ReadyLift 2in level long term

[Slutzk]

I drive to costco and back on saturdays.

Then you dont belong in a truck let alone wanting to level/lift it. a SUV would suit you just fine. Your ego as a man is killing you. Spacers are garbage period. You can afford a 50-60k+ truck, you can afford the "budget" strut leveling kit.

 

[boogielander]

Wouldn't the added length from the spacers be equivalent to the added length of the bilstein? I guess obviously without the full travel capability. Or am I missing something about the angle on other components?

no. all it does is pushes everything down to achieve that "lifted" look. your shocks are now your bump stops.

 

[boogielander]

Forums are often filled with enthusiasts who have how shall we say strong opinions 🙂

well some of us are here to give out free information that is otherwise learned by paying a hefty tuition through broken truck, broken parts, premature wear, etc.
at least i'm here to offer that. too many times i see people with broken truck or premature wears on stuff and i'm like... "i told ya so"

 

[Slutzk]

"i told ya so"

This right here.
"I put hockey pucks on my suspension to level it b.c i wanted to look cool, put bigger tires, but wanted to be a cheap ahh and save money and now im having issues with _________, please help"
You leveled/lifted your truck the cheapest way possible and your surprised? Who would have thought. Makes no sense to me.

 

[SD Rebel]

well some of us are here to give out free information that is otherwise learned by paying a hefty tuition through broken truck, broken parts, premature wear, etc.
at least i'm here to offer that. too many times i see people with broken truck or premature wears on stuff and i'm like... "i told ya so"

Absolutely, I didn't mean it in a negative way, I think your contributions are some of the best I've seen when it comes to actual suspension modifications here.

Just trying to take a little bit of the edge off the OP on why some of the opinions are as strong or negative towards his question.

 

[boogielander]

Absolutely, I didn't mean it in a negative way, I think your contributions are some of the best I've seen when it comes to actual suspension modifications here.

Just trying to take a little bit of the edge off the OP on why some of the opinions are as strong or negative towards his question.

oh no i get it hahaha

i mean, we all gotta start somewhere! hell my first lift kit in my life was Bilstein 5100s before i started turning wrenches. i did my research beforehand and although I wanted Kings I was too broke to afford them until I blew the Bilsteins
part of me wanted to get spacers and call it a day, but my friends (who are not in the truck scene and don't offroad but they're in the JDM show scene for 20+ years... these are the guys with legit Varis GTR, Evo 8, RE雨宮RX7, etc and worked with SuperStreet, Toyo, and judged various shows) were being so negative about it (calling it poverty spec and even "do not ever bring that out if you do spacers. we don't hang with the people who run fake things") that it actually steered me into the correct direction. to this day, i still appreciate they did what they did so 1. i didn't waste my money and 2. i didn't fu*k up my rig by doing mickey mouse things.

tough love works, i guess lol

 

[Adjutant]

it's still spacer lift.

Thats not what he asked......pay attention please

 

[Adjutant]

Nobody said anything about $5k upgrade. Spacers are garbage.

Why dont you address the OPs question, and not get into it with other posters? Try it out......you might like it

 

[boogielander]

Thats not what he asked......pay attention please

i didn't want to finish my sentence because the next part of that sentence was "it's still junk"

 

[CHeYeNNe71]

Why dont you address the OPs question, and not get into it with other posters? Try it out......you might like it

Hey bubba, move along if you don't like it. Another Dumb*ss on the ignore list

 

[Slutzk]

Why dont you address the OPs question, and not get into it with other posters? Try it out......you might like it

And yet here you are?

 

[Bdeevz]

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.

Hey man - Which Rough Country UCA are you running? The ones they market as OE upgrade or the 3 - 3.5" lift ones? I'm going the spacer route as well but still want to upgrade my UCA.