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Old 01-05-2010, 09:53 AM
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what would be the cheapest way to lift my 2wd ram without spending more than 250 and have 3-4 inchs?
 
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Old 01-05-2010, 12:41 PM
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http://www.topguncustomz.com/Store/G...iview=70221096


if you want, you can call them and they will also sell that piece by piece
 
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Spindles will be your best bet unless you feel like building suspension.
 
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you cant get any for under his price can ya?
 
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By the time he replaces his ball joints because that cheap lift destroyed them, nope.
 
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yeah, i had actually ordered the coils for my truck, even got them delivered then i chickened out cause i was hearin about all the wear it would cause
 
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I had the 2.5 inch spacers on my truck, nothing but trouble. For every inch of lift you add at the coil, you lose an inch of down travel. While that doesn't sound like much, considering these trucks travel i'd guess only about 7 inches..
 
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if you go up to 3 inches i believe you'll need new suspension, i think the stock shocks can only take 2 1/2 inches of lift before being fully extended
 
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The shock absorbers are not the limiting factor. The geometry of the suspension itself is.
Moral of the story? Go with a spindle lift.
 
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011500ram- its kinda funny, we used to have another guy on here, Viper37 tha was a 2wd prerunner type like you and he always said that spindle lifts were sketchy an he had spacers on his truck
 


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