Leveling new 4WDs
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Newer 1500 4x4s sit higher in the back. Can the front be raised to level the truck by adjusting the torsion bars? The '02 I own I bought use and it set level when I bought it. People ask me often if it is a 3/4 ton. I am looking to buy something newer and I want it to set level. All of the ones I have looked at are too low in the front for my taste.
‘72 Charger, 5.9 Magnum, Tremec 5 spd., Pro-Touring ‘14 Big Horn, Quad Cab, 4x4, 1500
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Re: Leveling new 4WDs
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So what is the purpose of the factory setting the stance of a 4x4 1500 with the nose down? Is it ride, handling, hauling or cost?
‘72 Charger, 5.9 Magnum, Tremec 5 spd., Pro-Touring ‘14 Big Horn, Quad Cab, 4x4, 1500
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Re: Leveling new 4WDs
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So what is the purpose of the factory setting the stance of a 4x4 1500 with the nose down? Is it ride, handling, hauling or cost? So when you put a trailer on it, it doesn't ride like a speed boat with it's nose way up in the air like it will if you put a lift/levelling kit on the front.
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Re: Leveling new 4WDs
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I have had a Top Gun Customz two inch leveling kit in my 08 H.Q.C. for five years now with no problems. I wish I would have gone with the two and half inch kit, a fellow racer that works in a 4WD shop said Dodges have problems if you go higher than that unless its a full lift kit. I am considering taking out the leveling kit and going with the Bilstein adjustable shocks that can be adjusted to raise the front end two and a half inches.
68 Dart 410 / 904 92 D150 original owner 21 Ram 1500 Quad Cab, Big Horn , Hemi ,4x4 23 Audi Q5 16 Honda HRV
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Re: Leveling new 4WDs
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I hadn`t either until a few months ago, a guy from a local speed shop told me about them and quoted me a price. They are made by Bilstein and the length is adjustable up to almost 2 3/4 inches, I don`t know the part number or much else except the installation person at the speed shop has them on his 08 Ram and it was raised from what I saw.
68 Dart 410 / 904 92 D150 original owner 21 Ram 1500 Quad Cab, Big Horn , Hemi ,4x4 23 Audi Q5 16 Honda HRV
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