1.5" rough country leveling kit
11-22-2017, 12:05 PM
#2
Senior Member
When I put my springs on I had the shop that aligned it install solid bushings once they figured out how bad the camber was off. The adjustable bushings are great in theory but pretty awful in practice. They are soft and break easily.
A good TTB alignment with bushings and install will run you $200-ish. It will probably take them a couple hours to get it right especially if they need to get bushings from a local parts shop. I can't stress enough how important it is to find a shop that knows that whey are doing with these front ends. We had a guy in here a couple of weeks ago who took it into the shop with adjustable bushings and they ended up putting them in backwards. He had to go back and argue with them to get them to do it right. Wasted time, money, gas, etc.
A good TTB alignment with bushings and install will run you $200-ish. It will probably take them a couple hours to get it right especially if they need to get bushings from a local parts shop. I can't stress enough how important it is to find a shop that knows that whey are doing with these front ends. We had a guy in here a couple of weeks ago who took it into the shop with adjustable bushings and they ended up putting them in backwards. He had to go back and argue with them to get them to do it right. Wasted time, money, gas, etc.
11-22-2017, 12:11 PM
#3
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Thread Starter
When I put my springs on I had the shop that aligned it install solid bushings once they figured out how bad the camber was off. The adjustable bushings are great in theory but pretty awful in practice. They are soft and break easily.
A good TTB alignment with bushings and install will run you $200-ish. It will probably take them a couple hours to get it right especially if they need to get bushings from a local parts shop. I can't stress enough how important it is to find a shop that knows that whey are doing with these front ends. We had a guy in here a couple of weeks ago who took it into the shop with adjustable bushings and they ended up putting them in backwards. He had to go back and argue with them to get them to do it right. Wasted time, money, gas, etc.
A good TTB alignment with bushings and install will run you $200-ish. It will probably take them a couple hours to get it right especially if they need to get bushings from a local parts shop. I can't stress enough how important it is to find a shop that knows that whey are doing with these front ends. We had a guy in here a couple of weeks ago who took it into the shop with adjustable bushings and they ended up putting them in backwards. He had to go back and argue with them to get them to do it right. Wasted time, money, gas, etc.
11-22-2017, 12:13 PM
#4
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Thread Starter
When I put my springs on I had the shop that aligned it install solid bushings once they figured out how bad the camber was off. The adjustable bushings are great in theory but pretty awful in practice. They are soft and break easily.
A good TTB alignment with bushings and install will run you $200-ish. It will probably take them a couple hours to get it right especially if they need to get bushings from a local parts shop. I can't stress enough how important it is to find a shop that knows that whey are doing with these front ends. We had a guy in here a couple of weeks ago who took it into the shop with adjustable bushings and they ended up putting them in backwards. He had to go back and argue with them to get them to do it right. Wasted time, money, gas, etc.
A good TTB alignment with bushings and install will run you $200-ish. It will probably take them a couple hours to get it right especially if they need to get bushings from a local parts shop. I can't stress enough how important it is to find a shop that knows that whey are doing with these front ends. We had a guy in here a couple of weeks ago who took it into the shop with adjustable bushings and they ended up putting them in backwards. He had to go back and argue with them to get them to do it right. Wasted time, money, gas, etc.
11-23-2017, 09:29 AM
#5
Senior Member
The shop should have the bushings or at least have the ability to get them at a local parts shop. You should not need to bring anything except your truck.
The only thing I could see going wrong would be if you had bad tie rods or ball joints - if they have a lot of play in them then the shop might refuse to align it. Otherwise just tell them what you are doing - leveling springs on a TTB, gonna need a bushing install and alignment, probably going to need camber bushings in the -2.5-3.0 degree range.
Good luck!
The only thing I could see going wrong would be if you had bad tie rods or ball joints - if they have a lot of play in them then the shop might refuse to align it. Otherwise just tell them what you are doing - leveling springs on a TTB, gonna need a bushing install and alignment, probably going to need camber bushings in the -2.5-3.0 degree range.
Good luck!