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Well if the 2" kit will lift it as well as level it out then I'll go with that. I kinda want to put the 1.5" spacers on just to get the extra inch of lift, although I'd have to get the extra block to put in the back as well. Idk I guess it just depends on what I want and what I want to spend money on lol. What size tires could I run with the 2" kit. The stock rims are 15".
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Hey i dont mean to butt in here but your just not listening to the man ! first thing you better remember is your truck and you ride around ans are supported by theses lifts the taller you go the more hardware and modificatons are necessary not only for stability and durability but also functioniblity and saftey and last but not least drivability ! you cant go stacking blocks or putting spacers on top of a lift that is at its recomended limit for the hardware and application it was designed for AND EVERY LIFT I HAVE SEEN STATES THAT VERY CLEARLY. I mean you can second guess the designers, engineers, the testing and a company's requirment to provide a safe product at the risk of getting there ass sued if they didnt, you can ignore these things and continue with this but you will end up with your rear axle in a ditch and you and the rest of the truck upside down 50 foot further down the road because the front end has exceeded its limits and geometry ! I have lifted every truck jeep what ever in my 52 years and this is the conclusion i have come to. if yu need to level the back to the front thet sell seperate blocks just for that if you cant reach a happy medium because you cant afford the correct lift with the nessasary components then you have to go with what you got that is safe and find an alternitive that is also safe and does not compromise the lift. that would put you into the body lift . there it is 2on suspension 2 on body =4 and if the ass is still low then add a spring or two to compensate. NO APOLIGY HERE BUDDY this short cut crap and i have seen the results they are not good and i hope all that think of doing it read this take some time stop thinking money how much is a life worth ? I hope a little more than the differance in price for the right application
I never said you can put spacers on top of a lift kit, but you can put small blocks on top of another small block without your axle falling off.
I used to work for a suspension company, and like I said in these posts four months ago while it's not the standard way of lifting your rear end(we always recommend using the actual size you want) you can put two blocks on top of each other. Now I'm definitely NOT saying put a six inch block on top of a five inch block or vice versa or some crazy sh*t like that. We sold one inch blocks along with five inch blocks to give the customer a six inch lift when we were out of stock on the six inch blocks. It can be done safely.
That right! Hmmm! First off that wasnt directed toward you, but toward a young man that wanted to stack blocks and raise the front past intended limits of an inexpensive very limited lift system that would and could have a direct negitive effect hell i thought i was clear enough on that! But since you have opened that door and mentioned it and taken a position, For the record , Just what was the name of that company ! If that is there day to day standard operating procedure and policy to double stack blocks without pinning or cageing past a certain height (and that definently includes 5") and put out there to john Q. Public that its the industry standard and perfectly safe in lift applications! Well I gotta tell ya i would like to have the option of not giving them my buisiness and the ability to warn others of there proven unsafe practices as dictated by there own industrys research and development and the manufacturers specs for the product.like you stated they sold 1" blocks to stack on 5" to make 6"! When they were out of the 6" recomended blocks or recomend extra leaf spings or a correctly arched spring stack that takes blocks out of the picture completely ! Might as well have went to the cross roads and sold there soul ,all about money at the expense of anothers saftey and knowing full well thata customer that hasnt got the knowlage and experiance will usualy take the cheaper choice if lead to it by someone they think has their best intrest in mind !Hey! to each there own buddy. Everybody has the right to there own opinion ! Thats the known risk one takes when butting in' but also the satisfaction one recieves if that young man caught enouph of it to spark an intrest ,research it a little bit more and make a safe, knowlegable, and confidant choice of all the options and their effect both good and bad ! And believe me thats good enough for me! For the rest! well they can deal with it! but then thats why this site is here to get opinions of others in making confident choices if you took it wrong in my first post that was not my intent in my second post well you got my intrest and my full attention and now its time to agree to disagree and move on like i say let those who ride decide ! it dont apply to chevy's but what the hell the facts are out there
I have a hard time understanding a lot of your post. All I know is that we designed and manufactured these kits ourselves. So we knew what would work and what wouldn't. No, it wasn't standard operating procedure to sell an inch block on top of a five inch. We informed the customer that it is not the standard, but it is possible. That's pretty much all I can say on the subject, we didn't sacrifice anyone's safety for money. We knew our product, and if it would work.
The company btw was Icon Vehicle Dynamics. Not very well known in the chevy industry but huge in Ford and Toyotas.
Now, if your argument is in the fact that this could be irrelevant to chevy's, you could be right.
No I think i was referring to the saying of "let those who ride decide" Like i said we all have our opinions and when i first read the post i saw that you were trying to convince him that spacers were not a good idea but he kept returning to that combination as an option it really had nothing to do with much that you said and everything i was hearing from him he just wasnt absorbing your meaning or reasoning and it was plainly obvious that he had no real working knowlage or experiance of how lift components work or there effects overall on drivability or safety just more air at a cheap price tag i believe in these circumstances care should be taken and full and accurate explanation given in any and all that is recomended or advise that is given i saw that you were not getting it across so i jumped in and told him to listen to what the man is saying meaning you friend.the rest well like i said we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this issue we both it seems have experiance in this field but have differant ideas on what is the acceptable or prefered application to obtain the same result well so did ford and gm i can live with that
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