Total Chaos / King Coilover Kit

cmpugh7 · Mar 20, 2025

Stage7 said:
Does this system come with an adjustable track bar for correcting potential dog walk?

You can order them separate from Total Chaos, but wasn’t necessary with the just under 2” I got with Dobinson springs.

Stage7 · Mar 20, 2025

cmpugh7 said:
You can order them separate from Total Chaos, but wasn’t necessary with the just under 2” I got with Dobinson springs.

So there isn't any dog walking with the 2" lift or not enough for you to worry about? Just clarifying.

cmpugh7 · Mar 20, 2025

Stage7 said:
So there isn't any dog walking with the 2" lift or not enough for you to worry about? Just clarifying.

None at all.

Benbian · Wednesday at 7:59 PM

cmpugh7 said:
Installed Total Chaos PART #LC250-24-25-K2A yesterday.

Only put a few miles on it because I still need to get an alignment, but initial impression is ride is stiffer/smoother than the Dobinson kit that I had on it. I am going wheeling next Tuesday so should be able to report back real world off-road experience on the same trails I ran with the Dobinson kit. I'll have my Westcott sliders installed as well, so I'll be choosing some harder lines.

Install was very straight forward, and took me about 5 hours start to finish. The toughest part was removing the upper control arm through bolt on the driver side. Took some pry bar manipulation, but ultimately was pretty easy by coaxing it from the engine bay.

Some things to note for those wanting the kit. It was nearly impossible to find how much initial pre-load was on the coilovers straight from King... In doing some calculation and measuring off the vehicle, I was able to determine it would gain about 1.5" over stock. I turned the collar 3 full turns prior to install, which yielded exactly 2.1" (5 turns = 1")... which brought be down by .4" and was perfect to achieve a little more rake. It would be pretty easy to gain nearly 3" in the front if desired... I was only down roughly 6 threads at 2+/-".

I would encourage doing your homework/calculations and adjust prior to install, otherwise you will be removing the tire, removing the upper control arm knuckle bolt to get it out of the way of the remote reservoir hose, or removing the coil all together.

In the rear I'm still running Dobinson 2" coils w/ .5" spacer. With all the weight it yields me about 1.5" of lift.

Sorry I didn't get better pictures... I'm terrible about doing that during install.

I am thinking this same kits as well but really tangled if i need rear links like adjustable panhard bars to center the axle with the 2.5 inch lift