messenger1

Will do and thanks for the comp. I'm anxious to try the tires in the snow we are anticipating. I agonized over them, read a crapload of reviews and am very interested in seeing if they perform as reviewed. I have never owned a vehicle with anything wider than 10" rubber that was worth a darn in snow.

I really wanted to leave it at stock height for now as I am looking at a 6" lift kit, but the Nittos would not fit without the levelling kit.

Just my opinion, but anyone considering a level even, should consider the extra wear on the front end. The upper bj is going to get a serious work out now and there is a considerable change to the cv angle as well.

UnleashedFord

yeah the balljoints get messed up either way, if you put anything besides the stock ones it wares it out, im gonna change them when i put my new rims on

_Flea_

About how many miles before they wear out on a truck that'll spend just about all it's life on the street?

messenger1

Thats a tough question. Stock parts typically last longer than aftermarket. Nowadays, a lot of replacement bjoints don't come with a grease fitting. They are typically sealed units. We run a lot of miles with several different types of vehicles (courier company) and usually the guys who live by the motto "zero maintenance till it breaks" replace ball joints every 50000 kilometers (30k miles) or so. My own personal vehicles, when I change a ball joint I drill and tap them (if possible) and install a grease fitting. That probably doubles their life expectancy.

_Flea_

Cool. Thanks for the info. I don't really drive my truck that much. I'm normally on my Harley anywhere I go. I actually just started drivin' my truck more recently, since I decided theirs no sense in payin' for somethin' that doesn't get used. I've had the truck about 6 months longer than my Harley (both bought new), and I have just over 11,000 miles on the truck and about 27,000 on my Harley. So if I have that many miles before parts start to wear out, it'll take me quite some time to wear 'em out.

BJV269SS

I put 2" on mine...It leveled my truck perfectly. Don't forget to align the front end again. The higher you go the more the tow is thrown off