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I have been scrolling through this thread and only see 1500's

I was curious, has anyone with a HD put a leveling kit on their truck, if so, what did you do? Spacer, shocks, full kit, ext. ?
 

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I did a 2" spacer level kit from Tuff Country on both of my 4th Gen 2500 trucks. Have had zero problems with their kits. I'd recommend their #32909 kits with the shock relocation bracket to preserve front suspension geometry.
 
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I did a 2" spacer level kit from Tuff Country on both of my 4th Gen 2500 trucks. Have had zero problems with their kits. I'd recommend their #32909 kits with the shock relocation bracket to preserve front suspension geometry.

Can i use factory shocks or do i need aftermarket ones?
 

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Can i use factory shocks or do i need aftermarket ones?

I have a rough country leveling kit and it came with shock mount extenders. So you don't need to upgrade your shocks. I think the kit is $129


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Can i use factory shocks or do i need aftermarket ones?

You can use your factory shocks. Shock life might be lessened a bit but I have not experienced premature failure of the shocks on three trucks with the same kit.
 
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I did a 2" spacer level kit from Tuff Country on both of my 4th Gen 2500 trucks. Have had zero problems with their kits. I'd recommend their #32909 kits with the shock relocation bracket to preserve front suspension geometry.

If i did new shocks do i really need to get new coils as well? I understand that BDS and Carli are trying to sell their kits, but is there much advantage to their kits and just buying some shocks and throw them on?

Is there shocks that work in a spacer with out the little dropper thing for shocks? Like just longer shocks.
 

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Let’s talk for a moment about what you use your truck for before we go recommending suspension changes.
 
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Let’s talk for a moment about what you use your truck for before we go recommending suspension changes.

Everyday truck, in city, road trips, offroad (Hunting, shooting) Want to to get into lightweight over landing (nothing crazy)
 

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Everyday truck, in city, road trips, offroad (Hunting, shooting) Want to to get into lightweight over landing (nothing crazy)

Next question is budget


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lol idk, depends, pref sub 500

Probably a spacer kit then. May be able to find coil springs.


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Probably a spacer kit then. May be able to find coil springs.


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willing to go more if its worth it you know? Is a spacer kit, with idk fox 2.0 or even just factory shocks, gunna ruin ride quality like it does on IFS
 

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willing to go more if its worth it you know? Is a spacer kit, with idk fox 2.0 or even just factory shocks, gunna ruin ride quality like it does on IFS

It stiffened the ride up a little. Granted this is subjective. A little to one person can be a lot to another. I thought my truck was to soft and "bouncy" and when I added the RCX Level it gave me the "truck" feel I am used to. (My last 4 trucks have all been 2500's that I leveled). I'd keep the stock shocks for now and see if you like how it feels. New shocks are at the end of my upgrade list right now.


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It stiffened the ride up a little. Granted this is subjective. A little to one person can be a lot to another. I thought my truck was to soft and "bouncy" and when I added the RCX Level it gave me the "truck" feel I am used to. (My last 4 trucks have all been 2500's that I leveled). I'd keep the stock shocks for now and see if you like how it feels. New shocks are at the end of my upgrade list right now.


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Good to know, a RC lift is like 230 or so, w/o shocks
 

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No. adding 1.5" Rear Spacer gives it a little rake back. When you look at it it doesn't necessarily look lifted but doesn't look stock. I've done this on all my truck's


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No. adding 1.5" Rear Spacer gives it a little rake back. When you look at it it doesn't necessarily look lifted but doesn't look stock. I've done this on all my truck's


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I was looking at those spacers, for like 80 more bucks, there are shocks, are they decent shocks? What are they called n3?

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I was looking at those spacers, for like 80 more bucks, there are shocks, are they decent shocks? What are they called n3?

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I ran those on a 05 2500 5.9L cummins. They weren't bad. But nothing I'd run on a new truck. The truck needed new shocks and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it. If you are planning on upgrading shocks I'd at a minimum would get bilstein 5100s


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I ran those on a 05 2500 5.9L cummins. They weren't bad. But nothing I'd run on a new truck. The truck needed new shocks and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it. If you are planning on upgrading shocks I'd at a minimum would get bilstein 5100s


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For me between 5100, fox 2.0, and fox 2.0 w/ reservoir. I wanted to do more research on 5100, i ran them on my 1500, i liked them but were stiff for the first 5k miles i ran them. Not sure if the stiffness was because they were set to 2.5 lift.
 

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