What do you think of Tuff Country lift kits??
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From: Temecula, CA
Oh my... I must say I have never seen a factory off road truck with spacers. I have heard rumors of dealers installing spacers, but again the offroads I have worked on (or scavenged parts off of) never had them. The reason you don't get the lift on an off road is because the 3 inch lift is measured from a stock ram. Since you already have higher rate springs on an offroad, you actualy only lift it about an inch or two over a standard ram WITH A 3 INCH LIFT INSTALLED...BUT you actually net about 4.5 inches of total lift over a stock ram. An off road ram with a 3 inch lift looks huge next to a standard ram with the same lift due to the higher (not taller) rate springs in the off road.
You might question that, but my (non off road) ram has off road spring packs in the rear with a 3 inch BDS AAL, and a 3 inch Rough Country lift with off road coils in the front. I had originally put the off road coils in with 2 inch spacers but didn't like the nose down look with the new rear springs. So I installed the the 3 inch spacers and longer arms.
Now, what you're saying is that physically, the springs aren't any longer on the 'off road', they just don't sag as much? Interesting. I have a 2500 (Diesel) that I want to lift the front 3-4", and the rear 1-2" so I can fit 35's if I want, and was trying to figure out a cheap solution. I then realized the 'off road' was a 1500, so I couldn't swap parts over.
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From: Hastings, MN
Alright so the cheap one it is, or whatever i can find. I might just fab my own lift blocks for the rear and just buy the bolts and spacers and new springs for the front. Fuggit.
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The off road edition rams came with a factory 2in susp. lift, tow hooks, fog lights, 4.10 gearing along with off road badging. It will say if you have an off road edition, im guessing you dont cuz you would have noticed.