Is there any one out that that wont wear out ball joins or bushing or anything in the suspenstion??

 

im assuming you have an 04 or newer truck?

2.5" is the max safest to run and really isnt horrible on the suspension components. you really wont see any shortening of life span.

since there is really only one type of levelling kit out there thats all you have to run with.

 

no. messing with the stock suspension geometry will put all of your suspension components at angles that arent stock. they will wear faster but its really not to big of a deal, if you want to get the truck in the air and do it right, get a full lift weither it be a 4" 6" 8" 12". doing a full lift will always be better off than a leveling kit or maxing suspension if your worried about suspension components life spans.

 

I've had good luck with my 2 1/2" Daystar (old style) that was installed at approx 21k miles, truck has over 61k miles and I haven't had a lick of trouble with anything. I had new HD Bilstein shock's installed at 56k miles and truck handles better than new.

 

Your ball joints, etc are gonna wear out if you drive your truck and don't just park it in the garage and leave it. Adding a leveling kit is just gonna slightly speed up the wear and tear.

 

If your looking for just a leveling kit that wont wear out your parts, look at getting the 5100 Bilstein ride height adjustables. They will lift you 2" in front without stressing anything. I should see mine in a few days.

 

The Bilstein's do basically the same as a leveling kit. They still change the angles of your controls arms and cv's.

 

These still will wear them out becasye all your control arms are still stock , bushings and ball joints are still stock.

 

Im surprised that they dont make a kit or something to take care of the issues when levling. Thanks for the answers and yes i have a 08 lariat 4x4.

 

Are the 5100 Bilstein's able to be user installed? Any special tools required?

 

A spring compressor is needed to remove the springs from your stock coilovers and load them into the 5100's.

 

The advantage of the bilsteins is that that won't allow the suspension to droop to excessive angles. An autospring 2" kit will allow the suspension to droop 2" beyond stock design, a 3" will allow it to droop 3" beyond design. So there is a difference. It's not so much extra wear while sitting at ride height 2" higher, it's the excessive angle when the suspension droops that causes problems, exceeding the design angles on balljoints and CV joints.

2" or less isn't going to speed up wear dramatically, in my opinion. Tire/wheel size, weight, and driving style will have more effect. But ball joints and such are going to wear out anyway, with a leveling kit or not.

 

no, all leveling kits put additional strain on the suspension. when that kit is bolted on top of the coilover, that control arm is forced further down, the cv shaft is forced down with it. this creates the bad angle, as the differential assembly is still bolted in the stock frame mounts, as well as the other half of the cv shaft, which is bolted onto the front differential.

an IFS suspension lift consists of bolting a subframe on, be it 4'',6''8'', or 12'', along with differential drop down brackets. the whole IFS front axle is dropped down, and the stock suspension geometry is retained, along w/ the good cv and ball joint angles.