Spindle Lift help

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ToboJosh

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I am currently in the process of searching for the best spindle lift to lift my truck. I have a 2002 dodge ram 1500 2wd. I put 1 1/2 inch coil spacers to level the truck out about 3 years ago. The truck isn't dimensionally level yet, it stills needs to go up 1 inch in the front. Since then, the truck rides really rough and is causing some problems with my ball joints.

With that being said, my plan is to take the coil spacers off and put a 4 inch spindle lift on the front. This will allow the truck to sit more aggressively and I have heard that the spindle lift keeps the stock geometry so the suspension won't ride as rough.

What is the best brand of spindle? I have looked at Maxtrac and CST, but what makes the ebay brand spindles different from those? Do I need anything else, other than the spindle, for installation?
 

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I have a 2002 2wd as well get the maxtrac spindle I had a 3 inch spacer on mines and it was hell. My spindle comes in today I already got new spring and shocks I'm doing the 7 inch maxtrac lift.


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All you will need is the maxtrac spindle the 3 inch will level out the truck and it's all bolt up really simple


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Okay sweet. Do you know what the differences are between the maxtrac, CST, and the ones for cheap off of ebay??
 

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Stay away from the cheap eBay ones I wouldn't go near them and cst is the first company to come out with the spindles and maxtrac is an American company that followed behind


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Here is my 2002 with 3" Rough Country lift spindles and everything else stock. It sat really close to level and looked great.




Here it is with 3" spindles and 1.5" daystar spacers with 2" block in the rear

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ToboJosh

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what website do you recommend buying the maxtrac spindle from? I live in Texas.
 

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I got mines off eBay through a company called lift kits 4 less. There a maxtrac distributor and very good on prices.


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