Seeking Advice: 2" Lifted Rear, but front shocks on backorder till Jan/Mar

Hi Guys,

Would I do damage running a 2" spacer on the front temporarily till my Fox order gets here?

Long time lurker newish poster. I sprung for Deaver Stage II (no pun intended) and 2.0s for the rear and bought Dirt King bushing UCAs for the front of my 08' Double cab. I have ordered 2.5' coilovers for the front but they have 6-8 month lead time. Fox is a major vendor for the company I work for so we get Industry pricing which means I pretty much have to order from them.

That being said, I jumped the gun and put the Deavers, 2.0s and UCAs on which is 2"+ in the rear not broken in and a old saggy stock front. Would I be wrong to throw 2" spacers on the front to level out till my coilovers get here? I have a regrettable stinkbug stance going right now... help.

 

Why not order from a different vendor? I just ordered 2.5 Foxs from Poly Performance. Received in two days and there’s some good coupons that can be found online. I have the same setup, Fox 2.5, Deavers and DK UCAs.

 

If people can run squatted trucks, I think you’d be fine with a bit of rake.

All jokes aside, I think you’d be fine either way (leaving it or temporarily running spacers).

I think it’s kind of up to you wether you want to have rake or spend the extra money to have a leveled truck.

 

it should be fine with the spacers. just going to have to do an alignment.

wouldn't recommend doing off roading with them. wont have much downtravel.

 

Thanks guys I appreciate the feedback

 

If you can get a set from another company sooner than later, then I would personally wait. I sucks to have to muscle in and out coilovers once, let alone back to back. OTOH, if you're set on waiting until next year, then I would just install some spacers in the front. Orrrr just load up the bed with some weight so the rake isn't so terrible.

 

You'll be fine running a spacer in the meantime. Personally, I'd much rather do that than have a massive rake. Make sure to get an alignment so you don't ruin your tires in the next 6 months. But other than that I wouldn't worry about it. A 2" spacer lift (1" thick spacer => 2" lift) really isn't that crazy compared to what people do all the time without issues. I wouldn't hesitate to go off road either - don't go gnarly or anything of course. But based on your mods and your question it doesn't sound like you're a super experienced, hardcore offroader anyway.

I say throw the spacers on and don't look back.