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Coil springs or coil spacers?

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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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My truck is soild on the highway, It dont slinky around like your did.
My Next mod is a steering stablizer though. I dont need it but I want to update the look of my truck and Ive seen a few running around with dual steering stablizers and I really want one bad now!
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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well i aswell will either be getting the 2500 or 3500 springs, i thnk the 2500 V10 springs should work fine, and some add-a-leafs shoul work just fine. and i know about the shocks and the track bars so i should have an ok lift once im done. and for less then 300 buck ya cant beat it.

and i am one person to go aginst those stabilizers. all they do is put a bad straign on your steering box. and the tie rods, and just about every other steering component. i outright took mine off because it is just nicer on the truck when there is none. not to mention unless you do comp style offroad, or rock crawling, you cant even feel the differance on or off road.
 

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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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where are u guys getting these add-a-leafs from! some one help me here a link would be nice. What knid of shock will i need if i get 3500 coil for the front oh and rear with the lift?
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 09:43 PM
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you can go to jegs.com and they have add a leafs and heavy duty add a leafs for like 80 somethin buck and they are skyjacker stuff. and they can probably do ya some shoks there too
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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i priced the BDS suspension kit 3" and its $859.48 plus shipping and it comes with add a leaf, coil spacers 5/8 block ubolts and shocks (price is with upgradded shocks 9500 series) and i also biult my own kit.. BDS add a leaf 9500 series shocks black shock boots $549.86 then i went to TopGunCustomz.com and the 3" coil springs are $185 (including shipping) for a total of $734.86 moral is you can build your own with coils instead of spacers for over $100 less
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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Springs. Keep it simple. Adding a spacer is just one more component to disrupt the handling/performance of your vehicle. I'm not totally against leveling kits, being that I have one on my truck, but for big lift, coils are the way to go.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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wow that pertty eazy i could use those block spacer but i only here bad things about them. do you think i will get anymore load capcity out of them.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 01:54 AM
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no, the load capacity of the vehicle stays the same if you add blocks. now if ya get the springs, it depends on what you get as if it goes up or not.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 02:01 AM
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A friend of a friend has some Springs from a Cummins diesel willing to sell to me for like $60...its off a 95 or 96 I think, that won't be a problem, right?
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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nah they will work take them stock ones out and LIFT THE RAM.
 
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