Best and easiest way to level an '06?

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05-22-2014, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by c_hisky19

DONT DO LEVELING SPACERS!

This may seem like the best way to do it because of the price but in the end it will cost you more. Leveling spacers cause a lot of stress to the shocks and can ruin them in the long run. The best and cheapest way to do it are the Bilstein Leveling Shocks.

Don't you just love it when people without knowledge shout out opinions as fact

The truth is you will find literally thousands of trucks with spacers that have not seen issues.

In addition the extended struts do the exact same thing as spacers when it comes to front end geometry changes. This is the only concern with spacers and extended struts have the same issue.

Please make an attempt to explain how spacers stress your shocks and ruin them. You will not be able to.

Knowledge is power, ignorance is bliss.

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05-22-2014, 07:51 AM

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I just researched these and you're right. This would be the way to go. The price is a push and the engineering is superior. Do you keep your original coils and reinstall them on the new struts? I think I may even ditch my pucks and install these instead. Probably make a nice improvement in ride quality with the strut upgrade.

I gotta eat a little crow, because after looking at the front end of my truck I realize that both methods do exactly the same thing. They push the control arm further away from the spring tower. The position of the strut, relative to the control arm, doesn't change and the control arm is what limits travel, not the strut. Either method is going to put the static vehicle height nearer the top of its travel, but this is unavoidable. It sure looked good on paper though!
Still the Bilstein is a good system with the advantages of a premium quality strut and adjustable ride height. If I were doing it over I would probably go this route, but am not going to switch at this point. No real gain.

Last edited by PerryB; 05-22-2014 at 08:42 AM.