I'm not really looking for other places to buy from, I'm just trying to figure out if I want a leveling kit, or an actual lift kit. My boss deals with suspensionconnection.com and could get me a kit at a reduced price and I've been looking at some, mainly suspension lifts. The 3" seems to be significantly more than the 2" so I've been looking at the 2" leveling and 2" susp lift kits. I'm just really curious as to how much the leveling kit would affect the look of the truck vs. an actual lift.

 

More specifically:

1. 2" leveling kit http://www.suspensionconnection.com/...n/329005L.html

Do I really need anything else? I hear people talk about new shocks, sway bars, etc.

2. 2" susp lift kit http://www.suspensionconnection.com/...-lift-kit.html

Are new shocks necessary? I know it says they are optional.

 

I can tell you that your original premise of a rake is wrong. These trucks have no rake at all when new. Take it from someone who special ordered his truck from the factory. Mine was flat as a board for many months when I first got it. After 9-12 months then the springs started pushing up the back. It's not an intentional design, it's just that the back end is too light for the springs and that's why you get a rake. If you want to level your truck in any way it will look good and even.

 

you wouldn't think a leveling kit wouldn't change appearance much, but we put a leveling kit on my dads truck, and holy shat, whole new attitude, it looked much meaner with the front end up in the air

 

Dude, I'm not going to bother with you, other than to say you better go do some homework before you make yourself look any worse than you already have.

 

I just put on a 3" lift I have not done my mpg's yet but I'm sure it went down a bit. I have not driven the truck at highway speed(which for me is 70) So I'm not sure how it will handle. If throwing a 2" spacer in you should be fine. I'm expecting a drop around 2 mpg's. There is a fair amount of weight that has been added to the truck and there is more suspension out in the wind.

 

I wonder what a caster shim is?

 

Got to watch those leaf springs. They will get stronger if you're not careful.

 

I have the leafs but you need a touch to put the new leafs in. So right now I have the blocks in.

 

Oh please bother. As I said before, show me the bolt, cam, sleeve, etc that you use to adjust caster. Your lack of respone show you clearly do not know anything about which you are speaking. The best thing you can do is keep your mouth shut and not respond. Unless of course you can point me to the device I need to adjust caster. You would cearly be the smartest person on the planet because up until now there was no mechanical means to adjust caster.