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Really nothing. Maybe if you intend to do serious off-roading you should consider full struts. They say the pucks can damage the control arms if they are too big...but if it's 2.5" or less it's not an issue (I went with 2" spacers just to be sure). Of the people who have leveled trucks, probably at least half are running spacers and have no issues.
I own the only Ram suspension shop on the east coast. Believe me when I say spacers are a cheap way to level your truck. But they will cost more money and aggravation later when they wipe out other components. You also loose the opposite down travel. So if you go up 2” you loose 2” of down travel.
I read a lot of all that and made a decision to just go with the pucks. My truck is a 4X2 highway queen. It will likely never go off-road. If I was planning on using this truck for offroad adventures, I'd definitely get struts. I don't want to start a feud or question your experience...but there are literally thousands of people running simple spacers with no problems. Probably half the people with levels use spacers.
A 2wd 4th gen is a completely different animal. Ram didn’t start using struts in the 2wd trucks until the DT body style. So a spacer on a coil with no CV axles to contend with is a lot easier to get away with. I’m just clearing the air not attacking you. On the 4wd trucks pucks on top of struts will cost you more money in the long run.
Yes a 285/60/20 is definitely better than stock. That's a 33.5" tire. The stock 31" tires never look right, even without a level. Might want to consider a 285/65 tire...that's around 34.5". 33-34" looks to be the sweet spot in my opinion for a basic level.
I’ll have a picture next week of that set up. Same tire size with Bilsteins set at 2.1”
Thanks !
Thanks can’t wait for the pic.
