Leveling

[Chris]

i need a good leveling kit to bring up my front end 2"-2.5". its an 04 sierra 1500 2wd. stock. i want to stuff 285/70-r17's under there. ideas? and approx. cost?

[JRLZ71]

I wouldn't go any higher than 2 inches. The Rough Country 2 inch kits are used by a lot of guys on here. The kit doesn't break the bank and it's very easy to install.

 

my bad! I overlooked that you have an 04. Just crank the torsion bars, or buy torsion keys.

[Chris]

no i have an 04 with coil fronts. according to rough country's website they do not have a kit for my truck

[jro909]

i too was looking for a leveling kit for my 04, i haven't had any luck

[JRLZ71]

no i have an 04 with coil fronts. according to rough country's website they do not have a kit for my truck

 

http://www.suspensionconnection.com/cgi-bi...n/KG09101L.html

[jro909]

never heard good things about coil spacers, i hear they cause alot of trouble

[Chris]

was talkin to my supervisor a couple minutes ago he has done a lot with suspension and he said thats the best route to bring up the front.

 

and jro how are those bilstein hd's treating you? im lookin at getting a set

[jro909]

a tad stiffer then z71 shocks, when the trucks empty but with weight in the back it rides like a dream...i'd recommend them or the 5100 bilstein shocks, i payed about 300 for all 4 and they have a lifetime warranty so if they wear out you get new ones...oh i forgot to add the 5100s i think are adjustable......bilsteins HDs made the oem shocks look like rusty tampons

[Chris]

nice analogy. i ruined my stock shocks. i tried to fly higher than a c-130 but i got the front off the ground about 5 ft and the rear about 2. repeatedly. so mine are dead

[jro909]

nice analogy. i ruined my stock shocks. i tried to fly higher than a c-130 but i got the front off the ground about 5 ft and the rear about 2. repeatedly. so mine are dead

 

 

you may need more then just new shocks then lol...i found a mag that has the oem shocks for sale and they are 30 bucks a piece if that tells you anything...p.s 30 bucks for none z71 shocks lol

[Chris]

i thought z71s came with ranchos or bilsteins

[oldmann]

I used to have my bars cranked up. Had it that way for 80,000 miles. It worked great. I had it aligned right after I did it though. Looks much better. I just wish the gmt 900 had a good way of lifting the front. I don't want to cut the factory studs on the tower. And those strut spacers really are hard on the ujoint geometry.

[Silverado4x4]

nice analogy. i ruined my stock shocks. i tried to fly higher than a c-130 but i got the front off the ground about 5 ft and the rear about 2. repeatedly. so mine are dead

 

 

Keep doing that and you will be replacing more then just shocks.

[Chris]

i dont anymore. the only dirt it sees anymore is my girlfriends driveway

[jro909]

i dont anymore. the only dirt it sees anymore is my girlfriends driveway

 

 

sorry had a dirty thought about the driveway.....anywho depends on the year of z71s i think the mid 90s had bilsteins and then they went to kyb and so on and so fourth, i think they throw on whatever monotube they can get a good deal on lol