tokillamurderer
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Hello all, I hope I'm posting this in the right spot. This is kind of an all-around call for help on a truck that is completely new to me. I'm coming from a 2000 Suburban 2500. I just bought my 2019 Ram 1500 Classic Tradesman about 3 weeks ago. It came lifted with 20" Elegante wheels and 35x12.50 Haida tires. Here are my concerns. I'm trying to get the dealer to deal with the first one (highway wobble) with the 30 day warranty they offered. I'm dropping it off Monday morning. Who knows what they'll do. Anyway:
1) Above 65 mph or so on the highway, there is a pretty good low-frequency vibration (wobble?). It feels like an unbalanced wheel, or maybe a bent or damaged wheel. I had the dealer cover a tire balancing, but they wanted me to use Town Fair Tire, who was too busy to even call me when the truck was done, so who knows what they did. They did remove all the old weights (they left all the adhesive...) and added lots of new weights in different locations. There was zero change to the wobble after that. They didn't say anything about damaged wheels. I'm most concerned about this issue, as it could wear other components out.
2) The truck pulls slightly to the left, only really noticeable on the highway at speed. I also had the dealer pay to have Town Fair align the truck. Who knows what they did, as there was no change to this issue after that visit either. It isn't bad. I have a shop I really like who always does everything right the first time, and I'll probably pay to have them align it properly at a later date. Unfortunately, they can't balance 35" tires there.
3) This one is big. The truck does not handle right for daily/highway driving. I'm not experienced enough with lifts or knowledgeable enough about suspension components to know why. Here is the best way I can describe it. There is a big right-hand curve on the highway I take to work, and there is a seam in the road in the middle of that curve. I usually hit it doing around 60-70mph. I hit it around 60mph the other day, my first time driving that road with this truck, and the truck seemed to float over the seam, disconnected with the road, and the truck ended up in the lane to the left of me before the curve was done. This is dangerous, and I definitely wasn't expecting it. I don't know what the previous owner did as far as a lift on the truck. I don't know if this would be caused by shocks, springs, lack of proper components, or what. But it seems like the tires weren't allowed to absorb the bump, and instead the tires and truck came off the road and I lost controllability. Ideas?
4) I'm not sure how to determine what I have for a lift. I took some pictures of my undercarriage, maybe some of you can help. The front shocks appear to be stock, but I don't know. I can't find any logos or info on the rear shocks. My biggest 2 questions are: how do I determine how much my truck is lifted, and how do I keep this look and amount of lift but make it ride and handle properly as a daily driver? I don't plan on really doing much off roading, I just love how it looks.
Thanks for any and all help, info, ideas, etc! The close-ups of the info on the shocks in the pictures are the front shocks (front passenger side specifically). I couldn't find much on the rear shocks.
1) Above 65 mph or so on the highway, there is a pretty good low-frequency vibration (wobble?). It feels like an unbalanced wheel, or maybe a bent or damaged wheel. I had the dealer cover a tire balancing, but they wanted me to use Town Fair Tire, who was too busy to even call me when the truck was done, so who knows what they did. They did remove all the old weights (they left all the adhesive...) and added lots of new weights in different locations. There was zero change to the wobble after that. They didn't say anything about damaged wheels. I'm most concerned about this issue, as it could wear other components out.
2) The truck pulls slightly to the left, only really noticeable on the highway at speed. I also had the dealer pay to have Town Fair align the truck. Who knows what they did, as there was no change to this issue after that visit either. It isn't bad. I have a shop I really like who always does everything right the first time, and I'll probably pay to have them align it properly at a later date. Unfortunately, they can't balance 35" tires there.
3) This one is big. The truck does not handle right for daily/highway driving. I'm not experienced enough with lifts or knowledgeable enough about suspension components to know why. Here is the best way I can describe it. There is a big right-hand curve on the highway I take to work, and there is a seam in the road in the middle of that curve. I usually hit it doing around 60-70mph. I hit it around 60mph the other day, my first time driving that road with this truck, and the truck seemed to float over the seam, disconnected with the road, and the truck ended up in the lane to the left of me before the curve was done. This is dangerous, and I definitely wasn't expecting it. I don't know what the previous owner did as far as a lift on the truck. I don't know if this would be caused by shocks, springs, lack of proper components, or what. But it seems like the tires weren't allowed to absorb the bump, and instead the tires and truck came off the road and I lost controllability. Ideas?
4) I'm not sure how to determine what I have for a lift. I took some pictures of my undercarriage, maybe some of you can help. The front shocks appear to be stock, but I don't know. I can't find any logos or info on the rear shocks. My biggest 2 questions are: how do I determine how much my truck is lifted, and how do I keep this look and amount of lift but make it ride and handle properly as a daily driver? I don't plan on really doing much off roading, I just love how it looks.
Thanks for any and all help, info, ideas, etc! The close-ups of the info on the shocks in the pictures are the front shocks (front passenger side specifically). I couldn't find much on the rear shocks.
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