Hey y'all! I just ordered my Daystar levelling kit, with the rear block so I'm a little stoked to have my 08 Ram 1500 4x4 sitting a little more aggressively in about two weeks or so. But I went cruisin' through here for the last hour or so, and haven't been able to find much on the rear block installation. I am venturing to guess that my levelling kit (in the mail as we speak) will come with some pretty comprehensive instructions... or at least IKEA grade instructions...

But who here has personally installed the blocks in the rear? Is it an easy job for someone who's not totally mechanically inclined, but who understands what he sees now, and what it should look like later? lol What about the front? A couple of jack stands, a socket set, a hammer, a few odds and ends, or is it gonna be way more complex than that?

Now when it's all said and done, I know I need an alignment... but for some reason I don't quite understand why I need an alignment... At any rate, if it took a couple of days to get it in for the alignment would I be doing anything catastrophic? Thanks all!

 

Nothing catastrophic, but you will be putting unnecessary wear and tear on your front end and tires.

As far as the install, you can do it. It's relatively straight forward. Once you have that front end apart you'll understand why you need an alignment. Leveling the front is pretty much the same thing as replacing the struts (since they'll be coming out to do the install) and you always have to align it after struts.

 

you have to align because you're jacking up your (stock) suspension. Whenever your truck and wheels get further apart you get more camber...or is it more negative camber? Either way, if you don't align the tops of your wheels will be going away from your truck and the bottoms towards it, so you'll wear out the outside edge of your tires.

You won't really do anything to it if you're only driving it for a few days without it. I'd recommend trying it for a few days without alignment to make sure you are happy with the lift first.

 

installing a block in the rear is crazy easy. did my 2.5" leveling kit and the 1" block in the rear with my dad. main hard parts are seperating the spindle from the upper control arm and squeezing the spring with the spacer back in.

for the rear i just unbolted the u bolts, 1 side ata time and slipped in the blocks in 1 at a time, and put my new u bolts in and bolted it all together.

DONE

 

Sounds good... Just waiting for the kit right now. I also ordered a PS body lift kit after some debate in my head if I'd want it or not... Well no going back now!

mmstar, did you mount your bull bar through the valance on the bottom of your bumper?