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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by dakotaff
Later pic (couldn't resist)
Man that just looks great.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:29 AM
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I completely agree for Blown, your Dak looks great. What brand is your Bull Bar ? One like that would look good on my truck.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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body lift 3inches lift front and rear

front 2,5 leveling kit = 5,5 inches front

rear 3+1,5 = 4,5

rear but i suggest not to go with the block that come with kit...fuel tank will be lower by an inch in the rear.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Dakkkota
body lift 3inches lift front and rear

front 2,5 leveling kit = 5,5 inches front

rear 3+1,5 = 4,5

rear but i suggest not to go with the block that come with kit...fuel tank will be lower by an inch in the rear.
How are your front end components holding up to the 2.5" levling kit? Any binding issues?
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 05:45 PM
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I really dont have any pics of the truck atm, and i live in the WI, so the truck is just all salt look atm. Figured i would add a lil love to the truck since everytime i roll up to a stunt session the truck would have a different look to it, since all my buddys i ride with are equiot with 2500's all done out with 6" plus lifts and ect lol. Im basically the lowrider of the group ... Im just trying to figure if the kit is worth while for a noticable difference. Seen that one guy is running the TM kit with a RC, but dont have a clue how his front end could hold up to that. And have seen some spacer kits that are 3" but not 1.1 ratio, and dont even know how it holds up with that much stress on the front end. So i figured the rough country was a safe bet for fairly decent price. Figured i'd see if people had comparison pics to help my decision.....
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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yes they hold up for now since a year... i ear a little clunk maybe the ball joints are about to die but i will upgrade to moog warrantied for life...and when its the cv...i will purchace the lifetime warrantied...

dont go over 2,5 leveling kit cv are pull to the maximum and upper control arms act as a bump stop on the coil.


2,5 is perfect but dont go over this!!!
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 11:45 PM
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Going to try to get my rough country kit on tomorrow or Saturday if everything goes smoothly. Will probably just do the front for now. Going to take off the front sway bar too.

P.S. I already have 265/70/17 tires on it so not going bigger on those anytime soon.
 

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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 04:44 AM
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let me know how you like that ride with no sway bar. i couldnt imagine putting mine back on ever
 
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 06dak287
let me know how you like that ride with no sway bar. i couldnt imagine putting mine back on ever
How stable is it on the highway? (considering emergancy turning, avioding objects in the road, swerving out of the way from oncoming rocks from the semi in front of you, etc)
 
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Blown287
Man that just looks great.
Thanks, love this truck and will have it for a loooong time.

Originally Posted by rick4dak
I completely agree for Blown, your Dak looks great. What brand is your Bull Bar ? One like that would look good on my truck.
My bullbar is made by Broadfeet. Some nice 6" light fills it out perfectly, I had 4" lights in there first, wasn't happy with that size in there.

 
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