Shocks or leafs first?

[Skinhyfish]

Building out my F350 with this Outpost camper. I have chosen Alcan to upgrade my springs. With all the cost and money, need to step the process. Going with tuned shocks I have been waiting on the weight. Now having the stats. I can’t do both at same time. My ride sucks at this time. I have the crappy Carli cheapos on at this time. To improve ride, could I put shocks on first then few months down the road? Or do leafs first?

Thanks guys. Looking at Radflo

 

[tacollie]

Yes. I ran my fox 2.5 for 3 years before I could justify the Alcans. That being said, if I had to do it over I would buy the Alcans first. They manage loads so much better than the factory leafs.

 

[GR8ADV]

Building out my F350 with this Outpost camper. I have chosen Alcan to upgrade my springs. With all the cost and money, need to step the process. Going with tuned shocks I have been waiting on the weight. Now having the stats. I can’t do both at same time. My ride sucks at this time. I have the crappy Carli cheapos on at this time. To improve ride, could I put shocks on first then few months down the road? Or do leafs first?

Thanks guys. Looking at Radflo

Serious question. What model are Carli cheapo’s?

 

[andy_b]

Building out my F350 with this Outpost camper. I have chosen Alcan to upgrade my springs. With all the cost and money, need to step the process. Going with tuned shocks I have been waiting on the weight. Now having the stats. I can’t do both at same time. My ride sucks at this time. I have the crappy Carli cheapos on at this time. To improve ride, could I put shocks on first then few months down the road? Or do leafs first?

Thanks guys. Looking at Radflo

I have run tuned Fox 2.0s on prior truck before custom springs and ADS 2.5s on current F350 before springs - each time, the custom leafs made a much bigger impact. IMHO, these trucks are totally fine with custom valved 2.0s. 2.5s look cooler and have a higher theoretical performance ceiling, but not worth the cost. The only reason I went with 2.5s on the newer F350 is because ADS was able to adapt the 2.5s from one truck to another. If this wasn’t an option, I was going to get another set of Fox 2.0s from Accutune.

 

[Skinhyfish]

Serious question. What model are Carli cheapo’s?

https://www.carlisuspension.com/product/ford/f250-f350/ford-shock-packages/3-5%E2%80%B3-shock-packages/2023-ford-f250-350-4x4-diesel-leveling-shock-packages/leveling-2/

 

[Westy]

Over this past summer Alcan installed new rear leaf packs on my Power Wagon + Hiatus Camper combo. I had been considering shock replacement as well but knew the rear leafs would be the true overall solution for my needs and I wasn't ready to spend the extra money on new shocks.

I wouldn't be too concerned or in a rush to replace the shocks.

I'm still running the Thuren Fox 2.0 and to my surprise they are working very well.

 

[Trektor73]

Are you going to be using the truck a lot in the interim? I would say springs first so that when you buy the shocks, they will be tuned to that spring rate.