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Will a 3" leveling spacer level an OFF-ROAD 1500?

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Old 04-17-2011 | 03:22 PM
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Yes, everything is the same.

For the shocks, you can measure the distance at full droop and and when fully compressed and order accordingly... thats what I have done before.
 
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Old 04-17-2011 | 11:13 PM
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Do you tow anything? Are you sure you wanna level it? Over time the nose will start goin up. I have an off road and thought about that but considering I tow every now and then and dont want my trucks nose pointing up I didnt want to do that..
 
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Old 04-18-2011 | 01:12 AM
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actually I do tow, I tow about 5k lbs at least a few times a month
 
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Old 04-18-2011 | 06:37 AM
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A good way to deal with the nose high stance when towing with a leveled truck is a cheap set (or a good set, lol) of air bags. Leave them empty when not towing for a leveled look, then air them up when you do tow to keep it level.
 
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Old 04-18-2011 | 06:54 AM
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Hey oyler, since this thread is about lifting a truck, why dont you post a picture to show how good your yellow one looks.
 
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Old 04-18-2011 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by PurplDodge
Hey oyler, since this thread is about lifting a truck, why dont you post a picture to show how good your yellow one looks.

I doesn't take much talking to get me to do a little reminiscing. Damn I miss the ol girl...


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And since Im dreamin', heres my new truck... except theres a cummins under the hood...

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And heres one of my favorites on this forum....


 

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Old 04-18-2011 | 09:49 PM
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The only thing ugly about that set of pictures is the last one....
 
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Old 04-18-2011 | 10:21 PM
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With a 2in spacer added you will be 4+ over stock. To address this correctly you need to deal with the lower control arms at min. track bar, swaybar, pitman arm. If not your axle will be shifted back(not centered in wells) and to the side(one tire sticks out further)
 
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Old 04-19-2011 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by tweeker909
With a 2in spacer added you will be 4+ over stock. To address this correctly you need to deal with the lower control arms at min. track bar, swaybar, pitman arm. If not your axle will be shifted back(not centered in wells) and to the side(one tire sticks out further)

This is true.

But, with that being said, I have seen it done many times with stock equipment with no major issues. My brother did it to his off road ram and drove it that way for over 160k miles with no issues (other than his axle was no longer centered).
 
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Old 04-19-2011 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by PurplDodge
The only thing ugly about that set of pictures is the last one....

Well maybe if the guy would have went with grabber green instead of hemi orange you would like it better?
 


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