New Ram owner question

[stephane87]

Great question. I know you said you’re coming from a Jeep background, so keep in mind the front suspension on the 1500 is completely different being an IFS coilover design. The struts(shocks) and springs are all one assembly. So unlike the solid axle suspension on a Jeep there isn’t a concern of needing longer shocks with a lift up front due to the inherent nature of the design. There are two basic ways to level or lift the front end. If you put a spacer on top of the strut assembly it just pushes everything down and nothing is changed with the actual strut assembly. The other method is to use lift struts like the bilsteins that are quite popular. This replaces the strut only and uses the stock springs mounted on the new strut. Hopefully this makes sense!

Thanks

 

[stephane87]

I should also add, if you go with a spacer lift up front stay away from the large open circle designs like the motofab spacers. They don’t provide proper support for the top of the strut and now that people have been running them for several year we’re starting to see a lot of strut mount failures with those spacers. I personally recommend the Rough Country 2 inch kit because it supports the strut mount correctly and also includes added bump stops to avoid over extension of the strut with the spacer installed. I chose this route over lift struts like the bils because it is a little less expensive, easier install since the struts don’t have to be disassembled, and since my truck is brand new I didn’t see the need for changing out the struts.

I was actually thinking of Daystar 2.5” front and maybe Daystar 1” rear.... what about those as far as quality?

 

[Jbp19classic]

I was actually thinking of Daystar 2.5” front and maybe Daystar 1” rear.... what about those as far as quality?

I haven’t heard much about them, but I just looked them up online. The design looks good as far as supporting the top of the strut based on the picture.

 

[Maxim Marleau]

My setup Is a little different now but here is a picture after I installed my flares, this is with 1.5 spacers and a 1.5 spacer in the back, also included a picture of the truck bed with about 1500lbs of flooring (without flares but shows how low the truck sits so you can imagine how much lower it would look without rear spacer)

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My setup Is a little different now but here is a picture after I installed my flares, this is with 1.5 spacers and a 1.5 spacer in the back, also included a picture of the truck bed with about 1500lbs of flooring (without flares but shows how low the truck sits so you can imagine how much lower it would look without rear spacer)

Hi what is the wheel spacer size? Thanks