3rd gen level kit $30 installed!

For yall that have doubts about level kits and which direction to go on your 3rd gen, this is the best option to start with IMO. Took me an hour with a socket set and dead blow hammer. Rides like stock and have had no issues so far.
Here's the before and after along with the kit I got from eBay. Cheers!

 

Looks pretty good for $30

 

Thanks @Garrett75x, I had my doubts for the price but it worked.

 

This could of saved me thousands of dollars

 

i have these same spacers i also bought of ebay sitting on the passenger seat of my truck for about a month know. i have been waiting for it to warm up to put them on im glad to here they worked out good for you.... one of my concerns was that there was not going to be enough thread on the studs for the nuts even with the slim ones that come with. how do yours look? also how exactly did you do yours??? did you losen the bottom arm or separate the top ball joint?? or was there enough play after the sway bar links are off just to force the shock and coil out and back in??? any info you can give me would be great... i really want to get mine in but im a little worried to run into problems... thanks nice truck really like the blue!!!!!

 

Ha!

I doubt it.

 

@dan76 I saw that there were at least 1/2" threads poking through the studs on the shock mount so I knew it was going to work. My kit included flat nylon lock washers to go back on in place of the taller factory nuts. I disconnected the sway bar link and UCA and fished it out to add the spacers. My tonneau cover was more difficult to install to be honest.

 

How does the quality seem?? You didn't not have to disassemble the shock? I have the toytec spacers but I have not installed them because I don't want to take apart my strut

 

You prolly have the preload and top plate kit. These just sit on top of the strut and are sandwiched under the mount. No strut disassembly required

 

That sounds just like the toytec kit except they require the replacement of the existing bolts

 

I'm telling you, for $30 and new lock nuts you do not need longer bolts. I used lock-tite just in case but I had enough threads regardless. It's only 1/2" thick

 

I installed the toytec spacers, I read its 1/2" at the top hat and it translates to +/- 1" at the nose, perfect since I'm in the "try not to fuck with the geometry" boat. I removed the strut and replaced the hardware. There would not have been enough threads if I hadn't. Op, if you wouldn't mind, can you post some pics of your mounted spacer showing how much thread you got with stock studs?

 

Here ya go @stun gun. Stock nut on the right. The lock nuts I got with the kit aren't as tall, but grab enough threads. I happened to be outside putting my predator steps back on, so I was under it anyway.

 

You may get away with it, but there aren't enough threads there brosef.

 

Ya, you'll need longer bolts. Should be 3-5 threads showing past the nuts for proper engagement and holding power.

 

QFT

 

$30 and no alignment? Which category does new tires fall under?

It's your truck, do what you like. You could have not spent $35000 on a new truck as well and saved your self even more thousands of dollars.

 

@Sixthelement. 3-5 threads past the nut? WTF are them threads supposed to do above the nut exactly? @stun gun. I wouldn't have posted this if there weren't enough threads to hold it down without failing. @CZ5ANM Taco. I put this on this morning, dick. No, I didn't make to the alignment shop within 30 minutes of the install.

I didn't pay 35k for mine, if your smart you can pay less than the sticker FYI