I recently had a readylift 2” leveling kit installed along with 285/60/20 open country a/t3’s and some fuel rebel wheels in 20x10 with a -18 offset. The guy who did the install for all of that also handled getting the alignment done with a local tire shop. After receiving the truck everything looked perfect and the tires fit with basically no rubbing (minor rub in reverse at full lock which I was ok with).
After driving the truck for a day I realized the alignment was off and the truck was pulling to the right slightly. I texted the guy who did the install for me and he said no problem I’ll send you back to the tire shop to get it fixed. The shop did the realignment and this resulted in a severe rub issue. I then texted my install guy again to to let him know what happened and find out if there were some special specs the truck had to be aligned to. He then sent me a picture of recommended alignment specs that readylift says to use after the install of their kits. I provided this to the tire shop and they realigned the truck to those settings, but there was still a rub issue.
The tire shop guy then told me since neither the standard specs they use for aligning ram trucks or the specs provided by readylift were working, it would be guess and check from here on out to play with the numbers to see what would work. Since this would take an extended period of time to work on I had to make another appointment and am set to go back there on Monday. So for now they put the truck back to the original alignment they had it set at after install.
So my question is if they are able to play with the alignment and somehow get the truck to run straight with no rub, is there any reason I should be concerned since they wouldn’t be using readylift’s recommended specs? Or if the truck runs straight does that mean there shouldn’t be any issues with uneven tire wear or stress on other parts of the suspension? I’m not an expert in this field so forgive me if it’s a stupid question.
I was just curious if anyone else ever had to play with their alignment like that to get things to work right.
I also am aware modifying the wheel well is an option to make larger setups fit as outlined in another thread. So I could attempt to do that and then see if readylift’s recommended alignment specs would work with no rub. However I’d rather not have to do any modifying.![C14DA107-DF7B-4D91-8948-3289409B4BED.jpeg C14DA107-DF7B-4D91-8948-3289409B4BED.jpeg](https://5thgenrams.com/community/data/attachments/100/100209-918d526b0eae26084d606bcb22c0158e.jpg?hash=kY1Saw6uJg)
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After driving the truck for a day I realized the alignment was off and the truck was pulling to the right slightly. I texted the guy who did the install for me and he said no problem I’ll send you back to the tire shop to get it fixed. The shop did the realignment and this resulted in a severe rub issue. I then texted my install guy again to to let him know what happened and find out if there were some special specs the truck had to be aligned to. He then sent me a picture of recommended alignment specs that readylift says to use after the install of their kits. I provided this to the tire shop and they realigned the truck to those settings, but there was still a rub issue.
The tire shop guy then told me since neither the standard specs they use for aligning ram trucks or the specs provided by readylift were working, it would be guess and check from here on out to play with the numbers to see what would work. Since this would take an extended period of time to work on I had to make another appointment and am set to go back there on Monday. So for now they put the truck back to the original alignment they had it set at after install.
So my question is if they are able to play with the alignment and somehow get the truck to run straight with no rub, is there any reason I should be concerned since they wouldn’t be using readylift’s recommended specs? Or if the truck runs straight does that mean there shouldn’t be any issues with uneven tire wear or stress on other parts of the suspension? I’m not an expert in this field so forgive me if it’s a stupid question.
I was just curious if anyone else ever had to play with their alignment like that to get things to work right.
I also am aware modifying the wheel well is an option to make larger setups fit as outlined in another thread. So I could attempt to do that and then see if readylift’s recommended alignment specs would work with no rub. However I’d rather not have to do any modifying.
![C14DA107-DF7B-4D91-8948-3289409B4BED.jpeg C14DA107-DF7B-4D91-8948-3289409B4BED.jpeg](https://5thgenrams.com/community/data/attachments/100/100209-918d526b0eae26084d606bcb22c0158e.jpg?hash=kY1Saw6uJg)
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