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My 17 is lowered 3” in front and 4” in the rear. Part of the original idea, 35,000 miles ago, was to include a Timbren SES kit for towing and when loaded heavily. They arrived yesterday and today I finally got around to installing them. It took a bit of research but I finally chose the SES from the F-150 kit. The part number is A0055-65 and just the “springs” ran around $130 delivered compared to $215 for the kit. They are on and I have about 1” of gap to the axle housing. I called Timbren and the test is to drive it and see if the ride gets harsh, similar to hitting railroad tracks. If it is smooth I am home free, if not I can trim them slightly to increase the gap. The F-150 kit comes with a contact pad to bolt to the housing but I was told not to worry about not using one as 90% of their rear kits are set up to operate directly on the axle housing. I will get back to you tomorrow on the ride quality unladen.
Got a chance to drive the truck hard this afternoon and had absolutely no issues. Rides the same so I know I have enough initial clearance between the Aeron spring and axle housing. This morning I ran errands and had the Lab with (70#) and loaded in another 150#s of bagged gravel for the fireplaces and it rode great. Can’t wait to get a trailer on the back to see how it works. I should be running to the gravel pit to pick up some small to medium rip rap next week. The 6x10 will probably have a ton to a ton and a half on it with no WD. I only run the WD on the small travel trailer. I will let you know how it works after the riprap run.
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