Okay so i know there already many threads about 2.5" leveling kits and vibration when put in 4wd.

What i want to know is how bad is the vibration and does it damage the truck and how much damage is it actually doing.

Basically i didn't do enough research to find out that when you put a 2.5" leveling kit on its not about which truck it'll happen on its more "if and when" it does start to vibrate.
I have a 2011 SLT 1500 and i really don't want to spend the money to put a 4" suspension lift.

Can i get away with the leveling kit not damaging my truck or can i basically konw that down the road somethings going to go wrong.

 

i personally wouldnt go over 2". The shake you get is from the too great of an angle on the joints in your cv boots. which causes your death wobble. and i love how they tell you if you have the wobble you can take your leveling kit off or you can buy diff double knockled cv. which cost the same as a lift.

 

First off it's not a death wobble...it's a vibration. Death wobble you'd barely be able to hold onto the steering wheel. I have a 09' with the bilsteins set at 2.8" and I do have a slight vibration. I couldn't feel the vibration in the snow, on flat concrete I did...but why would you use 4x4 on dry flat pavement....beats me. But the bilsteins allow you to pick the height you want (.7" - 2.8") and plus you get a little bit stiffer strut which rides MUCH better IMHO.

Yes this can possibly cause pre-mature failure on CV joints. But I don't use 4x4 to often, when I'm heading to a fishin hole down a backroad or snow...but I'm moving to FL soon, so 4x4 will barely be used. If your worried about it drive it as is, save some $$ and get a 4" or 6" lift down the road.

 

Yeah im just going to sell the leveling kit i got and order the Bilstein 5100. seems to be the right thing to do.

 

plus if you go with the bilsteins they can be used in junction with a lift down the road fyi..

also when you order the bilsteins, if you plan on going to the 2.8" setting, order a 1" rear spacer from TopGun Customz, if not you'll ride a little lower in the rear, and you'll be riding nose high Cali style lol.

 

Haha yeah im ordering the bilstein's tonight im also going to order a 1" rear spacer

 

All I gotta say is save up and get a real lift kit, you'll probably do itin the long run and regret leveling your truck. Ask mehow I know

 

Sorry to bring back this thread from the dead, but I bought my 2012 Laramie 1500 4x4 two days ago, and I'm looking to level, not lift. Anyone have a link to some of those double-knuckle cv's?

 

I'll start by saying i just put the Bilsein 5100's in the front of my 2010 TRX last week and have set them to the max 2.8".

As expected, I received 2" of lift in the front (since I already had the approx 0.7" from the TRX strut). The truck appears level without any blocks in the rear. Measured from the ground to the wheel well shows that the rear is about 0.5" higher than the front. Once I get the new tires installed I will then decide if I am going to add 1" in the rear.

In 4WD, under heavy accelleration and on pavement (no snow yet.. soon!) I did have a slight vibration from the front end. Nothing that gave me concern that I wouldn't use 4WD. When traveling at a constant speed it is hardly, if at all, noticable.

While I haven't tested this yet, I don't know if the vibration would be any worse if I had the rear loaded and squatted down.

As for the high angle CV joints you asked about, I had noticed a link on Ready Lift's site to a pair.

http://www.koreraceshop.com/dodge-15...-cv-joint.aspx

Hope this helps.

 

I put a 2" tuff country leveling kit on my 2012 4x4 and haven't felt any type of vibration


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