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Balancing front/rear ride height

Old 02-17-2010, 05:00 PM
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I have a 3inch rusty's lift but the rear is sitting about2inches higher than the front. I want to go up to 33's or maybe 34's with some triming and extended bumpstops, but i want it to sit even first. The rear whas the complete spring pack and now it sits about 2 inces higher than the front does. I'm on the fence between 2 inch coil spacers or the 4.5in coild on sale right now from rusty's. I would rather the coils but i don't want it to be too high in the front so i have to mess around with steering problems. any opinions?

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Old 02-17-2010, 05:15 PM
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Go spacers ,then you know what height your getting. If you do coils then you might get more than you want.
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i dont know how long you have had that lift on your truck, but the springs will settle some and even out. if you even the front up with the rear right now, a year or however long down the road it will look silly with the rear hanging down low.
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the lift is a couple years old already, and i didnt think the front woupd sag because they were the 180lb coils, but i guess it did.
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