2.5 inch HBS leveling kit is here!!!!

lone12star · Jan 22, 2013

so i ordered my leveling kit from hell bent steel last thursday and it came in saturday. i am looking into having a shop install it but i wanted to know if it is hard or not to install yourself. i would really want to do it myself but i just dont know if i would know what im doing and the last thing i want to do is mess up my brand new truck. any advice helps!

4x4Hemi · Jan 22, 2013

I did it myself and i had no prior knowledge on this stuff.

lol took me a few hours but i got it done eventually. all you need is some different sockets and a torque wrench. its pretty simple really, crowbar helps in getting the coil back in place once you place the levelling kit ontop

TXKID · Jan 22, 2013

I've never installed one before, but a lot of people would tell you to just take your time and don't rush anything. Sorry I'm not anymore help than that...

1500ram12 · Jan 22, 2013

I installed my rcx 2.5 kit and took about 2.5 hours. What I found out to be the easiest way is to unbolt the upper A arm and take off the brake calipers to give you a little extra room to get the struts back in.

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quietpeen · Jan 22, 2013

If you are going to do it yourself I would look into getting a coil compressor

Stroked · Jan 22, 2013

I had to fight the passenger side pretty hard to get the spring and spacer back in and mine was only the 2" spacers. I don't know if I could have gotten the 2.5" in there. Probably would have had to remove one of the A-arms. I tried using spring compressors, but there wasn't enough room.

4x4Hemi · Jan 22, 2013

It can be done guys its not bad at all as long as you use a small crow bar and slide it in. It actually goes in easy if you have one person pushing down and one using the crow bar. I dont think you need the comoressor

redsand · Jan 22, 2013

I also did mine and just used the crow bar method, its a pretty straight forward install. I did fight the passenger side as well but got it all in in about 4 hrs but I also had to keep an eye on the kiddos so there were a lot of breaks haha.
Just helped my father in law with a 2.5 on his 2500, that we absolutely needed the spring compressor for.

Williamw454 · Jan 22, 2013

I did one on my buddies truck, it's not that bad.. If you get a spring compressor, the Harbor freight ones are like 20 bucks and work good.

lone12star · Jan 22, 2013

well i found a shop that'll do it for $125 so i think im gonna have them do it tomorrow on my day off and get the alignment done as well or next week

lone12star · Jan 22, 2013

how bad would it be if i waited to do the alignment for a week or two?

4x4Hemi · Jan 23, 2013

Depends how much you drive haha. If you only drivr a couple hundred miles it won't be terrible but if yoi do like 1000 miles it will br bad

lone12star · Jan 23, 2013

i only drive about 10 to 15 miles a day if that, i live10 minutes away from work

4x4Hemi · Jan 23, 2013

it wouldnt be a huge deal, id just do it as soon as possible though

steadly2004 · Jan 23, 2013

Try not to go more than a week. At those miles its not too bad.

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Black Cloud · Jan 23, 2013

I had to drive to a job first thing in the morning that was about 60 miles away, so by the time I got the alignment done I had about 110 miles on it. It was way off when they did it but I didn't notice it while driving. Just wish I didn't have to drive that far that morning.

lone12star · Jan 23, 2013

Well the shop is going to install it next week so next week it will be done

mjd91 · Dec 28, 2013

Where did you get it done at? Did they do a good job?

Arctic-Rodz · Dec 28, 2013

you don't need a spring compressor to install that spacer!

you just drop the strut assembly. 3 bolts on top and the solid one on the bottom.
I took the top spindle nut off, top sway and tie rod bolts off for space.

took my brother and I about 2 hrs for the complete swap on the driveway.

Making hole · Dec 29, 2013

What size tire can you run on stock wheels with a 2.5 inch on a 2012 1500?

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