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Thanggottahemi

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So I have a 2012 1500 Hemi with an RCX 6” lift (lifted before I bought the truck). The truck has about a 3inch rake as you can tell by the picture. I took it to a shop and they told me the there are 2500 springs in the back and that’s why the rake is so bad. Would the Bilstein 5100 adjustable shocks fix my issue with the rake? I would like to eliminate the rake completely without lowering the rear. Thanks!6E4B14E5-4E9E-4B42-A2AE-4AD56B7191F1.jpeg61068F16-A15B-4764-9D95-179CB003AEBE.jpeg51B794CB-A1E7-4F84-ADA0-CC962FF3C02A.jpeg
 

goldeneyee

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The only way to eliminate the rake is to correspondingly raise the front end by 3" + -. You cannot do this with shocks. You'll have to change the front springs, get longer front shock absorbers and, have the truck front end realignment performed. Probably an $800.00 plus deal. It would be much less expensive to change the rear springs and shocks which you can probably do yourself.
 

joeygster

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The Bilstein 5100's can raise the front up to 2.75" which will leave you with a slight rake, but much less than you have now.
 

Ohio5pt7

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Bilstien's will raise it most of that. Slap them on and be done. Tons of ppl run bilstien's with lifts to do exactly this. Especially on the older 4th gens as this seems to happen a lot.

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