I'm looking to improve the quality of my ride and it seems that Bilsteins are definitely on the top of the list. They also offer a leveling kit which comes with springs and coils which raises the front end 2.25". Will this leveling modification stiffen my ride and offset the original reason of this purchase which is ride quality...make sense? Any advice would be appreciated.
I had the Bilstein leveling kit w/front and rear shocks installed on my truck today. The ride is much improved and there's definitely more travel until it bottoms out, which is does much more smoothly. It used to bounce and bottom when going over bump stops but not any more!
I ordered it with the Heavy Service suspension and it was just too stiff up front. I'm hoping this cures or at least helps with the death wobble on washboard roads.
My truck still has some 'rake' to it but that's probably due to the Reunel bumper and Warn winch.
Thanks for all the advice but I think I'm starting to lean towards the Donahue Racing 2.5 leveling kit. Any input on the positives and negatives of each set?
I like the Donahoe Shocks better by a longshot...but a coil spacer is a coil spacer; now if you go with the DR 2.5" coil springs, now thats a mean setup.
Some people notice the offset axle after 2.5"...if you are picky, id also get an adjustable trac bar.
I like the Donahoe Shocks better by a longshot...but a coil spacer is a coil spacer; now if you go with the DR 2.5" coil springs, now thats a mean setup.
Some people notice the offset axle after 2.5"...if you are picky, id also get an adjustable trac bar.
The Bilstein leveling kit consists of replacement coil springs and front/rear shocks. It was a hundred bucks less than the DR leveling kit but didn't have the caster adjustment doo-dads. I'm getting the new tires/wheels on Saturday and then will have it aligned and see how it feels and drives. So far the ride is much improved, about 2" more travel up front and it does not bottom as harshly. I'll post pics this weekend after the wheel/tire install.
When the axle is pushed away from the frame via spacers, the trac bar becomes steeper, and in a sense shorter...the higher you go, the more the axle pulls to the drivers side. (lift the frame by a jack 2.5" and look at your axle)
Some people cant even notice the difference...some people it kills them to see it.
As for the alignment cams...i highly recommend picking up a set (alingment shop should have some, cheaper than DRs too)...if it were up to me, id be putting them on factory superduties...they have far too many steering issues, and the specs are just not calling for enough positive caster as it is.
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