jelih
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I recently bought a stock 2014 Lone Star CC 2WD, and I so very badly want to level it, but after reading the threads on here for a little over a week, I think I'm more confused than when I started. Some of you have just used the cheapish pucks and are fine, but a lot have had OEM UCA ball joint issues. Some that do use Mevotech UCA's, but then some of them still have the same ball joint issues with those. Some are using Zone UCA's with better luck (I think, anyway), but I don't want to spend that much just so I can level it.
If Zone's are the trouble-free, albeit more expinsive-er, way to go, I'd rather just save for a bit and lift the whole thing a couple 3 inches at the same time. But then, with only the briefest of google searches, all the lift kits I saw, regardless of price, were for 4x4 trucks. Did I buy a model year/trim level that everyone just kinda gave up on? I just want all the neighborhood kids to stop asking me when I'm gonna give my grandad his truck back without having to keep my fingers crossed that other parts of the suspension aren't going to tear themselves to pieces in the process.
Bilstein makes 5100 shocks for the 2WD model, but the fronts say "for trucks that are lifted up to 1.75" I take that to mean trucks that are already lifted by some other means, as opposed to the shocks being adjustable, and even then, that's not quite level, although .75" of lean is better than 2.5"
What do?
If Zone's are the trouble-free, albeit more expinsive-er, way to go, I'd rather just save for a bit and lift the whole thing a couple 3 inches at the same time. But then, with only the briefest of google searches, all the lift kits I saw, regardless of price, were for 4x4 trucks. Did I buy a model year/trim level that everyone just kinda gave up on? I just want all the neighborhood kids to stop asking me when I'm gonna give my grandad his truck back without having to keep my fingers crossed that other parts of the suspension aren't going to tear themselves to pieces in the process.
Bilstein makes 5100 shocks for the 2WD model, but the fronts say "for trucks that are lifted up to 1.75" I take that to mean trucks that are already lifted by some other means, as opposed to the shocks being adjustable, and even then, that's not quite level, although .75" of lean is better than 2.5"
What do?
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