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Old Feb 1, 2001 | 08:32 PM
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Im looking to just level out the front with minimal cost, so it seems coil spacers would be the way to go. I called alignment shops and its about 120 to align with cams. Now the dilema is with the actual spacers...rubber is dirt cheap, polyeurethane is 80 bucks....what am I getting with either one? And the install is 120 but if I can get away cheaper Id like to try myself so tell me if I am missing something, do I need any lithium greese on this or anything?:

1. Jack up the truck with floor jacks
2. Remove the wheel
3. Drop out the shock
4. Use coil compressor and lift up coil
5. Put in spacer
6. Drop down coil, reattach shock and wheel, lower back to ground and go to aligment shop


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Old Feb 1, 2001 | 09:48 PM
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I was told from a guy at Fabtech that it's very hard to align the front end even if you use cams . I was going to use the fathech 2" coil to level out my truck but he told me that it wont align. If you dont mind your tires wearing out from the outside the coils cost 129.99 from 4x4Land or the daystar coil spaces cost 69.99 from www.Truckperformance.com

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Old Feb 1, 2001 | 11:04 PM
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I was thinking of doing only do 1inch or 1.5 inches for the spacers...which the alignment store said they could probably get aligned.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2001 | 05:35 PM
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Alpha.

Its sucks! but yeah you cant get the 2"coils
align. If you want they will sell you the 2"coils with upper control arms for $600. but why go with 2" if for that price you can get 3" coil and control arm by them (Fabtech)

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Old Feb 3, 2001 | 12:00 AM
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Hey Nacho...Fabtech says you can't even align the 2" coils? What's up with that? Why do they sell them if they can't be aligned? Or are you refering to the spacers? Puzzled in Memphis.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2001 | 06:58 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Alpha:
Hey Nacho...Fabtech says you can't even align the 2" coils? What's up with that? Why do they sell them if they can't be aligned? Or are you refering to the spacers? Puzzled in Memphis.</font>
Hey Alpha..what kind of truck do you have?I'm in millington,maybe we could truck talk??




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