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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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Extremely. With the 2" coil spacers on the front of my 2500 2wd they have no give at all. Rides like the horse buggy on the interstate.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 08:31 PM
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Well the way my truck rides now it's actually pretty lose like there's a ton of give and I don't actually like it all that much so maybe it'll be good for a change instead of bouncing around so much.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 10:41 AM
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my truck rode a little rough at first, but i changed out shocks all around and now its not a rough ride at all... and i live in michigan
 
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 10:55 AM
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i put some pictures of my truck with the cups installed in the photo section of this website (1995 2wd 1500).. but i cant figure out how to post them in here
 
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 11:08 AM
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I just saw a picture of your truck in the photo section. It's a great looking truck. Do those cups really make a difference in height or just a little bit?
 
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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They made a big difference on my truck. But I will be pulling those out as well as the springs and buying the fabtech 3" kit. I cant stand the ride and steering I get with the spacers. The fabtech kit comes with control arms to correct steering geometry and some new lift coil springs, and its only around $170 on some sites. Like I said before the cup will compress the spring about 10-20% more than at stock height. So you loose alot of the functioning part of the coil that compresses progressively, and you end up feeling like your running over 2x4"s all the time. I put new pro-comp shocks and new ball joints and bushings along with my lift kit and I think it rides worse than on the 12 yr old suspension.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 10:36 AM
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my front end was sagging quite a bit in the front, because its a 95.. so the cups really gave me a facelift. i got around 2 inches of lift from the 2.5 in cups - it looked crazy the first time i let it down from the hoist though! i was hoping it would stay that way
 
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 11:15 AM
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Default Daystar Spacers Vs. Fabtech Lift

I too had been considering the coil spacers for my truck. I found a kit which includes the coil spacers and front shocks for about $150.00. I had considered going with Fabtech instead, although much more expensive, may be worth it in the long run? The kit I found through the Fabtech site looks ideal but again, a lot of money. Is there a link to the $170.00 kit? I'd be all over that, if not, I may just get the spacer kit or save for the Fabtech kit in the link below?

http://www.fabtechmotorsports.com/pr...&display=DODGE 2WD

By the way, mangoamerican, your truck looks good, that's about how I'd hoped my truck would look w/coil spacers.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 11:31 AM
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I just got mine back from the shop they had to put all new shocks on the front and new joints since I haven't changed them in a while and new allignment. So after all was done cost me about 500 bucks.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 12:24 PM
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Why would a spacer affect the ride? It doesn't affect the spring rate.
 
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