And mine being a 5.7 ,makes it drop a little more, that is why the 2.5 would be the ticket..for me........

 

Thanks for the information guys.

Here is my question: I have a quad cab, 2wd, with the 5.7. Went to my local accessory shop yesterday to talk about leveling out my truck. The day star 2.5 was his recommendation.

From what I have read, this will probably be the answer for me, however I am worried about my ride changing. How much will this change? Also will I need to change the shocks? I can't imagine it changing that much while only adding 2.5 in extensions on the coil springs.

FYI, the techs at the shop say that leveling kits never run true. Normally they are a 1/4 to a 1/2" less than expected.

 

To me as far as ride on a highway, it is still great, BUT, when the pavement has a hole or drop off, the tire reacts different than it did before, it rebounds faster than it did, so you feel the jerk of the suspension, more than before the spacer,the reason is, the spring is compressed more to get the body to raise up, the 4WD's put in spacers and it is confusing, they are actually moving the mounting spot of the spring lower,and in some cases move the other stuff as well,ours is compressing the spring in order to push the control arm to the desired height.

 

I like the 1.5" kit, It maintains a little rake but gets rid of the overexaggerated rake from the factory. I don't care about what it measures from front to back as it usually appears front high when it is level in measurement, plus put 100 lbs in the back of a perfectly level truck and its going to squat the rearend.

 

I agree, I also say that the front end does seem to react a little different then before. Like the guy said before it seems to rebound a little faster and harder. I have had the 1.5" Daystar kit in for a couple of weeks now and that is the only thing that I noticed that was different. One more thing with a truly leveled truck, they seem to look like they sag in the rear. I do not know if it is how the sheetmetal is crafted and hung on the truck or what it is but a true level will make it appear to sag in the rear. My last two truck's where leveled and it drove me nuts that the rear look lower then the front. I used to measure them all the time because I thought something was wrong.

 

Here it is updated with new shoes.



2009 Dodge Ram SLT 2wd
Performance accessories 3" Body lift
1.5" Day Star Leveling Kit
35x12.5 ProComp Xtreme AT tires
20x9 -12 offset MHT Fuel Hostage Wheels
Procomp Accu Pro Speedometer & Odometer Calibrator

Here are some more pics
http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0093008/ph...54001602/show/

 

You reminded me to update, with my new shoes also. 305/55/20 Nitto Terra Grapplers

 

JBGP1200,
so your setup is just a 2.5"lift and new wheels/tires?
what wheels/tires did you choose? Cost?
I like the look and this is what I will probably do also.

 

Spoon............ his is a 1.5 daystar in the front with a 3 inch body lift

 

Thx Bull, not sure why I did not list that under the pic.

I updated my previous post with the mods.