Would You Trust This?

racerx520 · September 16, 2011

so my 2" leveling kit has been back ordered so i told the company to cancel the order. I am thinking of trying to get a bit more lift (up to 2.5" and 1" rear) and i stumbled upon this: 3" front leveling kit

Let me know what your opinions are. so far mine arent that high but if it is truely billet aluminumn, i dont see any problems with it really. except for the fact that i dont see any other companies doing a 3" leveling kit.

cobrajet84 · September 16, 2011

Anything over 2.5" and you start to get front end issues due to the angles caused by anything taller. I went with the ready lift 2.25" kit and love the stance, I also replaced the rear factory blocks with 3" blocks.

racerx520 · September 16, 2011

Anything over 2.5" and you start to get front end issues due to the angles caused by anything taller. I went with the ready lift 2.25" kit and love the stance, i laso replced the rear factory blocks with 3" blocks.

an allignment wouldnt solve the issues at all? its just not recommended?

in your sig pic, all thats done is a leveling kit? or is there anything else done?

NickS · September 16, 2011

Cobrajet is right. Anything over 2.5" and you are asking for trouble. I'm not even sure if you could align it right. Stick with 2.5" or lower. If that's not high enough, add a RC 1.25", or a zone 1.5" body lift.

racerx520 · September 16, 2011

Thanks guys, ive been researching this all night at work (12a-9a lol) and have found that im going to be buying the NCD 2.5" front leveling kit and a 3" rear block. I have already ordered the 1.5" body lift and plan on stuffing 295/70r17's in....it should give me a decent amount of lift.

I appreciate the info!

Thanks again

levigarrett · September 16, 2011

All leveling kits are equal. Matt on the board who knows his stuff has shared that info many of times. I went with a top spacer and got it from fat Bobs Garage. Really cheap. I went with 1.5 leveling kit to keep my friend from wearing hard.

Good luck.

cobrajet84 · September 16, 2011

Anything over 2.5" and you start to get front end issues due to the angles caused by anything taller. I went with the ready lift 2.25" kit and love the stance, i laso replced the rear factory blocks with 3" blocks.

an allignment wouldnt solve the issues at all? its just not recommended?

in your sig pic, all thats done is a leveling kit? or is there anything else done?

My sig pic has the leveling kit and the rear blocks installed.

blackout07 · September 16, 2011

All leveling kits are not created equal. At least in this particular case. 3" of front lift with no other corrections is a horrible idea. Your UCA's will ride on the droop stops, ball joints will suffer, cv's, tre's...... Like others have said, 2.5" is the absolute max you want to go. I prefer no more than 2" myself.

Zembonez · September 16, 2011

Anything over two inches starts destroying ball joints quickly. My local dealer keeps plenty of them in stock for this very reason.

stlavsa · September 17, 2011

Ya im with these guys.. Its not the make or design of the spacer, its the SIZE that is gonna cause problems. Rough Ride, Premature wear, etc.

As far as putting a spacer on from that maker Id do it all day without worry, if it was 2".

Plenty of good options here:

http://fatbobsgarage.com/b-6024-200437-fat-bobs-garage.html

racerx520 · September 18, 2011

I got a 2.5 level kit , a 3 inch rear block setup,, and also a 1.5 body lift....what do you guys think is the max tire size for that with stock 17 rims? I thougt I heard someone doing 305/60/18 with small rubbing

levigarrett · September 18, 2011

All leveling kits are not created equal. At least in this particular case. 3" of front lift with no other corrections is a horrible idea. Your UCA's will ride on the droop stops, ball joints will suffer, cv's, tre's...... Like others have said, 2.5" is the absolute max you want to go. I prefer no more than 2" myself.

A spacer is a spacer. I dont agree with 3" leveling kit. But to buy $225. readylift top spacer is stupid... All the spacers do the exact same thing... If you mount a bottom spacer that yields 2" and a top spacer that yields 2" the angles will be identical.

Matt will agree that people think that magical powers come from certain spacers... Just not true.