Pro's and cons? Local shop quoted me a price of 750 installed all new springs and shocks front and rear. I've heard the shocks suck but I think they'll last a year and then upgrade. I run 285/75/16 that clear fine now but just want a better look. This truck sees 90% hwy and 10% dirt roads nothing hardcore. Will I need the transfer drop? Should I be concerned with drive shafts? I know that rough country is not the optimal suspension but I have a bunch of buddies with jeeps running them and they like them.
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Rough country 2" spring lift ?
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You will not need a transfer case drop or lengthened driveshafts for a 2 inch lift. You may need brake line extensions but those are cheap/easy. Rough country springs ride very rough, so be prepared for that and their shocks do suck, like you said. Your buddies with jeeps may like their rough country lift but the suspension on a jeep is a whole lot different than a blazer. Coils ride a whole lot smoother than leaf springs. If it were me, I would spend the extra couple hundred bucks and get tuff country springs, with bilstien shocks or something of the like. You will be much, much happier with this setup than rough country, not to mention it will last longer too.
I priced out the tuff country lift with all new springs and bilstien shocks 1500 and 1600 for the 3" not installed sorta hesitant to spend that kind of money on a truck that only drives about 3k a year. The ORD stuff looks real nice though. I'm thinking I could save some coin by going with the tough country front springs tough country shocks shackle flip . That brings up another question is the shackle flip easier to do than replacing springs?
I'm assuming that 1500-1600$ is with a shop installing it. The front and rear 2 inch springs are about 700$ from suspensionconnection.com. Then throw in another say, 80 bucks for ubolts and hardware, 250-300 for shocks. That's roughly 1000 dollars for everything you need if you install yourself. Depending on how you look at it the shackle flip could be easier or harder than just springs. With the shackle flip, you'll have rivets that must be ground/chiseled off to get the factory shackle hanger off, that can be a b!tch. But with the shackle flip you can usually leave the axle in place (bolted to the spring pack and the front spring hangers) while you install it. Not going to explain how a spring lift goes in, pretty sure you already know.
Yeah, I think I have been shopping at the wrong places online the 1500 deal was before shipping no install. If I'm going to crawl under it I would rather do the springs. I looked at a couple of other sites and can't believe how much difference there is in price on the tough country springs. With the 2" lift I'm tempted to use blocks but pretty sure that the spring bushings are toast.
Go to suspensionconnection.com
They usually have the best deal on pretty much everything for suspension.
They usually have the best deal on pretty much everything for suspension.
Ned Kelly
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Someone here posted this place as good prices on Tuff Country EZ ride suspension:
http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/suspension-lift-kits
http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/suspension-lift-kits
SCOOBYDANNN
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Dang man. I did custom springs, shackle flip bilstein's and all the odds and ends and ended up around $1500 from ORD.
2" TC kit for less than $400. No sense in buying rear springs, especially for 2". Just replace the bushings if they need it in the rear.
http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2357
http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2357
A couple more questions, are the tuff country shocks worth the money or should I go straight to the bilstien? I also saw that tuff country offers a 2" add a leaf for the rear springs is this better than the blocks?
An add a leaf would be better than a block from a safety aspect, but then again a two inch block is not a big deal. If your truck doesn't get driven very much, and doesn't go Offroad, I would go with 2 in front springs and 2 in rear blocks and bilstien shocks
spend extra $ on Bilstiens!!!!!!!!!
Ned Kelly
1/2 ton status
Some Bilstien 5125 info to browse:
http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/Bilstein 5125.htm
http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/Bilstein 5125.htm
