I recently installed my bilistein level struts to the second from the top level which should be 2.1 i believe and i now have the front 2 in higher than the back. I do have a fully loaded tool box with alot of heavy stuff in it but would that cause 2ins of difference?

 

Yes. You just learned why the back of a pickup sets higher than the front.

 

that and i believe the highest setting is 2.8 inches?

 

Oh ha ha ha thats why duh, no really! I have had several lifted and leveled trucks and have never had issues with tools in the bed messing with the way my truck sat, but i also have never had a truck with coils in the rear let alone as soft as these are. I also set the struts at the second from the top adjustment which is supposed to be 2.1 inches or so

 

You're going to need to upgrade to aftermarket HD coils, and a 1" spacer. Or bag it!

 

I lowered it to .7 for now, its still a 1/4in higher in the front but its ok. I got a 1 year alignment on it anyway to mess around with it. I appreciate the help, i found a hd spring on ebay that say it also lifts a 1 1/2 i was looking at . Normally if it says 1 in it lifts higher than that anyway. But like i said i appreciate the help thanks bud.

 

Hi @Greasy, did you do the install yourself? Is .7 the lowest possible?

Reason I'm asking is that I am going to do the install myself soon. I already have a 2.5" lift installed(by previous owner), just want to update the struts.

I watched the guy on YouTube do the install. He did it in 15 min. I think his name is Clark Kent and that jimmy was filming while Loise Lane was inside making a sandwich lol. I'm giving myself 3 months to do the job. I do have access to a wall mounted spring compressor. Also a little nervous about the lift/preset combo.

 

Im on the second setting there is 1 more setting lower which is claimed to be stock height. I used 2 sets of coil spring compressors to swap the stock for the bilistein ones so your lucky. It took maybe 30min per side for me

 

If you need the 1" coil spring spacers, I just sold my truck last week and have them.

 

So how many inches does a 1 inch spacer actually lift it?