Just got some REALLY bad news. Apparently, RC doesn't make a leveling kit for 2WD Trucks as old as mine. I can either lower the rear end (uhh... no thanks) ...

lilmagoo1 wrote:If you have a 2011 you dont have torsion keys... so you just need a spacer on the bottom and/or top of the strut/spring..and your set here is the issue im running into..with the kit that goes on the top and bottom of the strut they say it puts to much of an angle on your CV Joints. saw in picture one so they reccomend to do a diff drop ( not a neccesity) but they say you will hurt parts in the long run espically if you take your vehicle off road and use 4x4 a lot..my issue is that when i put on my kit i already had a top spacer with the truck sitting 2" low in the front i said aw yeah add a block under the strut to raise it up to level it...since the top spacer is smaller then the bottom spacer it cause this to happen(picture 2)...leaving me with only less then a finger width inbetween where the bolt holds the strut and where the axle runs...leading me to a problem of if i get a diff drop it will lower that angle even closer to touching... this is causing me to consider eliminating the under strut spacer and replacing my struts with the Bilstein 5100 series height adjust strut to make up the differnce and increase the space between the axle and the strut mount. or i can get a 3.5" top strut spacer and elimate the problem this was as well...both cases will allow me to add a diff drop with no issues. hope this all makes sense...

i reccomed the upper coil spacer for that reason...

picture 4 (after the leveling kit) & 3 is my before pics of my truck before the 2" under strut spacer was installed

i will ask does anyone know if my cv axle is at to much of an angle or should i say screw the head ache and leave it alone...half the people i talk to say drop the diff others say im fine because i havent taken it off road and havent even tried the 4x4 since i bought the vehicle..

quickdrraw wrote:No one has had any trouble with the 2' rc right? Sorry I'm not of any help but this is on topic so I figured I'd post here as well.

MadHatter wrote:good info in this thread... im planning to put the bottom spacer on (prob RC) an take it to the dealer to align.. BUT. wasnt sure if the torsion keys played any part in the install?? anyone know?

Clownshoes.. from everything i have read about leveling on here, if you do a 2inch the bottom spacer is good but for any more (2.5, 3.0...etc) you would need top an bottom.

heres a good vid on how to install an save a few steps.. this is how i plan to do mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhQ_3U54hWw