Hi Guys, one of my planned mods this year will be to upgrade to either King coilovers or external bypass shocks, I intend using the Evo bolt on brackets but am torn between the two options. If I chose the coilover option I would prefer them to be the internal bypass with external compression adjusters however I like the idea of having the tuning ability of the external bypass shocks.
My current setup is Teraflex long arm prerunner kit on 35s but will upgrade to 37s when they are done.
Would appreciate any advice you guys can offer, thanks

 

What sort of driving are you doing? If you think your going to be blasting through the desert, skip the bolt-on coils and go for triple-bypass and coils. The bolt-on kits are great for rock crawling, but they don't help with high speed stuff.

I have the EVO bolt-on coilover kit and it was a big improvement over my TF coils, but EVO plush ride might have done the trick too for less $$$.

 

Thanks for your input, what characteristics do you experience with different types of terrain?. Most of my driving is very rough high speed trails with a lot of water bars and similar dips and jumps and then the occasional slow steep rutted out hill climbs. I can see the benefits of dual rate coils and adjustable ride high with the coilovers however im relatively happy with my ride height and spring rate. without experiencing the dampening characteristics of the coilovers its hard to know if they will suit my driving but that's why I thought the IBP coilovers with compression adjusters would help. as you said though the triple bypass might be the better option as it will allow me to fine tune my rebound and 2 stage compression.

 

I can't speak to the quality or dampening of the bypass coilovers as I have only used the standard coilover. I have my coils adjusted for minimum pre-load to keep my ride as low as possible and I have nearly 4" of lift and that may be a bit too much. If I were to adjust them for a higher ride then I might be able to hit things faster without bottoming, but then it would be unstable.

If you are on a lot of steep hills the coilovers do push off quite a bit, meaning the high end of the rig is very light.

 

Thanks for sharing your experience.
Would be good if anyone also could chime in and share their experiences or thoughts.

 

I have been wondering the same thing. I really want the Rock Krawler bypasses and i'ts cheaper then doing a coilover conversion kit.

 

I have 14" 2.5 IBP's with external 20 position adjusters,, and if I were doing the high speed stuff you are talking about I would prefer the triple bypass shocks 100%. You will never get the tun-ability as you will with a triple bypass. AND,,, the triple bypasses will not hurt you in the rock crawling arena either because it is all slow speed.