aksparkey01

I just orderd my spacers lastnight. do you guys that put them on have any good advice for the install.

1-5-3-6-2-4

Buy, borrow cheat steal........make sure you have a spring compressor. makes the job way way easier.

1-5-3-6-2-4

fiveology

Here's mine. Two inch TopGunz Customs spacers, and 315 Hankook MT RT03s.

DO NOT USE A COIL SPRING COMPRESSOR, THEY ARE FOR STRUTS.
Unbolt the track bar and the springs will slide right in.

1-5-3-6-2-4

whats the difference.........a spring is a spring. Mine didn't come close to going in with everything unbolted and at full droop. if my trac bar was still bolted up the spring would never have gone in.

2141pete

I put mine in a 6 point spring compressor then put the other outside one on them to get it to the truck.

CumminsRedneck

so would everyone agree a 2" is all id need, or would a 2.5" be recommended....

Hey fiveology - what percent side window tint are ya runnin?

blackcloud

Can i run 35's on stock wheels with a 2''?

can17

I think with 2.5" your truck would sit nose up, even more so with a trailer. But OTOH 2.5" will decrease your chances of clearance problems with 35s. If it were me and I was going with 2.5", I would do something to the back end to raise it a bit, maybe a 1 or 2" AAL.

smokeum99ta

Heres mine. 33's w/ spacer

nike

Although I dont reccomend this, I used a heavy duty ratchet stap to compress my springs. With the spacers installed there was no way the spring was going back in on its own.

WEAR GLOVES

fiveology

The difference is I would rather have no pressure on the spring, then a compressed spring, just waiting to shoot across the garage and blow a big hole in the wall or worse. Don't get me wrong I have used them. In some applications it is unavoidable, but our trucks are not one of those situations, I have installed 15 leveling kits on 2nd and 3rd gens 1500-3500, and have never had a problem getting the springs back in, without a compressor.

fiveology

It's 35% but it does look dark in that pic, look at the passenger side window, and you can see it is not really that dark. The quad door windows are factory tint, and the back is 20%.

taken5875

here are some pics of a 2.5 up front and 3'' leaf in the rear the tires are baja claws about a 33''
img]https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/pics/data/500/medium/29222Picture_004.jpg[/img]


those tires rubbed worse than the 315's I am running now

oaborbag

Technically a 3" front leveling kit, nothing done in back, added a lot of shocks and stabilizers since then, tires are in sig, I love the look, but rubs barely when I turn full lock to lock