed in man! I did the wheel studs on my 100 series in my front yard with just basic tools, should be just as easy on the 200?!?!Small update - The new 700 lbs. front springs have settled over the last 27 days, close to a half inch. I have an appointment scheduled for this Thursday to have my alignment checked and adjusted if needed, check my hardware / re-torque and lower the front end about 1/2" - 1" and that allows some relief to the front CV's.
I will say these 700 lbs front springs have made all the difference in how MY truck travels and responds - much tighter, giving me more confidence in what has been done thus far and that the proper vehicle support is there. @cc1999 Once you finish building your Colorado and you hit the mileage mark to rebuild those Icons make notes of what you think needs to be addressed, if anything, weigh your rig and call that info into Icon. I cannot begin to explain what a total different feeling my LC has now.
So what's next for my truck: After the front end adjustments (lowering it) have been made and the alignment has been check or if needs to be adjusted I will then be trying to match up to the overalll track width, via custom cut spacers, I had with the wider (35x12.5x17 trail grapplers - which really measured 13.19 in width). Truth is these skinnier STT PROS, which is about 1/2"+ in width difference are sucked into my wheel wells. My reason for utilizing the spacers will be two fold, The rear axle is vertically static in the lift gains. The IFS front however has gone inward a bit and I want the tires to come back out away from my UCA's and I want ALL the tires to be flush with the wheel wells. In order to accomplish that I'll go through motorsport-tech.com for their hub centric to vehicle and wheel centric to wheel - spacers. Nothing huge like the spider traxs 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" offerings. We're just talking 1/2" maybe 3/4" wont really know until we take a post STT PRO measurement and compare it to the pre NTG measurement. The previous width fitment worked well with the KDSS replacement bracket / tire combo with minimal rub at full articulation so I want that back and nothing more.
I'll post up what we find out and how it goes or doesn't. If anyone has removed and replaced their wheels studs were they easy to get out or was that a press out deal? I have yet to look but I know I'll be going with a longer length than OE wheel stud to go with the spacers.
One last thing to note - the STT PROS are lighter, I can feel it in the gas pedal / seat of the pants. They have a nice hum to them and for all that I can remember these are not as loud as the trail grapplers - that's my opinion.
thanks