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Old 02-23-2010, 05:51 PM
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2.5" leveling kit......... auto spring or hell bent steel?
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I went with autospring after my research. The 2.5" powdercoated front, with the 1.5" rear block is sitting at the house, waiting to be installed this weekend.

The "offset design" is what ended up selling me, the pricing was so close, and I saw some guys having issues with other kits.
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+1 for hbs, problem free for 15k miles of hell =)

a lot of people run hbs, powdercoated and solid billet aluminum, excellent product at an excellent price.
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I went with HBS 2.5" also due to them being offset so there is no damage to any other suspension parts. And they are also powder coated.
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offset design it what makes AS better than HBS....
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HBS has the offset design also.
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I went with the autosprings. Been on now for about 10k and no problems.
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HBS has the offset design also.
have they redisgned? AS has the patent, im not arguing but where is the proof? ive heard quite a few having trouble where the UCA rubs the strut using the HBS, and ive had mine on for 15,000 miles no problems
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Originally Posted by ford4wd08
ahve they redisgned? AS has the patent, im not arguing but where is the proof? ive heard quite a few having trouble where the UCA rubs the strut using the HBS, and ive had mine on for 15,000 miles no problems
When I was researching, I couldn't ever find anything to confirm that HBS had an offset. Their website didn't say anything about it either.
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