hey i have been looking at some leveling kits for my dodge 1500 03and was just wondering a few things... whats a good leveling kit and not to expensive? one of my friends was telling me to look on the dealers on ebay because they are cheaper.... and also, the ones that i have been finding on the internet, they mostly say 4WD, my truck isnt 4WD but does it really have to be 4WD for thatkit or does it not matter?
thanks

 

if its 2wd you need to get coil spacers. 4wd uses a new torsion key to level out the truck

 

so wait, then what am i actually going to look for? one of my friends doesnt have a 4wd truck and he said he just got a leveling kit....

 

put a 100gal fuel tank in the bed and fill it.

 

Your looking for a coil spacer it goes between the top of your ciol spring and the cap that hold it inplace it a 2 inch spacer.

 

You can raise the front or lower the back. Which are you looking for?

If you are looking to raise the front you need coil spacers. Any 4wheel parts ahve them, You will need new shocks too.

If you want to lower the back the you are looking for a shacke kit. Biggest you will find for ours is 2". This will almost level it out. To get that extra inch you can add spring clamps. This is what I did. I have Slammed1 suspension shackes with springs clamps I got from ebay.

More than likely lowering the back is cheaper, and unless you are going to add some bigger tires, will look better too.



Nick

 

yup

 

has anyone used one of those ebay specials to level out a 2wd 1500? its on like 30 bucks but its more of a princable to me. I dont want to tear it all apart and then be stuck. I also have a wife and two kids in school so money isnt bountiful

 

Where's mmstar23 when you need him?

 

right here justntex. go with daystar! i got a 2.5" levelink kit from them for like $86. its a big ole piece of rubber, polyurethane to be exact. it sits in your shock bucket, on top of your coil. when i did it a lot of people told me 2.5" will level it almost perfectly. that was very mistaken from my observations. if you just want to level it id go with a 2". the 2.5" made the front end sit a lot higher than the rear, so i added a 1" block to my leaf springs to level it out, which was fine for me because i just wanted the most lift possible to clear big tires. with my 2wd i could clear 37's if i wanted to. i just put 35's on and i thought it would be tight, but i have plenty of room for bigger.

this is how you do the installation i used this to help me. but instead of a pitman arm puller, use the pickle fork, it'll make the job soooo much easier!
https://dodgeforum.com/m_689242/tm.htm

heres where i got mine from
http://www.4wheelsupply.com/day/dodge-leveling-kits.htm