On my way...Mods
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On my way...Mods
Have ordered some mods and am stoke to get them on. Aries Bull Bar, Chrome Nerf bars, AS 3" Lift and 1-1/2" rear leveling kit. And am looking for wheels and tires at the moment. Hopefully will have everything in by this weekend. If not next weekend for sure. Gonna try to install everything on the 9th. 
Will give ya'll some pics whenever its done
Will give ya'll some pics whenever its done
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Seeing that this is my first truck and i've never installed nor cared to know how to until now, i'm not very familiar with how everything will install. When i told a friend of mine, who's going to help me, that i got a 3" AS lift with the bull bar and nerf bars he was like "Dude your bumper's gonna be 3" lower than your body. Did you get a bumper lift kit? And your bull bar's gonna look retarded. And when you install your nerf bars there gonna be a big gap between the body and the bars and be sitting 3" lower than they should be." Is he right? Am i going to have an issue with the bull bar and nerf bars not looking right?
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oh and by the way, my friend is a chevy/dodge owner so maybe he doesn't know what he's talking about. or he's just being a jackass
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Your friend has leveling kit confused with a body lift. Just a warning on the leveling kit. Most people agree that 3" is too much. It puts the cv axles and ball joints in a bad angle. Some people have experienced premature failure of these components. They will wear out faster with any leveling kit but a lot of people agree that 2.5" is a good stopping point. Hope it's not too late.
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that's what i thought after reading more about it.
hmmm...i've read good and bad opinions about the 3". It's gonna be temporary anyway, maybe for about 6 months to a year. Then i'll take it off get 6" suspension. Hopefully i won't run into any problems.
Just a warning on the leveling kit. Most people agree that 3" is too much. It puts the cv axles and ball joints in a bad angle. Some people have experienced premature failure of these components. They will wear out faster with any leveling kit but a lot of people agree that 2.5" is a good stopping point. Hope it's not too late.
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finally, got everything in and installed. ended up going with a 2" leveling kit and it turned out perfect. I'm working on getting pics. It was to dark last night after getting the kit installed to take pics. Maybe today