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After getting my 2" Rough Country Leveling Kit installed, it seems as thought my front is higher than my rear. After measuring last night, it is approximately 0.5" higher in the front. Is this even possible with just a 2" level? I thought the stock rake is approximately 2.25" - 2.5".
Before Leveling (Distance from the ground):
Front = ~ 36.6" - 37"
Rear = ~ 39.2"
After Leveling (Distance from the ground):
Front = ~39.7"
Rear = ~39.2"
I checked the leveling kits that the shop used and it was the right ones. Could it be installed wrong or something is out of place?
I've heard your suspension will settle some, but 3" out of a spacer designed to give you 2"? Interesting. Drive it around a bit, see if it settles.
Yeah I've heard about letting it settle. Its been a week now and still appears nose high. Do you think it might be due to installation errors? The weird thing was that when they finished leveling, the steering column was in a 10' o clock position to keep the truck straight. After alignment, it seems to straighten out but the truck still pulls a little right when driving.
I have a feeling that something wasn't aligned properly when they put everything back together causing the truck to be more elevated in the front...possibly?
Yeah I've heard about letting it settle. Its been a week now and still appears nose high. Do you think it might be due to installation errors? The weird thing was that when they finished leveling, the steering column was in a 10' o clock position to keep the truck straight. After alignment, it seems to straighten out but the truck still pulls a little right when driving.
I have a feeling that something wasn't aligned properly when they put everything back together causing the truck to be more elevated in the front...possibly?
I have the 2" RC level kit but it hasn't been installed yet. In reading the instructions, the only mistake I can see them making is if the logo isn't facing out... look at page 5 of the install sheet, line 19, photo 13.
The logo will obviously be covered but you might be able to tell based on the pictures in the install manual vs. your coilover orientation whether they installed it correctly - it'll be tough though... This assumes they didn't screw anything else up but everything else should just bolt back together.
Yeah I've heard about letting it settle. Its been a week now and still appears nose high. Do you think it might be due to installation errors? The weird thing was that when they finished leveling, the steering column was in a 10' o clock position to keep the truck straight. After alignment, it seems to straighten out but the truck still pulls a little right when driving.
I have a feeling that something wasn't aligned properly when they put everything back together causing the truck to be more elevated in the front...possibly?
I don't see there being a way it can be installed incorrectly. And if it was, you would have known about it since it's been a week. I'd take the truck back to the shop that did the install and ask them to re-check everything since you got 3" of lift on a 2" kit. I've never heard of that. Plus they need to check everything after 500 miles anyways. The same kit used to be called 2.5", but changed the name due to a lot of people only netting 2" out of it.
This could be a great time to upgrade to a 2.25" rear block (you'll gain 1" of lift) and some Fox 2.0 shocks!
I had the dealer install my RC 2" level with alignment on my RCSB and if anything it's still has a little rake in the rear...maybe a half inch at most...hardly noticeable...steering wheel is perfect...very happy with no issues.....so far
How would installing a strut spacer "settle" anything out? That makes no sense. You're not changing the compression of the spring, you're just moving it further away from the shock tower.
Easy fix for this is just to get a larger rear block. FWIW my 2.25" ReadyLift level used the stock rear block and it sat perfectly level. I would say that's definitely not a 2" level kit the OP has, looks like WAY more clearance than my kit. I would be concerned about CV angles with that kit and is another reason I won't look at RC stuff.
Last edited by HeavyCal; May 11, 2017 at 05:29 PM.
How would installing a strut spacer "settle" anything out? That makes no sense. You're not changing the compression of the spring, you're just moving it further away from the shock tower.
Easy fix for this is just to get a larger rear block. FWIW my 2.25" ReadyLift level used the stock rear block and it sat perfectly level. I would say that's definitely not a 2" level kit the OP has, looks like WAY more clearance than my kit. I would be concerned about CV angles with that kit and is another reason I won't look at RC stuff.
I am at the shop now and we could not find what was wrong. Everything was connected right. I did noticed that he actually reversed the strut when placing it back with the spacer instead of compressing the spring and turning the cap 180 degrees. I have read somewhere that you could swap the driver and passenger side struts. This is what I told him to do because he didn't have a spring compressor. Hopefully this is the reason why....
Does anyone have any experience with swapping the driver and passenger struts? Will it caused any issues down the road? Both front struts are the same part number so I figured it shouldn't be a problem.
Last edited by RingoStarrr; May 12, 2017 at 04:23 PM.
2" RC Leveling and Height Difference
