Question regarding Sektion suspension rail

[u/SevenEyes]

Heyo, doing a 5 cab run ~13ft long on a wood frame (no ikea legs). I compared the instructions which said 32 & 3/16 (on top of the 4.5in legs) against the 4ft frame I had and lowered .5 in but it still looked too high. I checked the Youtuber kitchen renees who specializes in ikea cabs and tried to follow along his vid where he tears apart the suspension rail instruction sheet.

I ended up aligning it at a height that seems to be ~1inch too high oddly enough, so the bracket sits in the rail bottom lip. The rail isn't actually holding the cab up, it's just the lips seated at a height where if you pulled hard on the cab it doesn't budge. The potential issue is the french cleats won't go through the brackets because of the height (bottom lip on rail is blocking it).

I got my frame as level as I could with shims and the cabs were all level during a dry fit (pre-suspension rail). If I leave things as-is, the rail basically serves as a sort-of anti-tip mechanism but no other utility.

Basically, is it worth lowering the suspension rail to use the french cleat? I've never used one before and can't really tell what value it provides aside from creating a clear "lock" on the rail and letting you micro adjust the cab position.

Example of the potential issue:

cleat hole blocked

Example of 1 cab sitting in the rail:

cab 1

Dry Fit:

dry fit

Random other context:
- no horizontal studs at the height needed to just forgo the rail and drill right to stud
- other thought was to drill my own triangle template for the brackets 1inch above with pilot holes so the rail can remain in-place; the brackets just move up so the french cleat fits through.

[u/CyberDave82]

Personally, I think of you have them on a wooden frame, that provides all the necessary support and you don't need the suspension rail. Just shim everything and then screw in place. There should be instructions somewhere in the manual on how to use those rail brackets on the cabs to secure them to the wall so they don't tip - a clip/washer thing you use and put a screw into the wall ... Some sturdy drywall anchors would be probably work fine if they don't line up to studs.

[u/SevenEyes → u/CyberDave82]

Thanks for the idea, yeah saw the direct-to stud in the instructions but only one of the 10 would hit a stud it seems 😂 will look into what drywall anchor could work.