Lift springs!!!!
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Lift springs!!!!
awesome news ladies and gents!!!!
iv been in contact with a company that makes custom springs. you tell them the specs on your vehicle and what you want from the springs.
I requested springs to lift the front of the Dakota 2" and have about the same as stock spring rate. they said they can do them for 480 a pair. I know to a lot of you that may sound like a lot but think about how much stock springs cost plus the cost of leveling kits (especially when the blocks crack over and over in cold weather)
im about to move fron Charleston to Saratoga springs NY so these will have to wait until I begin receiving BAH from the navy next month. I will keep you all posted.
if anyone has some insite or experience with lift springs on our trucks or would like to know more please feel free to drop a line here or PM me
all helpful comments are always welcome even if they are a little discouraging.
iv been in contact with a company that makes custom springs. you tell them the specs on your vehicle and what you want from the springs.
I requested springs to lift the front of the Dakota 2" and have about the same as stock spring rate. they said they can do them for 480 a pair. I know to a lot of you that may sound like a lot but think about how much stock springs cost plus the cost of leveling kits (especially when the blocks crack over and over in cold weather)
im about to move fron Charleston to Saratoga springs NY so these will have to wait until I begin receiving BAH from the navy next month. I will keep you all posted.
if anyone has some insite or experience with lift springs on our trucks or would like to know more please feel free to drop a line here or PM me
all helpful comments are always welcome even if they are a little discouraging.
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see and this is why I come here first before doing anything people like dirtfab steer me right before I blow my money on stuff. but im not looking for long travel im just looking to replace the stock ones with some longer ones to get the same effect as a leveling kit would have done. will what your talking about do the same?
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yea been running into issues with the leveling kits. daystar hyperextends the suspention n is killing my cv axles, they bind and break at full droop. as for the coil spring compressing type, well iv had three break on me cuz they are all made of aluminum and hate to tell ya aluminum doesn't like salty winters and bumpy roads at the same time. broken two kits.
so trying springs
so trying springs
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"Replace stock ones with LONGER ones"
Long travel lol. Yea just get the rate and dimensions of the stock one. Add 2 inches. Done. Under 200 bucks. If your handy with engineering you can play with spring rates too but you probably wont ever need different rates. And taller springs will do the same as a leveling kit as far as destroying your front end. The weak link is still the weak link no matter how you achieve 2 inches
Long travel lol. Yea just get the rate and dimensions of the stock one. Add 2 inches. Done. Under 200 bucks. If your handy with engineering you can play with spring rates too but you probably wont ever need different rates. And taller springs will do the same as a leveling kit as far as destroying your front end. The weak link is still the weak link no matter how you achieve 2 inches