Concern with Ready lift sst 3.5 inch lift

[landenc55]

What kind of hackjob shop did you go to? Did they replace the strut without asking you?


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Will not be using them ever again

 

[landenc55]

I noticed that.
I think the new struts' spring seat is lower than your OEM struts. It effectively drops your front end by the difference between OEM and new spring seats.

I agree. I will be contacting the shop in the morning. If this goes like the rest of the job I’m sure it’ll be a fiasco.

 

[PurpleRT]

Are you mechanically inclined? Im asking since a shop did the install. If the shop only swapped one strut and left the over I can only imagine how the ride quality is going to suffer. Usually thats something better done in pairs and with the same part not two different struts.

I would pick up a pair of Bilstein 5100 if it was me and that’ll also give you a chance to do away with the preload spacer and would do the install myself but not knowing your situation I can’t 100% suggest that.


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[cskindt]

I agree. I will be contacting the shop in the morning. If this goes like the rest of the job I’m sure it’ll be a fiasco.

Good luck!

 

[landenc55]

Are you mechanically inclined? Im asking since a shop did the install. If the shop only swapped one strut and left the over I can only imagine how the ride quality is going to suffer. Usually thats something better done in pairs and with the same part not two different struts.

I would pick up a pair of Bilstein 5100 if it was me and that’ll also give you a chance to do away with the preload spacer and would do the install myself but not knowing your situation I can’t 100% suggest that.


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They supposedly replaced both sides. The ride quality isn’t bad and the angles aren’t severe, the problem I have is I paid for 3.5 inches of lift and only got 2 inches up front and 2 inches in the back. Yea I’ve installed several lifts and leveling kits over the years. I just didn’t have time to install it and I thought this shop was trustworthy. I don’t feel it’s ethical on the shops part to charge me for installing a lift incorrectly. If they won’t fix it for free, I’ll definitely do away with the preload spacers

 

[landenc55]

Update: shop basically said it wasn’t their fault (even tho there’s no way the kit was installed properly because it only yielded 2-2.5 inches of lift up front). So I decided to order some preloaded 3.5 inch struts. Hopefully I can finally obtain 3.5 inches of lift up front and reduce my rake from 2.25 to .75 inches. If I end up with the same amount of rake I’m gonna feel like a moron

 

[PurpleRT]

You paid cash? Or credit.. If it was me a dispute the charge for w/e they charged you for the install. Yay goodbye preload spacer see theres a postive to this story after all.


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[cskindt]

Update: shop basically said it wasn’t their fault (even tho there’s no way the kit was installed properly because it only yielded 2-2.5 inches of lift up front). So I decided to order some preloaded 3.5 inch struts. Hopefully I can finally obtain 3.5 inches of lift up front and reduce my rake from 2.25 to .75 inches. If I end up with the same amount of rake I’m gonna feel like a moron

It looks like the kit was installed correctly, but the struts weren't a direct OEM match.
Imagine how low the front would be without the kit.

 

[landenc55]

It looks like the kit was installed correctly, but the struts weren't a direct OEM match.
Imagine how low the front would be without the kit.

Yea I agree that the struts definitely didn’t match the oem. If the kit wasn’t on, the truck would be sitting at like 20.5 inches hub to fender, Way too low for factory. Maybe they ordered struts for a 4th gen ? Or maybe a 5th gen classic. They may have just slapped on some struts they had laying around.

 

[landenc55]

You paid cash? Or credit.. If it was me a dispute the charge for w/e they charged you for the install. Yay goodbye preload spacer see theres a postive to this story after all.


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Yep, no more spacers, I’ll probably just put the struts on myself, no need for another fiasco at a mechanics shop.

 

[PurpleRT]

Smart man lol


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[MurphBigHorn]

Just tossing this out there. I wonder if they replaced the struts because they couldn’t get the nut off the top of the existing strut. I was lucky when I installed my kit. I was already replacing my struts. My truck has no rush. But the nuts on my struts were rusted on. The top stub part you grip brock. Soaking them with pb blaster did nothing. I had to drill out the nut.

 

[landenc55]

Just tossing this out there. I wonder if they replaced the struts because they couldn’t get the nut off the top of the existing strut. I was lucky when I installed my kit. I was already replacing my struts. My truck has no rush. But the nuts on my struts were rusted on. The top stub part you grip brock. Soaking them with pb blaster did nothing. I had to drill out the nut.

That’s probably what happened to my original struts

 

[landenc55]

Final update: installed the 3.5 inch rough country struts and now my truck is sitting much better.
Center of hub to fender measurements:
Front: 25.5 inches
Back 26 inches

 

[landenc55]

Final update: installed the 3.5 inch rough country struts and now my truck is sitting much better.
Center of hub to fender measurements:
Front: 25.5 inches
Back 26 inches

 

[Jwedding1989]

I was thinking of getting this kit, how are the cv angles?

 

[lapoolboy]

Bilstein 6112's set to clip #6 with tophat spacer only and no preload spacer....done