What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

The 5100 will ride nicer than your stock shocks. Not sure if you're looking to keep it simple but that makes things a lot more expensive and somewhat more complicated.

 

Brushed snow off of it for the first time

Also, krown rust protection.

Nothing exciting.

 

Not my taco but my buddies. Wired grill up for him and installed hid's. It's not as blue in person, phone camera wouldn't pick it up well.

 

And you can search images.google.com for images by exact dimensions.

 

That is awesome!!!!!

 

So if I just get the 5100's up front....anything else that needs to happen?

 

That's pretty cool. Is there a switch to turn it on/off?

 

Preemptively cut out my space for the apexfab/cali raised led because I thought the initial package from apexfab would have the light bar as well, but it only had the mounts (not apexfab fault, mine for not understand how the items would ship). So now I got the mounts put in so the light bar and wiring is all that has to be done. Really awesome mounts that feel really sturdy

 

How can a 1" spacer give you 1 and 3/4 lift? And why would a 1/2" spacer give you 1"

This is a completely honest question... I believe your numbers I am just trying to reason out how it works to give you more.

Are the spacers bigger than advertised? Or is it the way they are designed etc.

 

He wanted it wired to come on with the low beams.

 

Yeah, it's how the spacers work in conjunction with the suspension geometry. Someone much smarter than me can come correct this, but since the shock is now sitting x" lower, it changes how the UCA and LCA sit.

 

Front suspension spacers and rear blocks r different .
Most front suspension spacers double the lift because of the angle and geometry etc
So fir example if u install 1/2" spacer on the front the truck will go up about 1"
with a 1" spacer your truck should go up about 2" but it depends on the brand of spacers that u use . My truck only went up on the front about 1 3/4

The rear blocks work differently .
If u put 1/2 block on the back the truck will raise 1/2
Or 1" then will raise 1"
Etc etc
Hopefully my English makes sense lol

 

Fixed the pictures!!!

 

That is a big hog!

 

You'll also need to either buy new springs or have a shop swap your old springs over to the new 5100 shocks. You'll then need to figure out which setting on the 5100 yields the lift you want. This is pretty easy with aftermarket springs but not as easy when reusing stock springs. To change the setting on the 5100 shocks, they need to be removed from the truck, taken to a shop to have springs removed, clip moved to another setting, shocks reassembled and reinstalled. Quite honestly if all you want is to level it, use a 1/2" spacer and be done with it. Going to a 5100 and new shocks is about $400 in parts plus associated labor which is the in known. 1/2 spacers bolt on and will run you $72 plus labor (if you can't install them yourself) and the cost of an alignment which you will absolutely need.

These are the spacers

http://www.headstrongoffroad.com/store/p30/HS_1/2"_Top_Plate_Spacers_-_TT05512-TPS.html

 

Finished welding / painting the back half of my headache, kayak, lumber rack

 

I don't know all the geometry specs but basically the change in control arm and shock/spring angle contributes to the total lift. When you install a 1/2" spacer up front, the control arms are at a slightly sharper angle This also means the spring/shock assembly are also at a slightly sharper angle. That combination generally causes a double effect. 1/2" spacer yields 1" lift. This applies the front only, rear is a 1-1 meaning 1" spacer = 1" lift Hope that makes sense.