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I'm lost... struts and spacers shouldn't be this difficult

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by Gakdude, Aug 19, 2017.

  1. Aug 19, 2017 at 5:13 PM
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    Gakdude

    Gakdude [OP] Member

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    Garrett
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    Hey all,
    I am lost. Just put some bilsteins 5100s on my 2015 prerunner access cab. Just wanted to do a mild lift on the front to make room for the 265 70s that I put on. Bilsteins were set at .85 and I'm glad I went that route because it leveled me pretty much perfect front to back. The problem I'm having is with the drivers lean and the spacers used to correct this issue. I initially installed a 1/4 inch lean spacer on the drivers side and it still left me with a small lean to drivers side. This is when I decided to order longer top plate studs and a 3/8 spacer to try to even it out the rest of the way. Long story short, when I went to pick up my truck after the install, the shop stacked the 3/8 with the 1/4 inch spacer instead of removing one and replacing it with the other. Here's where it gets confusing... now I have a total of 5/8 inch of top plate spacer stacked on the drivers side and it sits almost exactly level... anyone have any ideas what's going on how I could be level with that much spacer and whether this is a safe setup? Seems to drive fine and it aligned as well... I'm at a loss. If I was almost level with the 1/4 in spacer then I added another 3/8 to that, I would think that I would be high on the drivers side but that doesn't appear to be the case... Someone please help me understand what's going on...
     
  2. Aug 19, 2017 at 5:14 PM
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    Gakdude

    Gakdude [OP] Member

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    And I'm aware of the fact that the coils are side specific and thought maybe they had switched them when they initially installed the struts, but after doing some research, I'm fairly confidant that they are on the right sides because with just the 1/4 inch spacer installed, I was only leaning a little bit still. Maybe like an 1/4 inch.
     

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