I was looking at a 2.5" kit the other day and the sales guy (also the installer) said that it was definetly NOT a do it your selfer. That an extremely strong coil spring compressor was required and that it was very dangerous. I don't believ him, am I wrong?
I have done tones of work on cars in the past and teach high school shop (metal work). How tough is this really to do?

Also on another note, is there anyone out there running 33x13.5's on stock 20"s?
If so do you have any pics? Please.

 

A poly spacer like a Daystar is harder because of the reasons you stated, but a spacer like an autospring just bolts to the top of the shock tower, which is an easy DIY'er..

 

Do a search on ebay for the Autospring leveling kit, you can install it yourself right in your own driveway. Lots of guys here have done it themselves (I'm not one of them), but remember, you do have to get your truck aligned after install no matter which kit you go with.

 

Remember, he makes money by charging people to install leveling kits. His opinion is a little biased.

 

A guy I spoke to that owns an offroad accessories shop near by gave me a quote to install 2" Autospring leveling kit spacers. $150 for install + $70 for alignment including headlights = $220 total
Now I think that's F**kin pricy but it might be worth it to know it was installed professionally and that the bolts are all torqued + you're not the one trying to knock that ball joint from the uca which I heard was a pain.
What does everyone else think?

 

Most auto parts stores rent torque wrenches now, and if you have a good mallet, the ball joints are easy to break free. Besides, if you wanted, you could buy a decent torque wrench from sears for $50-75. Thats what I did, and it comes in real handy for other things as well. If you were to get the urethane spring spacers, then you would need a spring compressor too, and those are cheap, or even free to rent at most autozones. The guy was trying to hustle you out of $150.

 

Thanks for the info I haven't considered buying my own tools, but now I realised I might as well. Thanks for the suggestion. Will do.

 

Yah, I figured the guy was out to lunch. Especially because it was the DS leveling kit and I had read here that it was pretty easy to do. What got me though was that he $700 intalled for the kit.
I thought that was pretty steep.
Thanks for the replies, I'm gonna do it myself, unless I decide on a 4-6" lift instead. In which case I'll probably do that myself as well.

 

I recenlty noted a local custom shop offering a leveling kit for $350 (installed) and was wondering the same thing. is that a rip off? i dont have much mechanic experience but am pretty handy at most things.