Nobody said anything about $5k upgrade. Spacers are garbage.I did not see a reason to replace perfectly good OEM components (springs and Bilstein reservoir shocks) with $5k+ worth of suspension parts for the use case for my truck.
Nobody said anything about what the OP asked for either. Spacers are just fine if you understand that they are the budget option to get a lift and don't treat them like high end components.Nobody said anything about $5k upgrade. Spacers are garbage.
I drive to costco and back on saturdays.it's still spacer lift.
Awesome info thank you! I was thinking about swapping in bilstein 5100's with the readylift uca's as I joined the forum after leveling the truck and didnt know as much as I have seen now.To answer your question @tkee, I have 2" spacers (not pre-load spacers) and Rough Country UCA's on my truck. Spacers have been on for 55k miles, and the UCA's have been on for 20k miles with mild off-roading. As long as you're not doing really aggressive off-roading, any billet aluminum spacer will hold up fine. I did not see a reason to replace perfectly good OEM components (springs and Bilstein reservoir shocks) with $5k+ worth of suspension parts for the use case for my truck.
Just make sure you get an alignment any time you change or adjust suspension components, keep an eye on your tire wear, know the limits of the components you've put on your truck, and they'll hold up just fine. I'm not rock crawling or dirt racing my truck because it's not built for that. I take it in the woods every now and then.
I already threw the readylift kit on my truck months ago I just wanted to see what people thought. But I like the bilstein 5100 idea.$300 leveling Bilstein 5100
$150 Mopar ORG control arms
$100 alignment
I thought that was the “budget” lift… but hey what do I know it’s not like your driving around in a $40k+ truck?
Spacers are junk either level with struts or leave it alone
You don't have to spend big money on suspension components unless your driving style or wants/need say other wise.
I didn’t include install cost since you either pay a shop or pull out some very basic mechanical skills and do it yourself.
Spacers for costco and back on the weekendsNobody said anything about what the OP asked for either. Spacers are just fine if you understand that they are the budget option to get a lift and don't treat them like high end components.
you can drive to your neighbor's house 2 houses down and the fact is still spacers = incorrect suspension geometry that leads to premature wear on your truck and yields stiff ride.I drive to costco and back on saturdays.
Awesome info thank you! I was thinking about swapping in bilstein 5100's with the readylift uca's as I joined the forum after leveling the truck and didnt know as much as I have seen now.
I already threw the readylift kit on my truck months ago I just wanted to see what people thought. But I like the bilstein 5100 idea.
Spacers for costco and back on the weekends
you can drive to your neighbor's house 2 houses down and the fact is still spacers = incorrect suspension geometry that leads to premature wear on your truck and yields stiff ride.
your bumpstops are now useless because your lower arms will never touch them as they are intended to touch. you're also creating more stress for your CV and your steering joints as well.
if you're looking for "street only" bilsteins 5100s will be the least amount you can spend. yeap, bilstein 5100s are not only "light duty" offroad use (fully graded dirt road with no bumps or dips) in my book. Not even RC, not rancho, not falkon, none of those.
ride is subjective.I agree with some of your points, but I ran the 2" Readylift kit on my Laramie and it didn't make the ride stiff at all.