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I got a response from Scott's and they said that it all looks correct. They said the coil over is designed to be at a 15-30 degree angle. I'm still confused if the lower bar needs to be parallel to ground at ride height.

Originally Posted by rcs72

I got a response from Scott's and they said that it all looks correct. They said the coil over is designed to be at a 15-30 degree angle. I'm still confused if the lower bar needs to be parallel to ground at ride height.

When they're taling angle of the coilover, they are more then likely talking about the angle as viewed from the rear, not from the side!!!!

I don't like panhard bars at all..... By design they move the rear end from side to side on bumps.... Why not a Watts linkage instead. But if you have to use the Panhard bar, then as Tech emphasized, make it long and the mount points level to minimize the deflection the bar creates. With coilovers and their limited travel it's not really a big problem, I guess. But in theory and application they are totally wrong.....

I also noticed that scotts pic showed air bags and not coil overs .........this may make all the difference in the world on how it rides..on a light truck install.....

I did send the side view pic to Scott's and they said it is fine mounting the coil over tilted back 20 degrees. They did tell me to cycle it to make sure theres is no binding. They have a lot of pics on there site with coil overs but none that really show if the coil over is tilted to the back. I really hope once it's installed it doesn't ride like sh*t.

Originally Posted by rcs72

I did send the side view pic to Scott's and they said it is fine mounting the coil over tilted back 20 degrees. They did tell me to cycle it to make sure theres is no binding. They have a lot of pics on there site with coil overs but none that really show if the coil over is tilted to the back. I really hope once it's installed it doesn't ride like sh*t.

The coilovers themselves and the angle that they're mounted at won't make the truck ride like s***, but the hard connections with no compliant material to absorb road and powertrain shock may be a different story.

Go ahead and put it together and run it. If you like it, keep it. If not, put the truck up for sale and move on to another project. I think you probably know what NOT to do by now.