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Leveling kit is in, finally.

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Old 11-07-2005, 08:19 PM
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Leveling kit is in, finally.

Plenty of room for 315s now, but they will have to wait until after I Dyno the truck on Nov. 19.

The 265s look lost under the fenders now.

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Looks GOOD! Was it hard gettin the spacers in? We are getting ready to order some for my dads and was wonderin how much of a pain they were to put it. Thanks.

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I can do spacers in about 2 hours. It's not hard, just a pain. Here's what I do:

Remove sway bar
Place a jack under the frame and under the axle
Slowly lower jack under the axle until it's all the way down (a low profile jack makes this a lot easier)
Slide top of spring out
Place spacer on top
Force spacer and spring in
Jack axle back up (make sure you keep an eye on the jack under the frame)
Old 11-07-2005, 11:15 PM
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When Blue says he can do it in 2 hours that means you can do it for Shiner... It works a currency for Texans.

And the truck looks good.
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2 hours of labor costs about a 6 pack of shiner. 1 hour costs a tall boy. 3+ hours varies depending on the complexity of the job and how many times I hurt myself.
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The pickup looks good.
A bottle jack between the axle and the bump stop will give you enough space to just slide the spring and spacer in.
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Thanks Guys. It only took us about 2 hours to install the spacers.

This is how we did it.

Unbolt the track bar from the axle, unbolt the sway bar, remove lower shock bolts.

Jack the truck up and place stands under the frame. Remove upper shock tower and shock. Remove drivers side spring and install spacer, snug the nuts to hold in place. Reinstall spring, install shock and shock tower. Repeat for the passenger side.

Lower the truck and reattach sway bar and track bar.

The passenger side spring gave us a hard time, but no big deal.
Old 11-08-2005, 06:43 AM
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My passenger side was more of a pain for some reason too. (Guess because the drivers side was already in and had it cocked?) I ended up with a free spring compressor rental from Auto zone. Still have my dental work and the kit is in.
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Looks much better! What kind of tires are you going to be running next?
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Originally Posted by SuperDave4x4
Looks much better! What kind of tires are you going to be running next?
I've got a set of Toyo Open Country tires waiting to be mounted.
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Where are you going to be dynoing on the 19th of this month?
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Where did you get your kit? It makes it look like a lift kit or something. A link would be great!
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looks nice, but you are definately missing an important gauge, rain gauge ! sheesh 7 gauges in that thing? any time to look at the road when driving?
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Originally Posted by CTD2001
Where are you going to be dynoing on the 19th of this month?
We will be at Mike Dez Racing in Seekonk Ma.

Are you interested in joining us?
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Originally Posted by MasseyMan1089
Where did you get your kit? It makes it look like a lift kit or something. A link would be great!
Bought it off Ebay over a year ago.

Top Dog Customs, I think.


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