New Tires and Leveling Kit Are Installed!
#32
#33
Mine was just traded in the day I saw it - dealership closed for a long weekend, me leaving for two weeks the Tuesday night the dealership re-opened. This store doesn't like to hang on to anything other than their brand, so it was priced to move. I snatched it up in the 4 hours between when I left work and got on a plane. $5k less than anything else I had seen with similar mileage - all with V6 2wd!
#34
Maybe it's not 4"
I should have measured it before the leveling kit was installed.
My garage told me that it was more than 2" - more like 4" but now that I really look at it, it's probably no more than 3 at the most.
I'll be getting a 1.5" lift for the back to bring that up a little now too.
I've seen other threads with that same setup in them.
2" in the front, and 1.5" in the rear.
My garage told me that it was more than 2" - more like 4" but now that I really look at it, it's probably no more than 3 at the most.
I'll be getting a 1.5" lift for the back to bring that up a little now too.
I've seen other threads with that same setup in them.
2" in the front, and 1.5" in the rear.
#35
Your front might seem high because you have a cap on the truck too. Ive read on here before that the fiberglass caps do sink the rear enough to make difference in how level the truck is. A 2" kit brings the front pretty close to a truck with no weight in the back, and thats why you might be higher in front now.
#36
yes, before I had my leveling kit, I had a cap on it and it leveled it out. I bought the thing thinking I would use it for camping or something, but once I got it home and tookk it off, it's never been back on. I can guarantee you that if I put it back on now, my back would sit lower than the front, just like yours is, and at the same time, look like a 4" lift because it raises the front some too.
#38
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I have yet to see any coil spacer lift over the rated amount if installed correctly.
In the Ram world, 2" is the Max with no issues. Some get away with 2.5" but invariably have premature tie rod end and ball joint issues. CV angle is very critical as they weaken considerably when over 20* from stock angle, plus the "stretching" causes boot failures prettty quick.
I'm hoping the shop knew what the hell they were doing because I just pulled the coils, isolators and 2" slavers off my Jeep in favor of new extended HD coils and new isolators that took me about two hours PER AXLE to do - without a lift and only using a floor jack and a pair of jack stands, air tools & spring compressors in the driveway.
Since you failed to get a pre install measurement I'd have someone on here with a like truck to give you a center of hub to top of tire well measurement so you know just where you are at. 4" or even 3" is not good...
In the Ram world, 2" is the Max with no issues. Some get away with 2.5" but invariably have premature tie rod end and ball joint issues. CV angle is very critical as they weaken considerably when over 20* from stock angle, plus the "stretching" causes boot failures prettty quick.
I'm hoping the shop knew what the hell they were doing because I just pulled the coils, isolators and 2" slavers off my Jeep in favor of new extended HD coils and new isolators that took me about two hours PER AXLE to do - without a lift and only using a floor jack and a pair of jack stands, air tools & spring compressors in the driveway.
Since you failed to get a pre install measurement I'd have someone on here with a like truck to give you a center of hub to top of tire well measurement so you know just where you are at. 4" or even 3" is not good...
#39
Measurement Procured!
I have a measurement of 19.75" before the lift on two different trucks - one of which I measured myself.
The measurement was from the center of the hub to the fender.
Mine, after installing the 2" leveling kit, now measures 22.25".
The 2" lift actually lifted it 2.5".
The garage that did the work, was mistaken when they told me that it lifted it close to 4".
The measurement was from the center of the hub to the fender.
Mine, after installing the 2" leveling kit, now measures 22.25".
The 2" lift actually lifted it 2.5".
The garage that did the work, was mistaken when they told me that it lifted it close to 4".