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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / March 2005

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Better springs for RAM

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Steve K - 28 Mar 2005 21:03 GMT
I haul a 24' fifth wheel camper with my 1999 Ram 1500.

It sags quite a bit when hooked up, but the truck is okay to haul that
size camper and weight.

I've been looking into buying Supersprings to get rid of that sag.

I really can't find anything bad about them while searching the
Internet, but some before and after photos I've found that they use seem
VERY deceiving. So there is doubt in my mind.

I do think these photos are fake. I found the same two pictures on an
Ebay listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=792219
8952&category=33584&sspagename=WD1V

If you toggle back and forth between these two images (the photos with
the load of firewood in back of a small white pickup) the tires
have not even moved an inch. How can they jack up that truck, spend all
that time putting the springs on, and have the tires be exactly in the
same position? I use Photoshop a lot and this photo is fake. There are
too many red flags. In the background there is building lumber, but yet
the truck is full of firewood. I even think the load of wood in the back
of the truck is another image from some other photo! And the mud flap in
the back doesn't even move with the truck. The more I think about it,
the more I'm convinced this a photoshop trick and does not even closely
represent what these springs can do, especially if they had to use photo
manipulation to get us to buy the product.

Anyone have anything to add, or suggestions on if these springs are what
I need?

Thanks
Steve
Tom Lawrence - 29 Mar 2005 01:28 GMT
> have not even moved an inch. How can they jack up that truck, spend all
> that time putting the springs on, and have the tires be exactly in the
> same position?

Not to mention being able to change them so quickly, that the sun never
moves, and therefore the shadows are exactly the same  :)

> Anyone have anything to add, or suggestions on if these springs are what
> I need?

Have you looked into airbags?  Firestone makes a kit that helps keep the
truck level when hauling heavy (as long as you don't exceed any of your max.
weight ratings - truck, axle, or tires/wheels).
The hooligan - 30 Mar 2005 16:26 GMT
I've installed coil over shocks on every Dodge Truck/Van I've owned.
When loaded I carry up to 10 to 12 five gallon buckets of paint, or
around 1000 lbs, no sag, when empty they seem to ride just fine. cost
about 150,00 installed.
 
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