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Can You Level your 2WD with a Body Lift?

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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Weldor
Why would you put 33's and a lift on a 2wd truck anyway, yay! I got big tires and ground clearence but I still get stuck in everything.
Does your truck have lockers? If not, all you have is a 2WD truck with a 4x4 sticker on it. I have a locker in my truck and have never ever gotten stuck anywhere. (unless you count the family of cactus I murdered last season. )



I live in Arizona, we off road in the desert, there's nothing to get stuck in here anyways.
 

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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 07:08 AM
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amen brother, most 4x4s think theyre all that.....
 
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by 011500Ram
Just use a spindle.
then he will need diff rims 17in+ to cear..right?
 
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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Different spindles require different things. Most spindles will work with OEM wheels. Idk why you would want to use them though. They are too narrow to properly wear larger tires.
 

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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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It's pretty funny to watch though. They go pounding into mud or over rocks and things, then get stuck with two spinning wheels in the air.

4x4 boys, get lockers or keep your smack to yourselves.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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Awww the 2wd'ers are pissy and how exactly is my 4x4 a 2wd because it doesn't have a locker?
 
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Weldor
how exactly is my 4x4 a 2wd because it doesn't have a locker?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locking_differential
 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 06:31 AM
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And that has nothing to do with 2WD VS 4WD. 4x4 means 4 wheels and 4 of them receiving torque from the engine simultaneously, it has nothing to do with a locking differantial, there just an add on to a 4x4 or 2WD vehicle. So to say a 4x4 is really just a 2wd if it dosen't have a locker makes no sence to me. A locking differential will provide increased traction, it has nothing to do with 2 wheels receiving torque from the engine compared to 4 wheels.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:10 AM
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I remember reading on here that somebody did a 1.5 in or 2in leveling kit thing on their truck and he said it gave him a lot more lift than the spacers indicated. does that make sense? I don't really care for spacers considering my 2wd truck sits level enough and I've got 33's with no scrubbing. turning's a bitch though. god help you if I'm making a u turn and you decide to turn out
 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Weldor
And that has nothing to do with 2WD VS 4WD. 4x4 means 4 wheels and 4 of them receiving torque from the engine simultaneously, it has nothing to do with a locking differantial, there just an add on to a 4x4 or 2WD vehicle. So to say a 4x4 is really just a 2wd if it dosen't have a locker makes no sence to me. A locking differential will provide increased traction, it has nothing to do with 2 wheels receiving torque from the engine compared to 4 wheels.
There's no explaining to some people.
 
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